Degrees of Change
Degrees of Change
Podcast Description
A podcast from California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy that explores how smart higher education and workforce policies can help Californians learn, contribute, and thrive. Through candid conversations with thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners, this podcast brings bold ideas and practical solutions to address some of the state’s most pressing challenges.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes related to higher education reform, workforce development, and equitable policies, featuring episodes that delve into topics such as California’s 1960 Master Plan for higher education and its relevance today, as well as the impact of leadership and accountability on educational equity.
A podcast from California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy that explores how smart higher education and workforce policies can help Californians learn, contribute, and thrive. Through candid conversations with thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners, this podcast brings bold ideas and practical solutions to address some of the state’s most pressing challenges.
California’s higher education system has served millions of students. But it was built as a rigid, one-time credential system that does not meet the needs of all learners.
In this episode, California Competes CEO Dr. Su Jin Jez speaks with College Futures Foundation’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence Maria Anguiano about how to redesign higher education to be more flexible, more equitable, and more responsive to how people actually learn.
Drawing on her experience leading large-scale efforts at Arizona State University, Maria outlines a set of design principles and practical strategies for change.
Key Topics
- Designing higher education around learners rather than institutions
- Modular, stackable pathways and competency-based learning
- The role of digital infrastructure in expanding access and improving quality
- Moving beyond modality to focus on better student outcomes
Our Guest
Maria Anguiano is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at College Futures Foundation and former Executive Vice President of Arizona State University’s Learning Enterprise.
At ASU, she led the development of a lifelong learning model that reached more than one million learners across more than 140 countries. She is a first-generation college graduate and serves as Vice Chair of the University of California Board of Regents and on the boards of the James Irvine Foundation and the KIPP Foundation.
In This Episode
- Maria Anguiano’s Blog Series: https://collegefutures.org/tag/maria-anguianos-blog-series-on-transforming-education-for-a-changing-economy/
- Rewriting Education’s Design Principles: https://collegefutures.org/rewriting-educations-design-principles/
- California Competes Convening at the ASU+GSV Summit: panel-on-california-higher-education-innovation-at-the-asugsv-summit
- Reimagining Online Education: https://californiacompetes.org/resources/reimagining-online-ed/
- Redesigning Higher Education for Today’s Students: https://cahybridcollege.com/
- ASU Local: https://asulocal.asu.edu/
- California Learning Lab: https://calearninglab.org/
- ATAIN (AI Transfer and Articulation Infrastructure Network), UC Berkeley: https://www.atainnetwork.org/
- Building a Shared Vision for California Higher Ed’s Future: building-a-shared-vision-for-californias-higher-ed-future
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