ASU Learning Enterprise: FY21-22 Annual Report

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Learning Enterprise FY21-22
ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves. ASU Charter

At every stage in life. Vision

The Learning Enterprise exists to foster and grow universal access to social and economic opportunity.
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Professional and Career Technical Skills

Developing innovative approaches to workforce education that positively impact learners throughout their careers.

Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning

Enabling learners to gain worldviews and perspectives that allow them to engage meaningfully across personal differences and cultural backgrounds. 60

ASU for Life

Lifelong access to content, services and community designed to help learners achieve their goals at every stage of life.

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Letter from the Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President Learning Enterprise Arizona State University Maria Anguiano 04

Dear ASU community members,

It has been a year and a half since the official launch of ASU’s Learning Enterprise (LE) as the third pillar of the university. During this time, we have been working furiously across the enterprise to bring ASU’s tremendous assets and resources to more learners. I am proud to share that these efforts have resulted in millions of page views of educational content and over 310,000 individuals enrolled in ASU learning offerings.

One of the unique aspects of ASU is how deeply embedded our charter is in the work we do here. It is our commitment to this charter that pushes LE to break the rigid and linear design of the traditional education system in order to provide more social and economic opportunities for all learners. Three highlights demonstrating this commitment include:

• ASU’s open access college courses, Universal Learner Courses (ULC), are a flexible, low-risk option to remove barriers to earning college credits. More than 3,500 learners who began their college path in these courses have been admitted to ASU as degree-seeking students.

• The CareerCatalyst team, leading LE's workforce education focus area, has worked with ASU’s schools and colleges to develop a diverse portfolio of career education programs for working learners. Two key initiatives include the development of a Professional Skills “For Everyone” series, which teaches learners automation-resistant job skills such as working with others and decision-making, and a Microelectronics portfolio, which prepares learners for roles in the growing microelectronics industry. CareerCatalyst serves more than 164,000 learners.

• Our Study Hall initiative, a YouTube collaboration with Complexly, creates highly engaging, short-form content that helps learners navigate their path into college. Study Hall's YouTube channel, launched in March, has already garnered over 25,000 subscribers, 2.4 million viewers, and nearly 220 schools, universities and governmental organizations using the content.

In this inaugural annual report, I hope you will enjoy reading about the many examples of innovative programs being spearheaded by units across ASU to serve learners. I also want to express my deepest gratitude to all of our ASU colleagues who work tirelessly every day to serve our learners — everyone on the Learning Enterprise team and at ASU’s schools, colleges, institutes, centers and departments involved in these endeavors. It is truly an enterprise-wide effort and I look forward to collaborating with you to harness all that ASU has to offer on behalf of our learners in the coming year!

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The rigid and linear design of the traditional U.S. education system does not provide an effective ladder to social and economic opportunity for all learners and is not responsive to the rapidly evolving needs of society.

ASU’s Learning Enterprise exists to foster and grow universal access to social and economic opportunity at every stage of a person’s life. This aim's fulfillment requires innovative, high-scale education enabled by ASU’s robust knowledge core.

We believe learners:

• Seek to build their skills throughout a lifetime of educational discovery as circumstances and goals change.

• Want flexible approaches to inspire and support their journeys.

• Succeed when they grow within communities of practice and shared interest.

• Need credentials that are portable and widely recognized.

• Value experiences and opportunities to broaden their worldviews and perspectives.

• Need solutions that are financially accessible.

The Learning Enterprise advances ASU’s charter by building ecosystems for outcomes-driven lifelong learning. The Learning Enterprise leads and facilitates work with ASU’s schools and colleges to develop scalable, technology-enabled offerings that serve non-degree learners throughout their lifetimes, from pre-K to postretirement.

Foundational Learning Professional and Career Technical Skills Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning

focuses on the bedrock aspects of education, to facilitate a lifelong passion and capacity for learning while guiding learners on a journey from novice to master learner.

helps learners prepare for the future of work and thrive at every stage of their careers.

supports the acquisition of worldviews and perspectives that allow learners to engage meaningfully with others, irrespective of personal differences and cultural backgrounds.

This report is structured around these focus areas and presents key highlights and results obtained throughout the 2021-22 academic year.

