"Fifty-eight percent of those surveyed by IBM said that they plan to take continuing education courses this year, while roughly 30% of Gen Z and millennial respondents surveyed said they will enroll in a formal degree, certification or badging program. Continuing education and skills-building has emerged as a way for job seekers to distinguish [...]
According to a new article from HR Executive, technology will be the key for forward-thinking HR leaders to succeed in the future of work. The six imperatives outlined are even more important today than they were before COVID-19 and serve as a guide for HR leaders in ensuring an agile and perpetually relevant organization and [...]
Guest post from SMU College Prep instructor Libby Magliolo If the last year has taught us anything, it's that we should expect the unexpected. Besides the devastating health consequences of the pandemic, there were many secondary impacts that touched people's financial lives — job loss, increased expenses, and other challenges. For current high school [...]
In fall 2020, the Office of Global, Online and Continuing Education was created to oversee and advance SMU’s online and continuing education portfolio, reporting to the Office of Curricular Innovation and Policy. It is comprised of two distinct areas – a refocused SMU Global and Online (GO), and a reestablished SMU Continuing and Professional [...]
SMU Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE) programs provide accessible and meaningful learning experiences in a broad range of professional topics and academic subjects. Pivoting quickly in response to the global pandemic, CAPE served more than 1200 noncredit students this school year through remote classes. Before COVID-19became a household name, the CAPE team already planned to [...]
Designed to help active-duty military successfully transition into civilian workforce, The Catalyst Program at SMU will begin taking applicants this summer. Participants in the eight-week intensive program will complete graduate level course work in computer science and earn a professional certificate in Project Management. Through in-class case studies and guest speakers, participants will also [...]
SMU GO Is excited to announce a partnership to bring the Online MS In Data Science (MSDS) to India. While online education is, by definition, available anywhere, international enrollment in online degree programs remains low for a variety of reasons. SMU GO is bringing the MSDS degree to the Indian market through our international [...]
COVID-19 forced us all to explore every facet of our communications, workforce development, logistics and much more. We were all made to adapt and pivot, and pivot some more. Ultimately the pandemic laid bare our strengths and weaknesses. SMU is rethinking how we partner with the local community and industry. To that point, we are [...]
How Mobile Grew from Nice to Have to Must-Have 11 Key Trends in Mobile Marketing: 2021 and Beyond Guest post from SMU Digital Marketing instructor Abhi Vyas. Originally published to LinkedIn on March 1, 2020. In recent years, mobile marketing has become an increasingly important component of many businesses’ overall marketing strategies and last year [...]
Miroslava “Mira” Detcheva's combined teaching and legal experience bring unique expertise to SMU's professional education programs. Mira is Senior Lecturer in Spanish in SMU's Department of World Languages and Literatures, where she teaches a variety of Spanish language and culture courses. In addition to her long-term teaching experience at the university level, she also is [...]
New program draws from Cox and Simmons Schools, delivered through SMU Professional and Online DALLAS (SMU) – SMU is proud of its history of developing courses that address student interest in emerging markets. In keeping with this tradition, The Cox School of Business and The Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development [...]
Do you know someone who has been affected by recent job loss or financial hardship? SMU, in partnership with 30 nonprofit universities across the country and our partner 2U, is expanding access to our boot camp courses in Coding and Fintech through a $3 million Boot Camp Scholarship Fund. Upskilling and reskilling opportunities through these [...]