{"686263":{"#nid":"686263","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President \u00c1ngel Cabrera Highlights the College of Lifetime Learning at National Workforce Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera opened the 2025 Business\u2013Higher Education Forum (BHEF) convening with reflections on the Institute\u2019s newest academic unit, the College of Lifetime Learning (CLL), and its role in shaping the future of education and workforce transformation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpeaking to leaders from higher education, industry, and government, Cabrera underscored how the new college represents a fundamental shift in how Georgia Tech approaches its mission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor many years, many universities\u2014many of your universities\u2014have had programs that reach out to nontraditional learners. But in most cases, including at Tech, traditionally those have been sort of marginal to our main mission. Our mission has always been our undergraduate programs, our graduate programs, our research programs\u2014and then we did all that other work kind of on the side.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we did this last year is to actually bring that to the core: to take all of those efforts that range from K to 12\u2014how do we inspire and prepare students to choose careers in science and technology, to teach computer science and engineering in rural areas of this state\u2014to how we help adults who need education to move, to advance, to adapt to AI, whatever it is\u2014how we help everybody throughout their lives. That\u2019s what this new college is about.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnd this college, like every college at Georgia Tech, is based on research. We pride ourselves on being one of the most research-intensive universities in the country. What we\u2019ll be doing in lifetime learning follows the same approach: research, technology\u2014how can we make learning better, how can we partner with others, how can we test whether what we\u2019re doing is working.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am delighted to work with business and our partners in education for a mission that could not be more important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Business\u2013Higher Education Forum, now in its 45th year, brings together corporate and university leaders to develop collaborative strategies that strengthen the workforce and advance innovation in education. The 2025 convening, hosted at Georgia Tech\u2019s Global Learning Center, builds on discussions from the P3EDU conference held earlier in the week, with sessions focused on artificial intelligence, upskilling, and the future of lifelong learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy hosting BHEF 2025, the College of Lifetime Learning affirms its commitment to bridging the needs of learners and employers through research-based innovation and partnership. As Cabrera emphasized, \u003Cem\u003Enothing we accomplish will happen without collaboration.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the 2025 Business\u2013Higher Education Forum, hosted at Georgia Tech\u2019s Global Learning Center, President \u00c1ngel Cabrera reflected on how the Institute\u2019s new College of Lifetime Learning brings lifelong education to the heart of Georgia Tech\u2019s mission. Speaking to national leaders in higher education and industry, Cabrera emphasized that the College\u2019s work\u2014rooted in research, technology, and partnership\u2014will help learners of all ages adapt, advance, and thrive in an era of rapid change.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera highlighted the College of Lifetime Learning\u2019s mission to make education a lifelong pursuit during the opening of the 2025 Business\u2013Higher Education Forum."}],"uid":"36756","created_gmt":"2025-11-06 18:52:49","changed_gmt":"2025-11-06 18:54:33","author":"jalderman3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"660375","name":"Lifetime Learning"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"194609","name":"Industry"},{"id":"194612","name":"Workforce Development"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193940","name":"college of lifetime learning"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}