To achieve this mission, ASU’s learning offerings and solutions are organized around three focus areas, which aim to serve key learner needs and outcomes:
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learners enrolled in learning offerings, including: 310K+ COMPASS Courses WRENCH Bootcamps File-certificate Certificates Pencil-ruler Workshops handshake 750+ partnerships with K-12 schools, other educational institutions and organizations and corporations learners engaged with a learning experience, including: 330K+ plane Conference attendance User-plus Channel subscriptions users Learning communities views of educational content, including: 25M+ video Videos GAMEPAD Games comments-alt Blogs LAPTOP Website content Hotel Museum visits offerings delivered, including newly launching: 1K+ globe-africa 18 new Universal Learner Courses BRIEFCASE 128 new CareerCatalyst courses video 27 new Study Hall videos Book-Reader 1 new integrated learning platform, Book-Reader ASU for Life 09
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Foundational Learning

Laying the foundation for success in life.

Designing New Models of Educational Success

ASU Preparatory Academy

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Foundational Learning focuses on the bedrock aspects of education by fostering a lifelong passion and capacity for learning.

Foundational Learning offerings are designed to directly correlate to increased opportunities for social and economic advancement, emphasizing the development of communication, interaction, creative and critical-thinking skills. Learners can also access core subject-matter content, gain verified credentials, and ultimately, build an educational foundation for success in work and life.

Providing Universal Access to College

Universal Learner Courses (ULCs)

Earned Admissions

ULCs for High School Students

Creating Open Realms for Exploratory Learners

Ask A Biologist

Arizona State University and SUMA Dinero Bootcamps

Study Hall

Advancing NextGeneration Learning Inspark

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Building fluid learning environments that provide pathways to advancement

ASU Preparatory Academy 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning
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ASU Preparatory Academy

ASU Preparatory Academy continues to reimagine possibilities for K-12 students in Arizona and beyond, designing digitally supported learning environments on the premise that all students can learn, given the right support. ASU Prep remains intently focused on learners, as opposed to structure. The nimble, rapidly deployable learning platform is built with these characteristics in mind.

ASU Prep is deeply integrated with the university’s ecosystem of learning assets, setting it apart from any other K-12 learning model. More than 200 pathways into the disciplines offer direct access to university faculty and major-level courses, enabling students to deepen and clarify career interests. By eliminating boundaries between high school and university, ASU Prep and ASU Prep Digital are pulling down silos that determine advancement by age or grade level versus learning readiness. Throughout their K-12 experience, students become part of a college-going and college-attending community, thus providing familiarity, confidence and an affordable pathway to pursue a college degree.

8,000+

learners served in K-12 full-time offerings around the world

32,000+

part- and full-time learners

teachers trained in 1,450 schools and 452 districts in ASU Prep Digital’s Arizona Virtual Teaching Institute

ASU Prep Digital is a really good fit for me because of the flexibility and the fact that I’m able to work ahead and move at my own pace to get my work done. My Learning Success Coach is like a mentor and guide. She’s always checking in on me. If I have questions, she’s always there so that I can ask her. She is always making sure I’m on track.”

— Anna, 9th Grade, ASU Prep

Paris will graduate ASU Prep Digital with around 50 ASU college credits. She recently told me that everyone she has ever encountered at ASU Prep Digital or ASU has been friendly, professional and encouraging to her … As parents who would like to see our daughter go to ASU, Mrs. Sanderson [at ASU Prep Digital] has been instrumental in Paris getting to see what a great institution ASU is.”

— Matt and Amber C., ASU Prep parents

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me3®

me3 is an online interactive major and career quiz that helps students learn about their future education and career options. Students can explore different majors and careers that fit their interests and passions, making them better prepared to select a degree program.

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Launched Universal Learner me3 to provide pathway options for learners at any step of their educational journey by incorporating minors, undergraduate certificates, graduate certificates and advanced degrees

Launched a new me3 website and advisor dashboard to empower partners 500,000 learner milestone crossed in FY 2022

Something I really loved about me3 was how simple it was to take. It’s not complicated at all. I’m a visual learner, so the pictures really made it so much better than reading a description of the career while picking through them. Another thing I liked was that it took my interest and matched it to a list of careers, and me3 gave me a list of majors that would help me be on the right path to the career.”

— Laurina, high school student

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me3® Shining a light on educational opportunities, career options and learning pathways. me3.careers 15
Universal Learner Courses 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Making it possible for every learner in the world to take college courses. ea.asu.edu 16

Universal Learner Courses

Universal Learner Courses (ULCs) are college courses designed to give everyone access to college, regardless of their age, stage of life, location or academic history. They allow anyone to pursue a higher education as a means of achieving their personal and professional goals.

Taught at ASU by ASU faculty, ULC courses are low-risk, requiring minimal financial commitment until students pass and choose to transcript their grade.

