Cooperative Extension Services and the 21st Century Land-Grant Mission
E. Gordon Gee | President, West Virginia University Stephen M. Gavazzi | Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Ohio State UniversityRoger Rennekamp | Associate Dean and Director of OSU Extension, Ohio State UniversitySteve Bonanno | Dean and Director of WVU Extension Services, West Virginia UniversityOhio State University professor Stephen M. Gavazzi and West Virginia University president E. Gordon Gee recently co-authored “Land-Grant Universities for the Future: Higher Education for the Public Good.” The book,…
Towards An Ecosystem of Platforms: The Critical Importance of Interoperability
Matt Lisle | Director of Digital Learning Technologies at the Center for 21st Century Universities, Georgia Institute of Technology Yakut Gazi | Associate Dean of Learning Systems in Professional Education, Georgia Institute of TechnologyWhen a new online degree program is announced in the press, the program title is followed by a platform partnership. We often hear about Georgia Tech’s Online Master of Science…
Challenging and Rewarding in Equal Measure: Five Things New Provosts Might Not Know
Sally McRorie | Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Florida State UniversityIdentifying five things new provosts might not know about the job isn’t as easy as it sounds. Most provosts are old hands at academic administration, having been deans and chairs…
The Growing Role of Strategic Marketing in Higher Education
Kim Lawrence | Associate Vice President-Marketing, University of CalgaryThough many universities view themselves purely as centres of knowledge, increasing competition for enrollment dollars means they must start behaving like multi-million dollar businesses. In this interview, Kim Lawrence reflects…