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Addressing the educational needs and desires of the working population

Thomas Edison State University was specifically founded for adult education and is considered a leader in online learning. With Invest:Insights, President Merodie Hancock discussed the current state of adult education, challenges associated with online learning and shifts in student desires. Click the video and listen to what this leader has

Keeping education equitable and adaptable

Servant leadership has been a key component of fostering creativity and collaboration between faculty, staff and students at Pfeiffer University. The university’s President, Scott Bullard, sat down with Invest:Insights to discuss this, how his institution is using innovative strategies to keep education both cost-effective and equitable, and adapting to shifting

2022-07-12T03:46:15-04:00April 26th, 2022|Charlotte, Education, Invest:Insights, Invest:Insights Charlotte, Video|

How Fort Lauderdale is preparing for spring break

Writer: Catie Schwartzman   2 min read February 2021 — This year’s spring break will prove to be a unique challenge for South Florida. Though the COVID-19 rollout is in progress, hordes of college students congregating in Fort Lauderdale and Miami’s beaches bring potential business as well as potential coronavirus

Incentives propel student enrollment at Gardner-Webb

Writer: Felipe Rivas 2 min read February 2020 — Last March, the onset of the pandemic catalyzed changes in the higher education sector that tested and stressed institutional infrastructure, faculty agility and student resilience, among other factors. For Gardner-Webb University, the disruption allowed the institution to lean into its strengths

2022-07-12T04:52:30-04:00February 12th, 2021|Charlotte, Economy, Education|

Innovation and adaptation: What this could mean for education post-pandemic

By: Beatrice Silva  2 min read September 2020 — The pandemic forced educational institutions to pivot all of their operations to a completely virtual landscape. Many university leaders were planning on returning to normalcy at some point in the upcoming months, but that looks increasingly unlikely. The keys to a successful

South Jersey and Philadelphia transition into online learning

By: Felipe Rivas 2 min read April 2020 — As the coronavirus reduced daily activity to only essential services, educational institutions were forced to transition at a moment’s notice into a virtual setting as shelter-in-place measures and social distancing became commonplace. Entire curriculums, testing, labs, and even physical education in