Graduate and Continuing Education Blog

While emerging tools can enhance education, the true measure of value is how well they support students’ deep learning, intellectual curiosity, and equitable access to educational opportunities.

With AI’s impact expected to grow exponentially over the next decade, information literacy will become a core competency for all knowledge workers.

You’re a competent, successful employee who has worked hard to build a promising career. So, why do feelings of self-doubt keep creeping in?

A common theme emerges when I speak with employers and business owners throughout the Lehigh Valley: they’re seeking future leaders who can help them manage four generations of employees in the workplace and solve complex business problems, including navigating economic uncertainty and rapid technological changes.

Colleges and private-sector businesses are reimagining education and workforce development. And they’re quickly discovering the benefits of working together.

From college campuses to corporate boardrooms, the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are under attack. More than 30 states—including Pennsylvania—have introduced or passed bills to restrict or regulate DEI in the past year, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s DEI Legislation Tracker.

If you want to become the best teacher for yourself and your students, achieving a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) may be your ideal path forward.

Almost every type of business, from mid-size manufacturers to the largest of health systems, includes managers and leaders. But why is leadership distinct from management, and how can knowing the difference help you shape your career goals?

If you’ve typed a single query into ChatGPT, you already know the incredible power of artificial intelligence (AI). But the question everyone wants to answer today is, what can AI do next?

Spring is a season of renewal and rebirth. But while you may spring clean your apartment, house or garden, when was the last time you did a thorough spring cleaning of your career goals?

As an adult learner, you have multiple options available today to further your education. For example, you can earn an education credential that verifies your proficiency in one particular competency. Or you can pursue a formal certificate or degree that gives you a broader set of skills. Or you can pursue a mix of both types.

No matter which path veterans choose, success often follows. That’s because the traits veterans learn in the military directly impact their abilities as students and employees.

When you received your high school diploma, you probably had a natural next step: proceed straight into a career or head off to college. But for adults looking to continue their education, the path to a master’s or other graduate degree isn’t nearly as straightforward.

Adults in today's booming job market need more opportunities. Yet many wonder whether achieving their bachelor's or post-baccalaureate degrees will get them where they want to go.

Your new iPhone 14 Pro may boggle your mind. But imagine having the ability to use this incredible and innovative technology and determine how it can help make organizations better and improve lives.

It seems as if everyone is working in or with technology these days. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my three-decade career with startups and enterprises, it’s that Information Systems (IS) isn’t about technology. Instead, it’s about what technology can do for people and organizations.

A Veteran - whether Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, discharged, retired, living or deceased – from all branches of the Armed Forces is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to, and including their life."

The final days of June marked the end of the accomplished and impactful 24-year career of Jane Hudak at Muhlenberg College.

When it comes to birthdays, you celebrate your Sweet 16 and embrace adulthood at age 18, but don’t forget about your 25th birthday.

Mother, fiance, decorated veteran, student, graduate, survivor. Alejandra (Alee) Long is all of these things. Long is a mother to four children, recently engaged, a Master Sergeant and Senior Human Resources Sergeant in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, a 20-year military veteran with tours of duty in Afghanistan, a Bronze Star recipient and a graduate of Muhlenberg College’s Master’s in Organizational Leadership program and Accelerated Bachelor’s of Business Administration.

While you may know what hybrid work is, you may not be as familiar with hybrid learning. It's a model we embrace at the Muhlenberg College School of Graduate Studies. So, what is hybrid learning, and how does it help adult students excel? Let's explore the topic and uncover its many benefits.

Matt Merlo ‘22 was living a life some dream of, working and residing in New York City, with a fast-paced career in investment banking. It was what Merlo had been working for his whole life, but at a certain point, the NYU Sterns graduate realized his heart was not fully invested in what he found himself doing.