Education is more important than ever before in today’s economic landscape. Competition for jobs is growing and employees are being asked to do more in less time and with fewer…
Four Ways Employer Relationships Strengthen Graduate Programs
Walter Rankin | Deputy Dean of the School of Continuing Studies, Georgetown UniversityAs recent surveys and articles in the Wall Street Journal and the Chronicle of Higher Education have documented, there seems to be a deep disconnect between the skills employers need…
For the past four years I have served as Purdue’s liaison with Deltak, a leading educational services provider, with the primary mission of launching new online master’s degrees. I have…
Navigating the Maze: Overcoming Institutional Roadblocks to Innovation
John DeLalla | Director of Continuing Education, University of Arizona SouthIt was an innocent email from a former student that most continuing education (CE) program leaders would love to receive: "When are you going to offer a class or certificate…
Nurturing Online Learning Environments: Frequency, Type and Quality of Communication
Susan Farber | Advisory Board Member, ProfologyThe Ed-Tech Ecosystem: Reviewing the Needs and the Barriers
Brian Whitmer | Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer, InstructureCollaboration Critical to Launching and Improving Technology-Enhanced Courses
Mike Scheuermann | Associate Vice President of Instructional Technology and Support (Retired), Drexel UniversityFive Ways to Avoid Implementation Roadblocks
Marc Satin | Chief Operating Officer, Enrollment RxOutcomes Define Difference Between Change Management and Roadblocks
Brian Parish | Chief Executive Officer, IDataEnsuring Success in a Vendor Partnership
Leslie Hitch | Senior Faculty Fellow, Northeastern UniversityThe Critical Questions: Determining Whether Partnering is Best
Lesley Nichols | Executive Director of Professional Studies, Emerson CollegeExploring the Benefits of a True Partnership
Carol Fleming | Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement, James Madison UniversityCulture of Innovation and Open-Mindedness Critical for Vendors
Michelle R. Weise | Senior Advisor, Imaginable Futures
When we look for solutions at our academic institutions, we often overlook partnering with other institutions as we search for vendors. Although many consortia are established solely for the purpose…
Looking to Institutions for Service Partnerships
Barbara Allen | Executive Director, Committee on Institutional CooperationAccording to an old adage, if you don’t want to lose your horses, just tie them together; they’ll never get anywhere. That, sadly, is how many experience partnership-building in higher…
The following interview is with Ramendra Singh, vice-chancellor of marketing and communications at Brandman University. Singh is an institutional leader with extensive experience in major service partnerships at his university,…
Three Reasons Institutions Should Work with Vendors
Craig Maslowsky | Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Antioch UniversityWhy work with a vendor when you can do it yourself? This thought has certainly crossed the mind of every academic administrator at some point. The nature of our industry…
Exploring the Ethics of University-Vendor Relationships
Cary Nelson | Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCommunication Critical for a Successful Partnership
James David Hardison | Industry Advisor for Higher Education and Research, SAP AmericaThe Fight for Quality Education: Understanding Faculty Opposition to Partnering
Deepa Kumar | Associate Professor, Rutgers UniversityOutsourcing Continuing Education: Issues for the Institution
John DeLalla | Director of Continuing Education, University of Arizona SouthVendor Practices Must Change to Improve Student Outcomes
Charles Dull | Associate Dean of the IT Center of Excellence, Cuyahoga Community CollegeExploring the Negative Reputation of Service Providers
Richard Schilke | Vice President of Curriculum and Instructional Technology and Design, American Public University SystemSeeing the Forest and the Trees
Shaul Kuper | Chief Executive Officer, Destiny SolutionsWhy a Partnership? Assessing Motives and Needs for a Good Fit
Ken Udas | Vice Provost, Digital Learning Initiatives, University of IdahoDifferences Between For-Profit and Non-Profit Providers are Slim
Phil Hill | Market Analyst, MindWires Consulting
Colleges and universities were traditionally organizations that had little interaction with external support organizations for the academic administration of their programs. There are long-standing organizations, such as ETS, The College…
Cross-Platform Functionality Critical to Success in Postsecondary Marketplace
Bob Weinschenk | Chief Executive Officer, SIPXThe following interview is with Bob Weinschenk, CEO of SIPX. Launched in 2012, SIPX has partnered with a wide variety of content publishers and postsecondary units to simplify digital rights…
One trend institutional leaders across the country can relate to is the need to do more with less. Whether you’re coming from a flagship state university, a private liberal arts…