15,743

unique registered learners, increasing by more than 20% since FY 2020

total ULC partners, 148 of whom are new, nearly a 66% increase over FY 2021

ULCs are available to learners globally as of FY 2022, nearly double the number of courses from FY 2021

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15,743 unique registered learners in FY 2021-22 0 5k 10k 20k 15k High School Employer-Supported Earned Admissions JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN BOOKMARK Solution Line 17

Earned Admissions

The Earned Admissions program offers second chances and an alternate pathway for university admission to learners who dream of entering college, but would otherwise be ineligible due to prior academic challenges. Through the program, learners who meet the age criteria and pass four to eight ULCs with a 2.75 or greater GPA are automatically granted admission to ASU.

Once matriculated, Earned Admission students typically perform academically at the same level or better than those admitted through the traditional route

To date, 3,648 ULC learners have been admitted to ASU

Earning a degree was always a dream of mine, but it was something I thought just ‘wasn’t for someone like me.' After learning a trade and opening a business, I still dreamed of going to school and applied to ASU in 2020. I was not accepted immediately and had to take the path of Earned Admissions. This was ultimately such a gift because it allowed me to prove to myself and the school that I was ready for this challenge, without feeling the pressure that comes with loans, full-time course load, etc. Now I am part of the Barrett School and I am so proud of what ASU has helped me achieve!”

— Shannon L., Earned Admissions learner

3,648 rocket BOOKMARK Offering 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning 18

Earned Admissions

Creating an equitable, 21st-century solution for college admissions. ea.asu.edu 19

ULCs for High School Learners

Through ULCs, students in high school can earn college credit without incurring financial or GPArelated risks. Thousands of learners are accelerating their educational careers with ULCs, and hundreds of schools are using ULCs to enhance their portfolio of college credit opportunities.

The Universal Learner program at ASU is playing a huge role in helping me earn a college degree while being dually enrolled in high school. Registration is easy, and the courses are state-of-the-art and inspiring. It’s an amazing opportunity to earn college credits from a top-name university at a greatly reduced cost.” schools

— Cayla Rosenhagen, high school student BOOKMARK Offering new high
leveraged ULCs for the first time high school learners enrolled in ULCs 3,000+ 120+ 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning 20
ULCs for High School Learners Jumpstarting college careers for ambitious high school students. ea.asu.edu/hs 21
Ask A Biologist 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Inspiring and engaging students to learn more about the living world. askabiologist.asu.edu 22

Ask A Biologist

Ask A Biologist is an online learning resource that engages students of all ages with information about the living world. The award-winning program offers free online games, interactive tours, stories, videos, lessons, podcasts and more to learners of all types in every country in the world. In an online landscape filled with misinformation, Ask A Biologist offers trustworthy learning experiences that inspire students to ask questions and learn more about the living world around them.

visits to date games played in 2021

virtual tour visits in 2021

I currently work as a special education/ biology teacher in Oklahoma. I love this site and the resources that are available.

I’ve used it for the past several years when trying to bring biomes to life for my students. I just wanted to make sure you knew how appreciative I and my group of students are for this work!”

— Aimee, 9th grade special education teacher

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I am a college student taking Human Bio. It’s very hard for me to understand science. I found your Viral Attack comic and the indepth pages, and it has helped me SO much with understanding the difference between B cells and T cells. I just wanted to drop a quick note saying how helpful your site was for me and that I am very excited to share it with other students in my class and my professor. Thank you!”

— Hallie, university student

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Arizona State University and SUMA Dinero Bootcamps

Arizona State University and SUMA Wealth are bringing financial literacy to the next generation of Latinos through a fun-filled, on-demand virtual training experience with the Dinero Bootcamp. The gamified learning experience features a blockchain-based proof of learning protocol that verifies completion in areas that include budgeting, establishing or improving credit, reducing debt and building net worth. Upon completion, graduates will be awarded certificates that can be used to unlock access to additional classes and perks.

The new initiative is part of Arizona State University and SUMA's push to eradicate the Latino wealth gap by giving millennial and Generation Z Latinos the financial knowledge needed to save, invest and grow wealth for themselves, their families and their communities.

We’re meeting young Latinos where they live – online. We’ve created an in-culture digital campus in our SUMAverse where they can connect with each other, learn about finance and earn perks and privileges. Earning later means learning now. We’re building the future of financial education as we build the future of financial technology.”

