Episode 238: Rethinking the Academic Value Chain

Higher education is being pushed to move beyond rigid structures toward models that recognize learning earned across institutions, careers, and lived experience. Grounding transfer and credit decisions in data and intentional design helps align flexibility, workforce relevance, and trust while reducing time and cost for learners.

On this episode, Christopher Davis, Chief Academic Officer and Tonya Troka, Vice President of Academic Operations at Cleary University, discuss how data-informed transfer and prior learning strategies expand learner mobility while preserving academic rigor and credential value.