The Evolution of Modern Education Feat. Ed Powers and Christina Inge of Husky Communications

In this episode of Illuminate Higher Education, N2N Services CEO, Kiran Kodithala, sits down with Ed Powers and Christina Inge.

Together, Ed and Christina launched Husky Communications in collaboration with Northwestern University. It’s a student-run agency, designed to connect students with real-life organizations by bringing the real-world tasks and experiences of running an agency into the classroom. By overlapping the academic world with the world of business, the result is better preparation for the jobs of today.

Their course is largely based around experiential learning, which ensures that educators can become proficient with emerging technologies while, at the same time, preparing students for impactful work, so that neither of them gets left behind.

In their journey, they've come to recognize that there's no such thing as a permanent job anymore, highlighting that training people for just one job isn't equipping them for the future. Education must evolve in a way that people are being equipped to take control of their own careers, which can be done by teaching people a magical mix of hard and soft skills so they can pick and choose what they want to do. 

Christina concludes the episode by acknowledging the shift she has seen towards people recognizing the power of their own careers rather than being trained for a specific piece of somebody else's vision or structure.

Connect with Christina Inge: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinainge/

Connect with Ed Powers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-powers-ed-d-012015a/

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