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Dive Brief:
- The Presidents Forum, a network of 17 colleges, recently released a framework to help higher education institutions serve an increasingly diverse student body.
- The 10 principles comprising the framework include providing more transparency around programs’ return on investment, partnering with employers and alternative education providers, and offering a variety of credentials such as certifications and badges.
- The forum asserts that the pandemic’s impact on students heightens the need for colleges to develop policies that serve diverse learners.
Dive Insight:
The members of the Presidents Forum — many of whom helm large online colleges such as Western Governors, Southern New Hampshire and Capella universities — will meet over the next 15 months to share best practices and produce resources for other institutions to meet the framework’s goals, according to a news release.
In the framework, the Presidents Forum asserts that the health crisis underscores the need to better serve nontraditional and underserved students, such as working adults. Around 37% of students are age 25 and older, and 40% work full time, according to a 2019 report from the Lumina Foundation.
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