Earlier this month, higher education policy leaders from all 50 states gathered in Minneapolis for the 2025 State Higher Education Executive Officers Higher Education Policy Conference . During a plenary session on the future of learning and work and its implications for higher education, Aneesh Raman , chief economic opportunity officer at LinkedIn, reflected on the growing need for people to be able to easily build and showcase their skills.

In response to this need, the avenues for learning have expanded , with high numbers of Americans now completing career-relevant training and skill-building through MOOCs, microcredentials and short-term certificates, as well as a growing number of students completing postsecondary coursework while in high school through dual enrollment .

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