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Higher Ed Dive: Why community colleges should embrace depth over breadth

Community colleges are under pressure to do more with less, and a new op-ed from our partners in Colorado shows what it looks like to go deeper instead of broader as a strategy for boosting economic…

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Watch this Chronicle webinar on demand: Scaling workforce innovation

Education Design Lab's Dr. Rachel Kahn, who is scaling stackable micro-pathways with community colleges across the U.S., joined a panel discussion hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. In this April 2026 virtual forum, Scaling…

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Watch on demand: How can colleges keep up with the AI job market?

This is definitely a question that keeps us up at night: How can higher education keep pace with the rapid changes to the job market and set up their learner-earners for career success? Don Fraser,…

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What’s the most important factor in designing college programs?

It's the learner voice, according to Dr. Janet Spriggs, president of Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina. In her op-ed published by CCDaily earlier this month, Dr. Spriggs explains how their human-centered design work…

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Cologix, a major data center company, has been investing heavily in the Columbus metro in Ohio. (Photo by Elyse Ashburn for Work Shift)

Work Shift: Training the New Tech Workers Amid the Data Center Boom

This October 2025 Work Shift article spotlights the Lab's Texas Flywheel Initiative, which is creating a sustainable talent pipeline for data centers and bitcoin mines in the state.

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Photo by MassLive Camille Charleston completed a microcredentialing program in IT at Bunker Hill Community College.

MassLive: Are microcredentials the future of education? How short-term programs are changing higher ed

This August 2025 article features Bunker Hill and Roxbury community colleges, which are unbundling the associate degree into stackable, industry-aligned micro-pathways.

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WATCH RECORDING: How to Bridge Stackable, Noncredit + Credit Pathways

Higher Ed Dive: Why community colleges should embrace depth over breadth

Watch this Chronicle webinar on demand: Scaling workforce innovation

Watch on demand: How can colleges keep up with the AI job market?

What’s the most important factor in designing college programs?

Work Shift: Training the New Tech Workers Amid the Data Center Boom

MassLive: Are microcredentials the future of education? How short-term programs are changing higher ed

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