The Necessity of Creative Leadership In Higher Education
Andrew Yee | Director of Digital Lifelong Learning Programs at Biola UniversityCreative leadership is essential for higher education institutions to remain relevant and responsive into the future, and there are three components to this. First, is seeing a problem's true constraints.…
Helping Adults Change Careers with a Pathway to Practice
Alison Winzeler | Alternative Licensure Director and Pathway to Practice Coordinator in the College of Education, North Carolina State UniversityIn some states and municipalities, teachers are in high demand but low supply. As a result, states like North Carolina have adopted emergency teacher certification approaches to help fast-track completion…
Building Clock-Hour Competency-Based Education Programs with Flexibility in Mind
Franz Feierbach | Associate Dean for Operations and Academic Readiness in the School of Applied Technology, Salt Lake Community CollegeIn its simplest form, a clock-hour program is a set of non-credit courses that lead to the completion of a non-degree credential or certificate. Typically, such a program is offered…
The Ins and Outs of Internal Launch: Taking an Online Offering to Market Independently
Leslie Oster | Program Director in the Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern UniversityWhen designing a new program, some institutions turn to Online Program Management (OPM) companies for help. These companies launch programs from scratch and manage many of the administrative aspects required…
