Higher education prides itself on adherence to the values associated with the concept of collegiality. Collaboration is certainly among those values, if not at the top of the list, and…
Service Providers Support Small Institution Innovation
Wayne Parkins | Graduate Education Consultant and Former Executive Director of New Business Development Global Business Education, Pearson Learning SolutionsThe following interview is with Wayne Parkins, former executive director of new business development in global business education with Pearson Learning Solutions and consultant for business schools and online graduate…
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…
Six Elements of a Successful Online Graduate Degree Partnership
Michael Eddy | Assistant Dean of Continuing Education and Conferences, Purdue UniversityNavigating the Maze: Overcoming Institutional Roadblocks to Innovation
John DeLalla | Director of Continuing Education, University of Arizona SouthNurturing 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 College
The following interview is with Carol Fleming, senior director for outreach and engagement at James Madison University (JMU). Fleming recently presented at UPCEA South on the ideal approach institutions should…
Culture of Innovation and Open-Mindedness Critical for Vendors
Michelle R. Weise | Senior Advisor, Imaginable FuturesThe following interview is with Michelle Rhee-Weise, a senior research fellow with the Clayton Christensen Institute. Rhee-Weise is an expert on higher education disruption and is a leading thinker on…
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…
Procurement Process Central to Non-Profit Private Innovation
Ramendra Singh | Chief Marketing Officer, Brandman UniversityThree Reasons Institutions Should Work with Vendors
Craig Maslowsky | Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Antioch UniversityExploring 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 Solutions
The nature of vendor relationships with universities has changed significantly over the past few decades. At one point, universities were likely to outsource strictly non-core functions such as cleaning and…
Differences Between For-Profit and Non-Profit Providers are Slim
Phil Hill | Market Analyst, MindWires ConsultingThe following interview is with Phil Hill, a market analyst with MindWires Consulting. Hill has been active over the course of his career with helping organizations, major corporations and higher…
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…