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Removing Barriers and Building New Pathways for Working Adult Learners at the League’s Virtual Learning Summit

August 2020

The League’s virtual Learning Summit, October 5-6, 2020, focuses on how the future of work is shifting education; defining the adult learner cycles and support; meeting working adult students where they are; and reinventing approaches or initiatives for effectively serving working adult learners, especially considering COVID-19.

Through collaborative activities, including sharing experiences, presenting ideas, and completing exercises, Learning Summit participants will:

  • Identify the barriers for...

League and Beyond Academics Collaborate to Help Colleges Prepare for the New Normal

June 2020

As community colleges wrestle with decisions around the short-term and long-term impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and what many are calling the “new normal,” the League for Innovation in the Community College is doing its part. A new collaboration with Beyond Academics is already providing opportunities for college leaders at all levels to join conversations about new issues that have arisen.

“Every part of the community college environment has been challenged to reinvent some level of how it will operate this fall and beyond. Some of those changes can be handled by the very capable...