Internal and Service Partnerships
Institutional budgets are shrinking and student expectations are rising. Meeting these heightened demands requires college and university leaders to assess their institutional strengths and partner where needed to ensure they’re providing students with an optimal experience.
CPE’s Shift to the Core Creates More Collaboration Opportunities for the English Language Institute
Andrew Scales | Academic Director of the English Language Institute, University of British ColumbiaThe transformation of UBC Continuing Studies (CS) into UBC Extended Learning (ExL) began over three years ago as part of the university’s commitment to Career and Personal Education (CPE). CPE…
Sharing Expertise to Make the Bridging Program a Reality
Tanya Wakelin | eLearning Manager,Centre for Academic and Faculty Enrichment and Corporate Training Services, Durham CollegeDurham College (DC) is a proud supporter of higher learning, and participates in many educational collaborations to enhance teaching and learning for students worldwide. In recent years, the college has…
Seven Steps to Evaluating Third-Party Partnerships
Sarah MacDonald | Senior Director of Outreach and Engagement, James Madison University—Co-written with Tomika Ferguson | Director of Community Partnerships, James Madison University— How do you know if your partnerships are living up to their potential? Are you being a good…
Saved Resources and Higher-Value Service: The Benefits of the Cloud
Bernard Golden | Vice President of Strategy, ActiveState SoftwareAs with any other major change in the higher education space, especially when that change is IT-related, cloud-hosting for critical institutional services has been analyzed and re-analyzed by leaders across…
Considering a Public Private Partnership? Realities and Opportunities in Today’s Higher Ed Business Practices
Jose Coll | Fellow, American Council on EducationThe economic and political imperatives that drive the complex nature of higher education today have introduced a new paradigm of management reform with a contemporary focus on efficiency and quality.…
Online and MOOC Content Can Strengthen, But Not Replace, Traditional Education
Linda Belfus | Senior Vice President of Content, Elsevier Clinical SolutionsMedical educators and schools are actively evaluating the role that the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other forms of online learning can play in educating future physicians. Under pressure…
The Online Education Evolution of LSU: A Shift in Focus for a Traditional State University
Amanda Major | Instructional Designer in the Center for Distributed Learning, University of Central FloridaEntering into the 100-percent online space requires a paradigm shift for traditional universities. In addition to adding to their education repertoire, these universities must add or enrich methods for reaching…