Name: 2025 Chief Learning Officer Symposium
Start: 2025-10-22T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-24T14:15:00-04:00

College teaches human skills, not just hard skills

In a rapidly evolving world that requires us to “adapt or die,” human skills like critical thinking, ethical judgment and empathy—which may not show up in a job description—are just as essential as hard skills.

Commentary & Opinion
Corporations have much to gain from relationships with higher ed

What role can higher education play in your company’s success?

Commentary & Opinion
Beyond the 4-year degree: Looking to alternative indicators of success

Acknowledging a 4-year degree is not the sole indicator of success is long overdue.

Strategy
How corporations can help at-risk schools thrive

There is a real opportunity for schools and corporations to form mutually beneficial partnerships.

Commentary & Opinion
Microcredentials and badges are the future

The more effectively companies express their current and future needs concerning microcredentials and badges, the faster suppliers will develop programs that meet them.

Commentary & Opinion
How corporations can drive innovation in higher ed — and why they should

While there is undeniable value in a traditional college education, businesses have the opportunity to reshape higher education once again to align better with their most current and pressing needs at the height of the Information Age.

Commentary & Opinion
The importance of soft skills in an AI-forward world

While companies claim to recognize the importance of soft skills, many balk at investing in corporate learning programs focused on improving these skills.

Commentary & Opinion
Combatting a campus (and workplace) mental health epidemic

As a new generation of college students enters the workforce, they will surely seek out wellness programs and mental health counseling on the job. Their demands will add to an already growing list of to-dos for CLOs.

Commentary & Opinion