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Summer Reading List: Higher Education Insight, Advice, and Inspiration to Last All Season Long
Now that the spring semester is over and graduates are taking on the world, here’s a collection of articles and stories to bookmark for summer reading and learning. Explore the 2020 Gallup-2U Graduate Alumni Outcomes Study, insights and advice from 2U leadership, inspiration from faculty and university leaders, student success stories, and voices for equity, access, and opportunity.
The 2020 Gallup-2U Graduate Alumni Outcomes Study
The 2020 Gallup-2U Graduate Alumni Outcomes Study
- Our Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer David Sutphen takes a closer look at the positive career outcomes and inclusive graduate student experiences outlined in the 2020 study and highlights three snapshots of graduate fulfillment.
- A data-minded church pastor bridges science and faith to protect his parishioners at the dawn of COVID-19.
- A first-generation college student and low-income single mom overcomes imposter syndrome to become a proud healthcare program analyst.
- A former FBI agent turned mental health counselor for the courts bounces back from a near-fatal accident to advocate for others with disabilities.
Insights and Advice from 2U Leadership
Insights and Advice from 2U Leadership
- SVP of Workforce Engagement Jennifer Henry shares why we design boot camp curriculum aligned with workforce needs.
- Jennifer Henry joins forces with Senior Director of Learning and Development Strategy Nadja Shaw to break down why industry professionals teach 2U-powered boot camps.
- SVP of University Relations Nathan Greeno explains why a digital transformation strategy is imperative for universities, now more than ever.
- Managing Director of Degree Programs Ebony Lee and Vice President and General Manager Karlo Young outline how Morehouse College is driving economic and social change with online undergraduate completion programs for non-traditional students.
- Managing Director of Short Courses Ryan O’Mahoney reveals how we’re helping professionals navigate a changing career landscape with our interactive Career Navigator.
- Faculty Training Specialist Stacy Hall is joined by several of her colleagues for a three-part series on creating more equitably engaged classrooms.
- Four members of our Faculty Success team discuss valuing, supporting, and championing teacher efforts each and every day.
Inspirations from Faculty and University Leaders
Inspirations from Faculty and University Leaders
- Four accomplished Pepperdine University instructors share their strategies for engaging students online.
- An Emerson College faculty member discusses meeting student needs in the constantly changing landscape of speech language pathology.
- The London School of Economics and Applied Science’s academic director of online programmes and deputy director of extended education reflect on extending global reach while remaining brand-authentic.
- A program director at the University of Minnesota reveals how 2U helped them quickly pivot online during the pandemic and offer interest-free payment plans and need-based scholarships.
- The dean of UC Irvine’s Division of Continued Education explains why boot camps are key to unlocking economic opportunity.
- A Northwestern faculty member shares how the university’s Master of Counseling program is expanding the lens on mental health.
- The faculty co-chair of the Harvard Business Analytics Program engages students in a live case study on the COVID vaccine with the CEO of Moderna.
Student Success Stories
Student Success Stories
- An applied data analytics and statistics professor elevates his classroom practice with help from the Harvard Business Analytics Program.
- A world-famous fashion model becomes a steward of eco-friendly garments with the help of a University of Cambridge short course.
- A telesales consultant with no formal college education leverages his boot camp experience to defy convention and land his dream job in data mining.
- A new mom, full-time graduate student, and 2U senior manager of student success learns to juggle it all and practice what she preaches through the Rice@MBA program.
- Remarkable women, military veterans, nurse practitioners, career pivoters, upskillers and reskillers, and tech entrepreneurs all share their educational and career triumphs.
Voices for Equity, Access, and Opportunity
Voices for Equity, Access, and Opportunity
- Four curriculum experts discuss helping HBCU students elevate their tech skills through Netflix boot camps.
- Leaders from Netflix and Norfolk State University talk about preparing HBCU students to be career-ready at SXSW.
- In his new EDU: Live streaming conversation series, our own David Sutphen sits down with leaders from academia, business, and civil society to explore topics in DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion).
- Simmons President Dr. Lynn Wooten champions the power of community, explaining that “leadership is not a solo act.”
- Director of Northwestern University’s Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy Dr. Alvin Tillery calls for “new levels of corporate citizenship” and driving DEI from within.
- Gallup’s Executive Director of Education Research Stephanie Marken shares why education is “the only equalizer we have” to address society’s inherent inequities.
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