Attracting Students
Are We Doing Enough to Serve Returning Adult Learners?
Vistasp Karbhari | President, The University of Texas at Arlington“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn” – Alvin Toffler For decades higher education—especially…
Rethinking Recruitment: Dual Credit Academies and Developing Robust Enrollment Pipelines
Brian Gerber | Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Valdosta State UniversityThe smoke signals for higher education could not be clearer. Reduced funding and greater competition for fewer traditional-age students are forcing colleges to seek innovative ways to garner students in…
Putting Skin in the Game: Chevron and the Engineering Academies
Glenn Weckerlin | Director of University Partnerships and Association Relations, ChevronBroadening access to promising postsecondary programs that lead to high-paying careers is a priority for colleges and universities across the country. One group that’s often missing from these efforts, however,…
The Case for Income-Share Agreements
Daniel Pianko | Co-Founder and Managing Director, University VenturesAt a time when a college degree is table stakes for the information economy, our backward-looking system of private lending presents a daunting barrier for low-income students who are faced…
Access Culture: Student-Centricity and Supporting Underserved Populations
Dana Dunn | Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, UNC GreensboroIncreasing numbers of institutions are searching for ways to serve broader demographics. After all, the target date for 60-percent attainment is looming larger and, given the importance of a postsecondary…
Shifting the Focus of Postsecondary Policy for the Sake of the Knowledge Economy
Pamela Tate | President and CEO, Council for Adult and Experiential LearningFor the past 20 years, the American economy has been in a state of transition towards the knowledge economy—a truth that was made immensely apparent during the recent recession. Today’s…
Adult Learners, the NALC and Achieving the 60-Percent Attainment Goal
Amber Garrison Duncan | Strategy Director, Lumina Foundation David Croom | Strategy Officer, Lumina FoundationHelping the Unites States achieve its 60-percent attainment target is a central priority of the Lumina Foundation. Goal2025 is a cornerstone of the foundation’s work, and on top of publishing…
Driving Innovation and Supporting Non-Traditional Access and Success
Kathleen Ives | Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Online Learning ConsortiumThough non-traditional students make up the majority of learners enrolled at colleges and universities across the United States—and that’s without including students enrolled in non-credit offerings—they are still broadly underserved…