University Business examined how ASU built a dual enrollment model that works without a nearby campus, a minimum GPA or a credentialed teacher on the district payroll. The article traces the design to results in three schools serving rural and neurodivergent students.

Employers now treat data fluency as a baseline skill, and most of the workforce isn’t ready. The constraint is access, and access is something an institution can design for.

Sterile processing technicians (SPT) play a critical role in patient safety and surgical success. This guide breaks down everything you need to know to launch a career in sterile processing — including how to get started with training through ASU CareerCatalyst.

Want to launch a healthcare career fast? Discover how to become a physical therapy aide. It’s an entry-level role with online, self-paced training options. Find out the easy steps you need to take now to start helping patients.

Looking for a new role, or maybe your first ever? Discover how to step into a career where your work directly supports patient care and operational excellence. This guide will walk you through the steps to become a Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA), detailing the training, certification and job prospects.

If you work in the trades, at a utility or anywhere close to power, you have probably heard battery storage is booming. Long duration energy storage sits behind a lot of those headlines. A five-hour online ASU course explains the technology in plain terms and shows how it fits into a clean energy career.

The world set ambitious targets for the coming decade, including the goal to conserve 30 percent of land and sea by 2030. The science to meet them is further along than most people realize. Satellites map deforestation in near real time. Drones can quickly access and survey habitats that once took weeks to reach. While AI models flag ecological stress before it spreads.

National Geographic’s Museum of Exploration opened June 26 in Washington, and it makes a hopeful case for the work we do at ASU and the Conservation Futures Academy. The more people it brings into the science of the natural world, the larger the community that will help protect it.

The Conservation Futures Academy has launched an online certificate that prepares field scientists and managers to lead the finance, GIS mapping and partnership work the next decade of conservation will demand.

As carbon markets mature, organizations need people who can judge whether a forest carbon project holds up. Conservation Futures Academy’s newest course builds exactly that skill.

A federal law just widened a savings vehicle most families still think of as a college account. The change is small in dollars and large in what it says about where learning is headed.

A Conservation Futures Academy course trains tourism leaders to protect ecosystems while funding conservation. Read how ASU is building skills the field needs.

The maps that drive conservation decisions are only as sound as the judgment behind them. ASU’s Conservation Futures Academy is building the workforce to produce analysis that holds up.

As natural disasters reshape protected landscapes, the conservation workforce needs skills that degree pipelines alone cannot supply fast enough. ASU Learning Enterprise is building that capacity through short, work-ready programs, and a new disaster preparedness course from Conservation Futures Academy shows the model at work.

Conservation is shifting from protecting habitat to rebuilding it. That demands practitioners who can design at the systems level, and a new Conservation Futures Academy course shows how ASU is building that workforce.

ASU Learning Enterprise vice president recognized for expanding educational opportunity during a celebration of the impact of Mexican and Hispanic communities

Powered by new pathways, credentials and technology, attendees chart the reshaping of education and work

Arizona State University connects education, technology and career development to support continuous career readiness and mobility

ASU brings forward a clear point of view on workforce, access and the future of learning, along with a first look at what comes next.

As industries evolve, project management is becoming a core capability across sectors, from health care to technology to energy. Employers increasingly need people who can organize work, manage change and deliver results in complex environments. For many learners, the challenge is getting started. Early-career roles often ask for experience. But for learners entering the workforce…

Gaining momentum, Accelerate ASU adds new partner schools and gains thousands of new students

More than 10,000 learners have earned admission to Arizona State University by demonstrating readiness in college-level coursework. Now, ASU is sharing what it has learned about performance-based admission.

Through ASU CareerCatalyst, the Learning Enterprise is advancing a focused model of applied, non-degree education — preparing professional athletes to translate performance into sustained leadership beyond competition. Professional athletes are increasingly invited to speak on leadership, resilience and high-performance culture, yet few receive structured preparation for that role. Hosted at the ASU California Center in…

Accelerate ASU boosts college attendance and graduation rates for students across more than 550 partner schools This article is part of our 2025 Year-in-Review series, a retrospective on the inspiring stories of Arizona State University’s Learning Enterprise, focused on advancing learning across all stages of life. By the numbers: As the world began to lock…

In an education landscape defined by constant change — emerging technologies, evolving educators and shifting learner needs — Arizona State University understands that durable skills serve as the glue to all types of knowledge. Why are durable skills getting attention all ofa sudden? Durable skills have always been in-demand and because technical skills for a…

High schoolers in 11 states can now earn college credit in high-school, risk free

ASU is building the Conservation Futures Academy — a global initiative to prepare professionals with the conservation skills needed to preserve our planet

From high school classrooms to global career upskilling, ASU now supports 1.2 million learners pursuing education on their own terms.

ASU and the International Baccalaureate are reshaping global college readiness by embedding career-focused, credit-bearing courses into high school programs worldwide.

With more than 480 million native Spanish speakers and 39% of job skills expected to change by 2030, ASU is building the future of learning for the world’s second-largest language community.