How Colleges Are Redesigning the Path to a Degree

The Quiet Redesign of the Bachelor’s Degree

American higher education has a completion problem it doesn’t like to advertise. For decades, the bachelor’s degree came in one shape: four years of typically uninterrupted coursework delivered on one campus. But this model is being dismantled nationwide, with little coordination and even less fanfare, leaving colleges and universities struggling.   The reason is a number that most Americans have never heard. At the start of the 2023-24 academic…

How Colleges Are Redesigning the Path to a Degree

From transfer reform to apprenticeship credit, colleges are building more flexible pathways that connect learning, credentials and careers. For decades, higher education has largely been built around a traditional one-size-fits-all model: Enroll in college, complete courses, earn a degree and enter the workforce. But that route does not reflect the way many students actually navigate their college journeys today. As students transfer between ins…

What Should a College Degree Signify?

In the debate over higher education reforms, we seldom see any mention of the end product: the graduates. We argue about what we should be teaching, how much or how little time we should spend on each area, how long it should take students to finish, and to some extent what students ought to be […] The post What Should a College Degree Signify? appeared first on Minding The Campus.