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Arizona State University and SUMA Dinero Bootcamps Helping to close the Latinx wealth gap with edtech. sumawealth.com 25
Study Hall 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning A Youtube-enabled ASU program that guides learners to and through college. youtube.com/studyhall 26

Study Hall

Study Hall is a destination on YouTube, presented by ASU and Crash Course, that provides material aimed at guiding learners to and through college. The program showcases meeting learners where they are in an authentic and engaging way to extend the reach and impact of the university.

total views subscribers schools, universities and governmental organizations using Study Hall content

hours of watch time

I’m a high school counselor and these will be great for my Google classrooms! My juniors are starting to look at colleges and I’ve been starting to guide them through what to expect next year and how they can start to prepare even now!”

— High School Counselor

People have asked us, ‘Why partner with a university?’ We aren’t interested in ‘a university,’ we are interested in partnering with Arizona State University. We wanted a place that was innovative and understood the depth of these problems.”

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Inspark is a digitally-powered teaching network, bringing together visionary educational institutions and world-leading researchers committed to advancing the science of teaching and learning. It consists of textbook replacements, labs, lessons, simulations and projects that promote active and personalized learning. The network is dedicated to improving the postsecondary success of underrepresented students in entry-level science.

The network is supported by the Center for Education Through Exploration (ETX) at ASU with grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Department of Education.

Inspark 36,361

I was able to open up my mind to topics that have always scared me (science and math) and I learned that I could enjoy it and that I was capable of doing it.”

— Inspark learner

The true power of the Inspark courseware is the simulations. I really feel that students who come out of the Life in the Universe class have a deeper understanding of what they’re doing compared to students from my other two courses.”

— Sally Watt, Professor, Glendale Community College, Arizona

Inspark learners full course offerings available with 4 supplemental lessons 60+ institutions leverage Inspark offerings
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Inspark A global network of educators creating and sharing next-generation courseware. inspark.education 29
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Professional and Career Technical Skills

Developing innovative approaches to workforce education that positively impact learners throughout careers.

Igniting Learning for an Empowered Workforce

ASU CareerCatalyst

Advancing Workforce Education via Corporate Partnerships

adidas and Arizona State University Global Sport Alliance

Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care Starbucks Global Academy Uber and Arizona State University Partnership

Thriving in the New Economy AZNext DreamBuilder Global Launch New Economy Initiative Microelectronics Specialization Professional Skills Portfolio ASU and Trailhead Partnership Francis and Dionne Najafi Global Learners Initiative

Nurturing the Next Generation of Executives

Lodestar Nonprofit Management Institute

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0 50k 100k 200k 150k Other Partner Platforms Salesforce Trailhead Hosted on ASU's Canvas Starbucks Global Academy Hosted on Coursera JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN 164,000+ enrolled learners FY 2021-22 Learning doesn’t end at graduation. To thrive and succeed in today’s increasingly dynamic workplace, working learners at every stage of their career need to continue learning and acquiring new skills. CareerCatalyst, which represents the Professional and Career Technical Skills focus area, helps employers and employees by providing professionals with the skills they need to thrive in the future of work. ASU CareerCatalyst BOOKMARK Portfolio 164,000+ total CareerCatalyst learners, a 223% increase since FY 2019 389,000+ 115 course enrollments in FY 2022 CareerCatalyst partnerships 785 total available CareerCatalyst course offerings 193,000+ total CareerCatalyst course completions in FY 2021-22 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning 32
ASU CareerCatalyst Igniting learning for an empowered workforce. careercatalyst.asu.edu 33
adidas and Arizona State University Global Sport Alliance 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Building the skills and culture needed to succeed in the digital commercial arena. adidas.asu.edu 34

adidas and Arizona State University Global Sport Alliance

Made available to adidas’s global sales force, the Digital Business Course builds a deep understanding of the digital partner commerce business, as well as customer motivators and the customer journey. The course strengthens the company culture and network by facilitating enriching discussions, sharing best practices and breaking down silos across functions, regions and levels.

In 2021, the adidas and ASU partnership garnered three first-place Excellence Awards from the Brandon Hall Group, which recognizes human capital management programs, strategies and tools that have achieved positive measurable results:

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Best Advance in Competencies and Skill Development

Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program

Best Unique or Innovative Sales Training Program

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Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care

Mayo Clinic partners with ASU to transform the in-person onboarding for scheduling staff into an immersive digital experience. The training provides an introduction to Mayo Clinic values, as well as the technical and soft skills required for positive, empathetic and engaging interactions with patients.

Transforming to a digital format has enabled Mayo to make the role available remotely and expand the candidate pool from select regions to the national level.

