Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Online Technologies Will Reshape Continuing and Professional Ed - Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

John L. Hennessy, president of Stanford University, speaking at the annual ACE meeting, said the "unbundling" of degrees that many are predicting -- where students assemble the learning they want, offered in person or online, by one or more institutions to earn credentials -- is something that Hennessy predicted was the future of continuing education and professional education. "Online technologies will dominate this marketplace," he said. And this will include many professionally oriented master's programs, he said. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/03/16/stanford-president-offers-predictions-more-digital-future-higher-education