💻 Global Skills Leaders Met in Person—Students Still Want Hybrid and Online Learning. Back to School Summit, Sept 10-11 🇺🇸
Last week, global education leaders gathered in person at Global Skills Week to tackle the future of skills and workforce development. But even as institutions strategized face-to-face, demand for online learning continues to gain traction.
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Last week, global education leaders gathered in person at Global Skills Week to tackle the future of skills and workforce development. But even as institutions strategized face-to-face, demand for online learning continues to gain traction. Western Governors University (WGU), the nation’s largest online university, led a workshop on how institutions are adapting credentials to a skills-first economy. Meanwhile, Luxembourg’s first online tech school and Australia’s largest non-government virtual school expansion signal a growing institutional shift toward digital delivery. As education leaders navigate this transformation, what’s next for virtual and hybrid learning?
US Higher Education Enrollment by Modality, 2012-2030F
Post-pandemic student demand, AI and digital shifts drive hybrid program growth. Data shows a decline in purely on-campus programs, with HolonIQ forecasting hybrid enrollments to surpass 10M by 2030, making up over 50% of all programs.
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💪 This Week's Power Moves
🤖 London School of Economics partnered with Globality to implement its AI-powered procurement platform.
💻 The Polytechnic Cyber Institute has launched Luxembourg's first online-first digital tech school.
💸 Bowdoin College received $50M to establish an AI initiative.
💰 Funding
👩🏻🏫 Brisk Teaching, an AI teaching and learning platform for K-12 schools, raised $15M to combat teacher burnout and provide much-needed personalized student support.
💻 Certiverse, a US-based online certification management system, has raised $11M to make certification programs more accessible to organizations
🩺 Ascend Learning, a US-based health training company, has acquired Clover Learning, an online provider of diagnostic imaging education.
📝 McGraw-Hil Education, a US-based educational publisher, has acquired Essaypop, a research-based writing solution, to expand its personalized learning capabilities for K-12 students.
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