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Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care

Streamlining onboarding with an immersive, fully digital program that addresses both technical and soft skills. mayo.asu.edu

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Starbucks Global Academy 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Eliminating barriers to education for Starbucks partners through a global digital platform. starbucksglobalacademy.com 38

Launched in 2017, Starbucks Global Academy is a globally accessible platform created in partnership with Arizona State University for Starbucks partners (employees), customers, community members and learners around the world, delivering world-class learning content and eliminating barriers to high-quality education. Using SGA, learners can advance their personal and professional goals by choosing from a library of over 115 curated courses, including Greener Apron, Starbucks Coffee Academy, To Be Welcoming and Third Place Development Series.

all-time unique

Starbucks Global Academy Global

all-time course completions regions

all-time course enrollments course languages

“It was clear, concise and beautiful. I learned so much!” — Starbucks
Academy learner 127,030
learners 484,517 6
197,019
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Uber and Arizona State University Partnership 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Providing full tuition coverage to help drivers and family members achieve their educational aspirations. uber.asu.edu 40

Uber and Arizona State University Partnership

Uber and ASU believe higher education should never be out of reach to those who are reaching. Both organizations have partnered to help drivers or an eligible family member achieve their educational goals, in life and on the road, with 100% tuition coverage for undergraduate credits, courses in entrepreneurship or English language learning.

CareerCatalyst enrollments in the Uber program to date

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AZNext

ASU’s AZNext Program is a public-private partnership designed to create a bold, innovative and sustainable workforce development ecosystem that addresses the need for more skilled workers in IT, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing roles.

A groundbreaking collaboration between the W. P. Carey School of Business, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, AZNext brings together employers, workforce development networks, economic development organizations and industry partnerships, while creating a model for replication across the Southwest and the greater U.S.

300+ enrolled in AZNext information systems and advanced manufacturing programs BOOKMARK Solution Line 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning 42
AZNext A groundbreaking workforce development ecosystem that supports skilled workers in IT, cybersecurity and manufacturing. wpcarey.asu.edu/aznext 43
DreamBuilder 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Supporting equitable entrepreneurship by providing women with the foundational skills they need to start and grow a small business. dreambuilder.org 44

DreamBuilder

The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation created DreamBuilder in partnership with the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Available in both Spanish and English, DreamBuilder is a free online training and certification program that consists of courses covering the foundational business knowledge needed to start and grow a small business. Courses include marketing, pricing, bookkeeping and more, making learning fun through games, exercises, storytelling and video testimonials from successful entrepreneurs. A built-in business plan generator helps participants create a personalized, editable business plan.

The program was originally designed to meet the unique needs of women entrepreneurs. Today, it is used globally by more than 120,000 women and men of all ages who want to pursue their dreams of business ownership.

DreamBuilder is available at no cost in English and Spanish and in both online and offline formats.

Globe-Americas 1.3M

hours of training provided globally 120,743

students enrolled globally

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In 2019, the State Department selected DreamBuilder as the central curriculum of the State Department’s “Academy of Women Entrepreneurs” (AWE) program to be implemented in 86 countries

Since inception, learners from 132 countries have participated in the program

DreamBuilder helped me make decisions. I learned to be brave and started formalizing my company. I followed the program’s teachings every day. The examples and topics the program described helped me make decisions for my business. I loved that they show women entrepreneurs with similar lives and problems to anyone. They help us look at our reality and not feel so isolated.”

— Paulina Kalwitz, Owner, Kon Buchamor, Chile

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Global Launch

ASU Global Launch was founded in 1974 and remains a leader in English language, university preparation and skills development for international university-bound students and working professionals. Global Launch is home to one of the largest English language programs in the U.S. and has served more than 1 million learners through our in-person and online courses combined.

Global Launch offers many paths for learners to meet their goals, including selfpaced online English courses, online and campus immersion programs, teaching and learning certifications and proof of English proficiency for ASU admission. Most recently, Global Launch joined other ASU departments to welcome 66 Afghan students from the Asia University for Women (AUW) and is currently providing English language training, international student support and guidance as each AUW student builds their new life in the U.S.

enrollments in Global Launch courses in FY 2021-22

Global Launch is partnering with the Alliance for International Women’s Rights (AIWR), an organization that provides mentoring for women in the legal professions who have evacuated from Afghanistan.

According to AIWR, “these self-paced online English courses have been invaluable in helping AIWR’s evacuated mentees build the English skills they need to apply for employment in English speaking countries.” One learner said, “You can’t imagine how much I enjoy studying and taking the classes. It is more than wonderful for me in this period of time. I was exhausted from being demotivated and now every day looks so colorful to me.”

