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Incubating Innovation: The Growing Role of Continuing Education on University Campuses
J. Kim McNutt | Dean of the College of Extended and International Education, CSU Dominguez HillsThough Continuing or Extended Education is still viewed with suspicion by some faculties as the “personal interest” division of a university, CE offers many opportunities for their academic counterparts—including, in…
Economic and Demographic Challenges Facing Community and Technical Colleges
Kevin E. Drumm | President, SUNY Broome Community CollegeAs local providers of workforce training and higher education, the role of community colleges is set to grow as student populations become increasingly non-traditional. But given the credit-based funding model…
What Will Be Important in the Learn and Work Ecosystem in 2030? How Do We Prepare?
Holly Zanville | Senior Advisor for Credentialing and Workforce Development, Lumina FoundationThis year’s kindergarteners will graduate from high school in 2030. It’s clear that they will need to prepare for a rapidly changing work-and-learn future, as will their parents and the…
The Evolving World of Community Colleges: Market Position, Competition and the Future
Ian Roark | Vice President of Workforce Development, Pima Community CollegeLike their university counterparts, community colleges are facing an uncertain future: lower enrollments, changing student demographics and increased competition from universities looking to grow their share of workforce development programming…
Left! Left! Left, Right, Left: One University’s Experience with Bootcamps
Cyrus Homayounpour | Associate Dean for Marketing and Enrollment Management in the College of Professional Studies, George Washington UniversityBy my conservative estimate, since the establishment of the first coding bootcamp in 2012 the number of such schools, both for-profit and non-profit universities in the United States and Canada,…
How an Active Extended University Benefits the Rest of Campus
Beth Brunk-Chavez | Dean of Extended University, University of Texas at El PasoMany higher education institutions feature a college called something like “Extended University.” While the units which make up that college may vary, common denominators often include a continuing education organization…
How Partnering with Continuing Studies Improves Degree Relevancy
Nicole Tate-Hill | Academic Program Manager in Continuing Studies, Western UniversityUniversities have been increasingly challenged regarding how applicable traditional academic offerings are to our increasingly modern world. There is a contentious and growing view of a university’s role in creating…
Laying the Groundwork: How to Establish the Foundation for a Successful IBC
John LaBrie | Professor of the Practice in Higher Education, Northeastern UniversityInternational branch campuses (IBCs) are risky propositions. As a pure educational start-up, they have many inherent challenges. They lack brand recognition in their new market. Their value proposition has no…