Programming
Inside College-Employer Partnerships: The Importance of Trust
Linda Head | Senior Associate Vice Chancellor of External and Employer Relations, Lone Star College Brooke PolkHigher education administrators, especially those at two-year institutions, understand the importance of partnering with employers to create innovative and market-responsive programming to support community development and enrich the college. Lone…
Can Small Data Unlock a Step Change in Learner Experience Design?
Whitney Kilgore | Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer, iDesignUnder pressure to earn customer loyalty by making shopping easier, retailers are intently focused on transforming the shopper experience. Last year, grocery giants like Kroger, Walmart and Sam’s Club rolled out…
Income Share Agreements: An Innovative Alternative to Student Loans
Mary Walshok | Associate Vice Chancellor, UC San Diego Josh ShapiroAs colleges and universities shift their focus towards a lifelong learning model of education, Income Share Agreements (ISAs) are becoming a popular way to help students finance their education while…
Who’s Your Customer? The Differences Between Recruiting Traditional and Non-Traditional Learners
Sean-Michael Green | Vice President for Client Services, LRAP AssociationThe world of enrollment management is divided into two groups: People who think recruiting traditional first-year students is the same as recruiting non-traditional students; and those who know better. Both…
Finding Balance: Blended Learning for Practitioners and Researchers
Rob Kadel | Senior Research Fellow, Strada Education NetworkSince the earliest days of distance learning, educators have debated whether delivering instruction electronically actually works. Whether through VHS tapes in the earliest correspondence courses or today’s complex and adaptable…
A Common Language for College Credit
Jacqueline Arnold | Manager of Strategic Communications and Relationships, Saylor AcademyWhile attending an international conference recently, I was struck that all of the attendees—who came from Africa, Southeastern Asia and Europe—used English as the lingua franca of the event. (Those…
Sharing the Competency-Based Student’s Experience
Jill Loveless | Vice President of Academic Affairs, West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWhat do students really say about competency-based education? That was the underlying question I pondered while completing my dissertation at Capella University. When I began my research, CBE programs were…
Low-Tech Teaching in a High-Tech World
Zoë Cohen | Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine Tucson, University of ArizonaOnline teaching isn’t new. In the 1960s, people took correspondence courses, where teachers would mail assignments to students to complete and return. In the computer age, these courses were moved…