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Global Launch

English courses for learners at any skill level, of any age, in any country. globallaunch.asu.edu 47
New Economy Initiative 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Honing Arizona’s competitive edge in the high-tech sector. neweconomy.asu.edu 48

New Economy Initiative

Accelerating technological change is rapidly decreasing the shelf life of job skills and creating opportunities through the disruption of a wide range of economic sectors. ASU’s assignment from the state for the New Economy Initiative is to help build a robust workforce through education to ensure that Arizona’s workers are equipped with the skills to thrive in the New Economy – and to guarantee that Arizona’s businesses have access to the talent they need to prosper.

CareerCatalyst is developing multiple programs and opportunities to meet the needs of employers and workers alike through rapid upskilling and re-skilling in high-demand fields. These programs will help to ensure that Arizona citizens have what they need to land good-paying jobs and that businesses are equipped with a skilled workforce to help them thrive in the New Economy and contribute to statewide prosperity.

This year, CareerCatalyst is working together with ASU schools and colleges to develop workforce education programs focused on the following key areas:

• Microelectronics

• Professional skills

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Microelectronics Specialization

Skills shortages and capability gaps are key issues for the microelectronics industry in the U.S., which has created many vulnerabilities in the country’s supply chain.

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering is developing a portfolio of microelectronics programs to address these issues and serve the growing industry. Each specialization will encompass the technical skills needed to build and retain a nationally competitive workforce.

Microelectronics aligns with the first two Science and Technology Centers (or STCs) in Arizona’s New Economy Initiative: Energy Materials and Devices and Advanced Manufacturing.

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Microelectronics

Specialization

Partnering to provide in-demand skills for the microelectronics industry.

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As automation transforms work, learners will need a foundational set of professional skills — or “human skills” — to thrive in any role or sector.

To address this, ASU is launching a portfolio of programs designed to help learners across functional roles.

This “For Everyone” series provides accessible and engaging professional skills education. The courses will teach skills that learners can immediately apply to their current job and use in the future. Learners will become more self-confident, stand out from their peers in the workplace, and realize noticeable improvements from their investment in learning.

Professional Skills Portfolio courses

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Specializations include: • Collaboration for Everyone • Communication for Everyone • Conflict Management for Everyone • Culture for Everyone • Decision Making for Everyone • Digital Intelligence for Everyone • Feedback and Coaching for Everyone • Resilience for Everyone • Strategic Thinking for Everyone BOOKMARK Solution Line 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning 52

Professional Skills Portfolio

Preparing today’s learners for tomorrow’s workplace with accessible, comprehensive professional skills education.

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ASU and Trailhead Partnership 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Fostering emotional intelligence in a digital-first world. careercatalyst.asu.edu/trailhead 54

Salesforce Trailhead is partnering with ASU to empower anyone to cultivate their emotional intelligence, a vital skill for remote collaboration and hybrid workforces.

Salesforce transformed ASU’s expert curriculum on emotional intelligence into bite-sized content that can be accessed anytime, anywhere via the Trailhead, Salesforce’s online training hub.

ASU and Trailhead Partnership 28,000+

enrollments to date 97.7%

completion rate, far exceeding the industry averages

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Francis and Dionne Najafi Global Learners Initiative

The Francis and Dionne Najafi Global Learners Initiative aims to offer online, global education from a world-class accredited institution at absolutely no cost to 100 million learners across the globe.

The initiative will advance Thunderbird’s mission: To empower and influence global leaders and managers who maximize the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for business, government, society and the environment.

The Global Initiative offers three pathways to learners depending on their current education levels:

1. Advanced program: For experienced undergraduate learners and above.

2. Intermediate program: For advanced high school learners to current undergraduate learners.

3. Bootcamp: For learners without a high school diploma.

BOOKMARK Offering 40 available in 40 different languages 70% The initiative intends to attract a large majority participation by women 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning 56
Francis and Dionne Najafi Global Learners Initiative Advancing equitable and sustainable prosperity by offering world-class education in 40 languages at no cost to 100 million learners. careercatalyst.asu.edu/100ml 57
01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Empowering nonprofit leaders with the skills, insights and best practices they need to create a positive impact in their communities and in society. lodestar.asu.edu Nonprofit Management Institute ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Management 58

Nonprofit Management Institute

ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Management

For nearly 30 years, the ASU Lodestar Center’s Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) has taught learners the most up-to-date trends, tools and best practices in leadership, management, strategic planning, marketing, fundraising, resource development and more. Each year, NMI’s courses help hundreds of participants better meet their organizations’ missions and accelerate social impact in their communities.

