Managing an Institution
Education Or Revenue Generation? Revisiting Business Practices in Higher Education
Mark Kretovics | Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration, Kent State UniversityIn 2010, Mark Kretovics published Business Practices in Higher Education: A Guide for Today’s Administrators, a breakthrough guide offering higher education and student affairs professionals an understanding of the fundamental…
Industry and Community Partnerships Central to Expanding Apprenticeships
Katie Spiker | Senior Federal Policy Analyst, National Skills CoalitionOn February 12, 2018, the President released his principles for infrastructure investment that included a call to expand apprenticeship. The principles focused on how the education system can support this…
Increasing Opportunity For Credit-Bearing Students through Non-Traditional Divisions
Paolo Gardinali | Associate Director of the Division of Professional and Continuing Education, UC Santa Barbara ExtensionCaught between the professional development focus of continuing education and the credit-bearing world of traditional academia, non-traditional, credit-bearing students—those seeking to pursue or complete a degree through non-traditional channels—are an…
Aligning College and Careers: Working With Industry to Shrink the Skills Gap
Jeff Lynn | Vice Chancellor of Workforce and Economic Development, Alabama Community College SystemConsisting of 25 community and technical colleges, the Alabama Community College System is responsible for adult education and workforce development across the state. In this interview, Jeff Lynn discusses the…
How Adult-Serving Institutions Can Continue To Thrive As Interest In Serving Adults Grows
George A. Pruitt | President Emeritus, Thomas Edison State UniversityWith technological advancements, shifting demographics and a constantly evolving regulatory environment, higher education is an industry in flux—and nowhere more so than non-traditional education. As the former president of one…
MoWINs: Creating Win-Wins through Partnerships
Dawn Busick-Drinkard | MoWINs Project Director, Missouri Community College AssociationBeginning in 2011, Missouri’s community and technical colleges banded together to apply for three rounds of the Department of Labor’s TAACCCT grant program. Since the consortium was formed, thousands of…
Guiding Philosophies for Launching an Online Education Office
Robert Griffiths | Associate Vice President of Distance Education and eLearning, Ohio State UniversityIn an earlier post about the strategies I used to grow an online education office and weave online practices into the fabric of Ohio State University, I mentioned that how…
Overcoming Siloes: Promoting More Collegial Collaboration Within Postsecondary Institutions
Angela Baldasare | Senior Strategic Consultant, Civitas LearningWhy can’t we all just get along? One of my favorite things about working at a university is being surrounded by smart, dedicated colleagues who share the same goals of…