University 5.0
Building workforce education as an institutional capability.
Why has workforce education become so central to higher education, yet so difficult to lead well?
Because public colleges and universities are being asked to deliver workforce relevance through systems that were not designed for adult learning, non-credit to credit mobility, employer-connected education, credential quality, or cross-unit governance.
The issue is not a lack of effort. It is a lack of institutional design.
University 5.0 helps institutions build the strategy, governance, quality infrastructure, and pathway systems required to lead workforce education as a coherent institutional function.
This work is informed by the University 5.0 framework, a strategic model developed to examine how learning, leadership, and labor interact within contemporary higher education institutions. While University 5.0 is grounded in a broader institutional analysis, its application here is deliberately focused on workforce education and adult learning as the most immediate point of leverage.
Founding Partners
Nancy M. Pratt, Ph.D.
Founding Partner-Principal
Areas of Practice
Workforce Education Strategy
Adult Learning & Pathway Systems
Credential Quality Infrastructure
Labor Market & Employer Partnerships
Performance & Organizational Optimization for Non-Degree initiatives.
Areas of Practice
Accreditation & Quality Assurance
Community Learning Lab Design
Strategic Funding & Resource Development
Institutional Effectiveness
Global Engagement
Performance & Organizational Optimization
Marius Boboc, Ed.D.
Founding Partner-Senior Advisor