Education Technology · Topic
Skills First Education
3 articles from Education Technology practitioners
A One-Year College Alternative: How Pega6 Is Preparing to Train AI-First, Job-Ready Talent
The traditional four-year college model is facing growing pressure as rising tuition, shifting labor market demands, and new technological realities expose gaps between education and employment outcomes. Confidence in the traditional college pathway is eroding among parents, students, and employers as rising costs and persistent skills gaps collide with the reality that many new…
A Skills-First Model Without Student Debt: How MedCerts Is Tackling the Healthcare Staffing Crisis With Tech-Driven Training
A growing healthcare staffing crisis is forcing institutions to rethink how the next generation of clinical talent is trained. A study by Mercer and Lightcast, cited by the American Hospital Association, projects that the U.S. could be short of as many as 100,000 critical healthcare workers by 2028. This urgent gap is pushing innovators to…
Helping Employers Move Beyond Degrees in Favour of Skills-First Hiring
Employers are discovering that degree requirements are shrinking talent pools without delivering better job performance