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Toward abundant systems

Seth Godin Blog

But some systems are based on abundance. The network effect helps us understand that for connection-based systems, more is actually better, not worse. The system works better when more people use it. A language, for example, is more valuable when more people know it. Interoperability is a benefit.

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The U.S. Education System Isn’t Giving Students What Employers Need

Harvard Business

Companies also need to stop fixating on the four-year degree.

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Virtual Classes Are Here to Stay – Here’s Why

Clarity Consultants

During the pandemic, higher education institutions had to adapt quickly, transitioning many traditional in-person courses into online classes. However, as time passed, the system became more streamlined and effective, allowing learning to continue regardless of where students were attending courses.

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Future of Education is At Hand: Online, Accredited, Affordable, Useful

MishTalk

I have long been in the camp that the price of education is so expensive as to make college a poor choice for many who attend, and a downright bad choice for those who go heavily in debt for degrees in little demand. The entire education system is and has been for some time unsustainable. Government aid. Union contracts.

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Reaching Unreachable Candidates

Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo

Advanced search: Narrow the search to find candidates using specialized filters like education, and current company technologies. Export results: Easily export candidate data (including contact info) to Excel, shared with colleagues to review or upload in bulk to a recruiter's applicant tracking system.

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Pivoting the education matrix

Seth Godin Blog

Some kids spend a decade in the school sports system and learn leadership and management and creativity and analysis. My guess is that most parents and educators are afraid to even discuss the topic. A 45 minute Creativity class that uses algebra is going to feel very different from a Leadership class covering the same material.

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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

Ageism’s Pervasive Impact Educational and Training Disparities Studies show a direct correlation between lower levels of education and training and decreased employment rates (OECD/Generation, 2023). Educational Gerontology, 46 (12), 774–784. Journal of Applied Psychology. link] Lin, S.-T., H., & Chen, C.-J.