The programs are open to individuals of all educational backgrounds and levels of experience, from staff and management to volunteers and board members, as well as private-sector professionals seeking a career change.

certificate programs available, including Executive Leadership Certificate, Grant Development and Proposal Writing Certificate and Best Skills Best Churches Program Certificate

stakeholders trained in 2021

The experience and the education I have gained through NMI’s Nonprofit Executive Leadership Certificate have been nothing short of exactly what I needed to continue the meaningful work that we provide in the community!”

— Mary Davis, Executive Director at Northwest Valley YMCA

Our partnership with ASU Lodestar: Best Skills Best Churches gives critical new tools to our current leaders. Its very existence tells new clergy that The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona is aware of the serious challenges our congregations face. More importantly, it communicates that we actively empower our leaders for a positive and effective future. With their own considerable talents, their communities of faith transform lives and change the world around them.”

— The Right Reverend Megan Traquair, Bishop at the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California

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Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning

Enabling learners to gain worldviews and perspectives that allow them to engage meaningfully across personal differences and cultural backgrounds.

Lifelong Renewal Through Lifelong Learning Mirabella Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

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Mirabella 01 Foundational Learning 02 Professional and Career Technical Skills 03 Personal, Cultural and Civic Learning Bridging the generational gap with an on-campus, immersive learning experience for retirees. retirement.org/mirabella-asu/about-us 62

Mirabella

Mirabella at ASU is a new University-Based Retirement Community (UBRC) on the ASU Tempe Campus which forges a learning-centered, purpose-driven and intergenerational lifestyle that fully integrates retirees into the campus community as lifelong learners, valued student supporters and champions of ASU’s mission.

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2022 Innovation Award (LeadingAge Arizona)

2021 Architecture and Design (Senior Housing News)

2021 Best in Senior Living (Real Estate & Development)

using online learning modalities

average hours per week of on-campus engagement in volunteer support roles during the program’s first year, 2021

What is most enjoyable so far is having the opportunity to leave the Mirabella environment and to learn a subject I neglected in college, surrounded by young people. We moved from a retirement community where there were no young people and where the Lifelong Learning lectures were purposely simplified to make them entertaining, as opposed to making them intellectually stimulating.”

— Frank B., Mirabella resident

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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Arizona State University (OLLI at ASU) is a community of engaged learners discovering the joy of lifelong learning at its best, without tests, grades or educational requirements. OLLI at ASU members have the opportunity to grow and learn inside and outside the classroom via campus events, local affinity groups, collaborations with public service organizations, group discounts to local cultural and art events, and social media networks.

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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Opening up lifelong learning opportunities to anyone aged 50 and over. lifelonglearning.asu.edu 65

ASU for Life

The vision for ASU for Life is a membership service that provides lifelong access to content, services and networks curated to support key work and life transitions.

Whether applying for a new role, managing staff for the first time, building a family with a new child or finding community in a new city, ASU for Life is founded upon the idea that the relationship between a learner and a university should not end at a bootcamp, a course or even a degree. It should instead evolve into a lifelong connection that delivers the resources learners need to grow, whenever they need it.

The initial prototype for ASU for Life strives to serve the learners transitioning in the graduating class of 2022, focusing on three life-stage needs:

1. Career navigation.

2. Job success.

3. Community engagement and contribution.

Individuals will engage in learning experiences through a cohort-based model designed to help them achieve their desired goals.

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“early adopter” sign-ups in alpha-testing with the ASU class of 2022 since May 2022

learning experience prototypes in design phase to be launched in Fall 2022 to serve key work and life transitions

This is a major transition moment in my life. I became a new father. I am also moving to a new city to work in management consulting, which is a new industry for me. It all feels both thrilling and overwhelming. I want to make sure I am able to support my family financially and emotionally through this transition. I would be willing to pay for support through my alma mater, ASU.”

