The Pros and Cons of Off the Shelf Learning
Sometimes you just can’t do it all. So when internal course design isn’t the answer to training requests, how else can the training team help out? The answer of course is to offer ready-made, off the shelf learning developed by third-party education providers. These courses are generally available as a service: the learner simply logs in […]
More Bad News for For-Profit Colleges
News last week that an accreditation group for for-profit colleges may lose its federal recognition has prompted many L&D leaders to re-think their strategy of making courses from such programs available for their employees. According to the Associated Press, an advisory panel to the Department of Education (DOE) has voted to recommend the government sever […]
Online Universities Get a C+, But You Don’t Have To
How You Can Thrive When Dealing with an Uncertain Market The news last month that the parent company of the University of Phoenix (UoP) was sold for $1.1 billion to buyout fund Apollo Global Management is no surprise: online universities have not provided the bottom-line results they’ve promised individuals and organizations. According to the editors […]
