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Exploring and Designing Breakthrough Models in Higher Education

April 23, 2013

The shifting forces challenging higher education, both within and outside the academy, have dominated countless newspaper headlines and led to a flurry of new books and research discussing trend…

USC Hybrid High: A High School for the 21st Century

February 11, 2013

“Profiles of Next Generation Learning” is a new video series produced by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . Each video explores the wa…

Trending Now: Postsecondary

May 16, 2013

MOOCs dominate recent news and reports in next generation learning, while Southern New Hampshire makes history with competency-based learning. Last month, Kristen Vogt inaugurated a month…

Exploring and Designing Breakthrough Models in Higher Education

April 29, 2013

  With the release of an updated EDUCAUSE on Campus toolkit ,  Exploring and Designing Breakthrough Models in Higher Education , Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) com…

Pathway to Possibility: A Framework is Renovated and Refined

April 4, 2013

Last September, Next Generation Learning Challenges published a white paper laying out our perspective on what next generation learning is and what it requires. The six dimensions of the framew…

The Future is Bright: Reflections on Innovations 2013

March 19, 2013

  More than 3,600 administrators and faculty from the nation’s most creative community colleges came together in Dallas March 10 to 13 for the 15 th annual Innovations Conference of the …

Kicking Up Dust in Austin at SXSWedu

March 8, 2013

By, Van L. Davis, Ph.D., Director of Special Projects, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board This week, NGLC headed off to SXSWedu in sunny Austin, Texas. Only in its third year, this …

Building Blocks for College Completion: Blended Learning

December 11, 2012

Ten projects funded by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) in the initiative’s first round of investment in 2011, known as Wave I, sought to scale the adoption of blended learning model…

Matchbook Learning

November 28, 2012

This middle school model operated by Matchbook Learning Solutions puts teachers at the center . Matchbook believes that teacher quality, when combined with innovations in technology and a focu…

Breakthrough Models for College Completion: The Next Generation of Models for Higher Education

November 28, 2012

This compilation of Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) grantee profiles illustrates the innovative approaches of 10 new postsecondary degree program designs awarded grants under NGLC&…