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Keep Ahead of Higher Ed, the Professional Development Competition for Associations

WBT Systems

A University of California at Berkeley administrator said, “There are a lot of potential paths we can take to replace university degrees with more stackable competencies.” Meanwhile, upper-level courses continue to be dictated by faculty research priorities, which operate independently of labor-market demands.”.

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8 must read articles for Association Executives

SCD Group

After reading about FastCompany’s Top 50 innovators, Lori captured 4 things that membership organizations could learn from the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies: Walk the talk (#1 Apple) Play the long game (#4 Amazon) Relentlessly reinvent (#12 Southern New Hampshire University) Make yourself useful(#30 LinkedIn).