Program Planning and Design
Today, developing a program depends on more than faculty coming up with an interesting topic. Launching a successful program includes a number of steps, from conceptualization to approval to marketing and iterating. The program lifecycle is not for the weak of heart, but managing that lifecycle supports institutional success.
Designing4Engagement: Design Thinking in the Program Quality Review Process
Christine Boyko-Head | Professor of Liberal Arts, Mohawk CollegeProgram review is a systemic, ongoing process intended to impact educational quality within a program and also across an institution. This continual, reflective process, however, does not always transfer…
The Power of Partnerships and Pairings: Why STEM and Liberal Arts are Better Together
David Rosowsky | Former Provost, University of Vermont“The last decade has seen considerable energy and enthusiasm for mash-ups between the STEM disciplines and the liberal arts disciplines, with motivations ranging from practical to political, obvious to opportunistic,…
Partnering with an Industry Giant to Fill Skills Gaps and Support Job Readiness
Lenore Rodicio | Executive Vice President and Provost, Miami Dade CollegeIn December 2018, Miami Dade College (MDC) launched a certificate program in partnership with Facebook to help train students, small business owners, entrepreneurs and others in digital marketing. This partnership…
Establishing and Maintaining Program Responsiveness in Continuing Education
Kelly Otter | Dean of the School of Continuing Studies, Georgetown UniversityContinuing Education (CE) divisions that don’t keep a finger on the pulse of industry change risk being overlooked in favor of schools that better respond to market needs. In this…
How to Accelerate Speed-to-Market for Non-Credit Offerings
Aric Krause | Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at HartfordGiven the importance of non-credit programming to generating necessary revenue for colleges and universities, the capacity to launch and maintain successful certificate, certification and stand-alone offerings is more critical than…
The Either/Or Paradigm: Short-Term Training in Higher Education
Eric Heiser | Director of Career and Technical Education and Dean of the School of Applied Technology & Technical Specialties, Salt Lake Community CollegeAs the economy continues to boil and jobs are plentiful, it is important to keep in mind the value that higher education, namely community colleges, can provide to both employers…
It’s Time to Revise Our Approach to Program Design
Brian Gerber | Faculty Coordinator of STEAM Center for Applied Creativity and Innovation, Valdosta State UniversityThe rapidly shifting landscape of higher education is well documented; fewer traditional 18- to 24-year-olds but increasing numbers of non-traditional-age students, decreasing state allocation causing an increasing dependence on tuition,…