Redefining College: Adapting Higher Education for the 2020s

Redefining College: Adapting Higher Education for the 2020s

“However, if a single mother wants a faster track to employment and signs up for a six-month ‘micro-pathway’ at a local community college to become, for example, a junior data analyst or fiber optics specialist, she will likely have to pay out of pocket.” My great grandfather (seven times over) was the son of an indentured servant, who managed to land a spot at Harvard in 1669. Aptly named John Wise, he parlayed his degree into a storied career …

Millions of adults have some college but no degree. This group wants to change that

PHILADELPHIA -- MiMi Gravley works full-time, as a community relations liaison at Strawberry Mansion High in Philadelphia. She’s also a full-time college student and juggles raising her own kids and making ends meet. Gravley is smart and motivated; she wanted…