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 types […]
The latest study from Gallup & 2U shows that online learning meets, and sometimes exceeds, in person learning experiences. Here are a few key learnings: People in online classes report strongly agreeing that they had at least one professor at their graduate institution who made them excited about learning. This is more than people who […]
With many members of our community adjusting to remote work or school, we want to share with you some tips to help aid in a smooth transition. Separate Work & Personal Life – This can be especially challenging if you have multiple family members joining you in “staying at home,” but there are some […]
What do you want to achieve in 2020? The New Year—and new decade—is here, and it’s time to start creating that list. According to U.S. News & World Report, by mid-February, 80 percent of New Year’s Resolutions have been broken. How do you become part of the 20 percent that keeps their resolutions? Four Tips […]
Southern Methodist University Now Offering FinTech, Coding, and Data Science Boot Camps DALLAS, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Dallas is getting its first training program aimed specifically at preparing local adults for jobs in fintech. The Southern Methodist FinTech Boot Camp is open for enrollment starting today and offered in partnership with Trilogy Education, a 2U, Inc. brand and leading […]
Since its opening, SMU has offered continuing education to adult learners in the community. In September 1915 the Department of English offered the first two “extension” courses – one on Shakespeare and the other on the Essay and the Novel. Almost 100 years later, in July 2009, SMU Lifelong Learning grew into SMU Continuing […]
The era of Mad Men-style advertising – men in black suits, chain-smoking up ideas for a clientele we would now call old-school – much like the show itself, has long been over. The customer has changed, and with it, the way brands interact with those customers. “We kind of are known to be the […]
Dallas has become a magnet for millennials according to a 2019 Brookings Institution report. Brookings used recently released migration data from the U.S. Census Bureau to identify major metros that attracted the most 25- to 34-year-olds from 2012 to 2017. Houston was the top metro area on the list with an average annual net […]
With low unemployment across the U.S. and Texas, employers need to boost benefits and perks to attract and retain the best talent. As an additional challenge, today’s workforce includes multiple generations with differing career goals and requirements to feel rewarded and appreciated. The Pew Research Center has defined the generations as: Baby Boomers: born […]
“Forty percent of white collar jobs will be disrupted or replaced in the next 15 years due to AI, machine learning and other technology advancements. Professionals must learn to be lifelong learners,” says Brad McCormick, principal at 10 Louder, a digital marketing strategies firm, and instructor in digital marketing strategy for the SMU Professional and […]
The U.S. economy loses between $57 billion and $109 billion annually to malicious cyber activity, according to the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Just as alarming are results from a recent “Cyber Risk Index” (CRI) stating 80 percent of U.S. businesses expect a critical breach in 2019. Commissioned by Trend Micro and conducted by […]
[Image: maxkabakov/iStockphoto] This article originally appeared in Dallas Innovates. https://dallasinnovates.com/smu-seeking-applicants-for-new-online-masters-in-cybersecurity/ The program, which launches in 2020, will offer 10 courses for 30 credit hours, and can be completed in less than two years. Presented by SMU Professional and the Lyle School of Engineering, the classes will be taught by faculty members from the Lyle […]