Today’s Learner
The age of the 18- to 22-year-old residential student as higher education’s main demographic is over. Today, higher education institutions must serve a rich student population with unique demands and specific needs. Colleges and universities must work harder than ever to understand and serve today’s students.
The Nation Takes A Collective Breath
Alicia B. Harvey-Smith | President and CEO, Pittsburgh Technical CollegeThe right words and actions hold tremendous value and power in healing and transforming a nation. As leaders from around the world release strong and heartfelt statements on the continued…
Leading Higher Education’s Emergence Post COVID-19: A Call to Action
Alicia B. Harvey-Smith | President and CEO, Pittsburgh Technical CollegeNovel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has forced the United States to push the ‘pause’ button on life as we knew it. While corporations and small businesses were forced to cut production,…
Exemplary Program Award Winner: How Wayne Community College Serves ELA Students
Renita Dawson | Associate Vice President of Workforce Continuing Education Services, Wayne Community College Lynn Rabhan, Maria Abalo-ZarateWayne Community College’s Quest Academy is designed to recruit higher level English Language Acquisition (ELA) students, emphasizing students who are professionally certified in their native country. Students co‐enroll in Workforce…
COVID-19: An Unexpected and Unusual Driver to Online Education
Dodzi Amemado | Senior Analyst for the Scientific Research and Experimental Development, Canada Revenue AgencyBased on statistics offered by UNESCO, 1.7 billion students and learners around the world are unable to attend school or university as of March 23rd, 2020. This number accounts for…
Higher Education in a Post-Pandemic Society (Part 3)
Nan Travers | Director of the Center for Leadership in Credential Learning, SUNY Empire State CollegeThe pandemic has moved us into what could be considered the “relational age.” What happens on one side of the world soon impacts the other; look at how the coronavirus…
Higher Education During a Pandemic (Part 2)
Nan Travers | Director of the Center for Leadership in Credential Learning, SUNY Empire State CollegeIn March 2020, the novel coronavirus pandemic invaded, and education turned on a dime, moving to distance education to comply with social distancing rules. Although some faculty and students already…
Higher Education in a Pre-Pandemic Society (Part 1)
Nan Travers | Director of the Center for Leadership in Credential Learning, SUNY Empire State CollegeInnovation in higher education is not new-–it just takes a while to catch on. We are really good at letting others test the waters and occasionally checking it ourselves to…