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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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The New Postsecondary Landscape
Sandeen, Cathy
Continuing Higher Education Review, v77 p28-39 Fall 2013
In this essay, Cathy Sandeen states that the new postsecondary landscape requires looking at higher education as a system that provides multiple pathways in and through the various parts of the system, all with the goal of helping students complete a postsecondary degree, credential, or certificate. Sandeen observes two strengths in professional and continuing education units that will be particularly important in the new era of postsecondary education: (1) serving more nontraditional students; and (2) being willing to innovate. Sandeen points out specific areas where professional and continuing education leaders can contribute to their own and to broader campus attainment initiativesing: defining the unique needs of nontraditional students; applying expertise in online and technology-based pedagogy; leveraging current relationships with employers and the workforce system; developing and promoting more certificate programs (especially stackable certificates); fostering acceptance of prior learning assessment vehicles; and creating pathways for the application of prior learning.
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Public Education, Higher Education, Role of Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Nontraditional Students, Educational Innovation, Professional Continuing Education, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Expertise, Education Work Relationship, Certification, Prior Learning, Educational Change, Online Courses, Individualized Instruction, Systems Approach
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education; Adult Education
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Language: English
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