What is the future of higher education? With Abby Brody
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The future of higher education has arrived - and transformation in this space is coming sooner than you think. For many of you listening, like us, there was a very straightforward path from high school that led to a four year liberal arts degree. That will not be true for our kids. This episode with futurist Abby Brody will require you to hold on to your hats as you learn, alongside us, just how quickly and dramatically things are changing.
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Abby Brody is a lifetime educator and futurist determined to bring education to meet the needs of modern students and the economy and society they will inherit. Abby was part of the founding team at Avenues: The World School where she created the curriculum, held multiple leadership roles, and created and led Avenues Online to name a few.
In 2018, she founded Mind the Gap (MTG), a think tank that studied the ROI of higher education. Through that work, Abby and the MTG team walked away with a core hypothesis: The future of higher education needs to be outcomes-driven, personalized, holistic (wellness), and in keeping with best practices in learning (experiential).
MYX, which Abby founded in 2020 is the product of MTG’s research. MYX is a hybrid, personalized program that leverages top-quality digital content to focus on experiential learning and community.
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