— Shawn, WPC Grad, Class of 2022

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Lifelong access to content, services and community, designed to help learners achieve their goals at every stage of life. asuforlife.asu.edu 67

A special thanks to the Learning Enterprise team

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Iti Agnihotri Director, Strategic Communications Steven Allardi Senior Videographer & Producer Jimmy Bailon ASU Local Recruitment Coordinator Van Anderson Senior Fellow, Foundational Learning Rebecca Armistead Marketing Project Manager Ouadir Baalouchi Project Manager Victoria Banuelos Marketing Director, ASU Local William Campbell Title Senior Visual & Creative Designer Karen Chalmers Administrative Specialist Derrick Clark Videographer & Producer Tiffany Coleman Director, Program Operations Jennifer Cox Director, Business Operations Anita Dann Academic Program Manager, ASU CareerCatalyst Alejandra Dashe Senior Instructional Designer Kate Anthony Head of Operations Turner Bohlen Head of Product Rokaterice Collins-Jones Instructional Designer Faith Dalzell Project Manager, Enterprise & Global Projects Lead Samantha Corsini Multimedia Specialist Jorge Cruz Business Operations Specialist
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Caroline Dunn-Rankin Director, Impact Assessment & Enterprise Collaborations Diane Ellison Manager, Instructional Design Cari Frederick Videographer & Producer Della Gerometta Instructional Designer Sr, ASU CareerCatalyst Shannon Hakkal Instructional Designer Ty Harned Systems Support Analyst (IT) Raven Gates Educational Technology Specialist Meredyth Hendricks Head of ASU CareerCatalyst Raquel Gonzales Head of Marketing Lisa Hahn Student Success Designer An-Phuong Ha Web User Experience Designer Jessica Guzman Student Success Manager, ASU Local Trisha Drake Associate Instructional Designer Marissa Huth Instructional Designer Michelle Jackson Systems Support Analyst Margret Hurlburt ASU Local Student Success Coach Brittany Hiroto Executive Assistant Anahi Godinez Director, Workforce Partnerships, ASU CareerCatalyst Daniel Falch Program Design Manager Taylor Dauphin Senior Coordinator, Hybrid Programs
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Derek Keith Project Manager, Foundational Learning Shawn Kirkilewski-Flora Instructional Designer Specialist Kimberly Merritt Vice President, Learning Enterprise Sarah Johnson Senior Product Manager Laura Juarez ASU Local Success Coach Lucien Kahn Product Manager, Inspark Sean Netzel Course Facilitation Coordinator Roger Kohler Senior Director, Learning Systems Engineer Shelby Lawson Social Media Strategist Kayleen Lilly Senior Department HR Specialist Holly Morris Executive Director, Universal Learner Courses Stefan Kennerly ASU Local Recruitment & Enrollment Manager Danielle Okezie Director of Site Operations, ASU Local Natasha Morrison Senior Director, Hybrid Partnerships + Programming Design Fabiha Naumi Associate Director Anahi Mendez Marketing and Communications Coordinator, ASU Local Shannon McKinnon Senior Program Coordinator James Knutila Senior Digital Copywriter Nicole Kallman Fellow Brianna Johnson Fellow, Learning Enterprise
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ASU Local Student Success Coach, Los Angeles

David Schonstein Head of Inspark Carol Schumacher Administrative Specialist & Office Manager Hogan Seidel Senior Instructional Designer & Multimedia Producer Patrick Rossol-Allison Head of Strategic Initiatives Marco Serrato Executive Director, Enterprise Collaboration Pallavi Sharma Data Analyst Dan Shillcutt Senior UX Researcher Jaclyn Smith Price Senior Product Manager Peter Smith Fellow, Learning Enterprise Elizabeth Reel Program Manager, Corporate Partnerships Karen Ceballos Pineda ASU Local Success Coach Taylor Pineda Director of Strategic Partnerships and Enrollment Darcy Richardson Senior Director, Implementation, ASU CareerCatalyst Stuart Rice Director, Learning Design, ASU CareerCatalyst Holly Rockingham ASU Local Student Success Coach, Washington D.C. Rachel Reed Learner Success Designer Kyle Rassel Marketing Director, CareerCatalyst Lillian Pitts Lenora Lucille Ott Senior Instructional Designer Stephanie Petersen Project Manager, ASU CareerCatalyst
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Suzanne Vasquez Executive Assistant Natalie Turner Business Analyst Nikkita Williams ASU Local Site Director, Washington D.C. Lukas Wenrick Director, Universal Learner Courses Pathways Bianca Zietal Community Manager, Inspark David Young Instructional Storyteller & Content Developer Erin Wilson Instructional Designer, CareerCatalyst Damon Yoshida ASU Local Site Director, Hawaii Mike Wang Head of New Ventures & Learning Experience Scott Weatherford Head of Hybrid Programs Madison Sutton Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives Melissa Tole Instructional Design Associate
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At every stage in life.
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