Through proper alignment of workforce needs and curricula for post-secondary credentials and degrees, employers and institutions of higher learning can communicate and collaborate to provide tech-forward solutions that prepare skilled workers in Georgia for the near future and beyond.
WGU’s mission is simple and powerful: to change lives for the better by creating pathways to opportunity. Within that mission, WGU Academy expands WGU’s available pathways to academic and professional success with shorter, more attainable programs that can be stacked into degree programs. In this piece, I’ll talk about two kinds of short-term programs – on-ramp courses and certificate programs.
Through personalized interactions, responsive support systems, and a commitment to psychological safety, higher education institutions can create environments that offer not just education, but transformation. In doing so, they foster connections that equip students with the confidence, resilience, and belonging needed to thrive beyond the classroom, ensuring that education becomes a lifelong source of empowerment and connection.
The percentage of U.S. adults who have little or no confidence in higher education has never been higher. How can higher education institutions reverse this trend? Leaders at the School of Business at Western Governors University (WGU) believe their academic model is a case study in how to prepare students to succeed professionally today, tomorrow and into the future.
Western Governors University School of Business leaders recently hosted The Future of Supply Chain Workforce Summit in Long Beach, California, connecting business leaders, educators and supply chain professionals for the latest event in a series of roadshows aimed at fostering partnerships that will shape tomorrow's workforce.
Work-based learning is the way of the future to connect stranded talent in communities across America to jobs that need to be filled. Apprenticeships can support many industries, and a look into our nation’s K-12 education system provides just one sector where these new learning models can advance our communities.
