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From Flyover Country to Talent Central: How Indiana is Leading the Pack Linking the Learn-And-Work Ecosystem
Ken Sauer | Senior Associate Commissioner and Chief Academic Officer, Indiana Commission of Higher Education Leighton Johnson, Jeff GrannOnce labeled as flyover country, South Bend, IN, is having quite the renaissance. The city and surrounding communities forming the South Bend-Elkhart Region were recently designated as a 21st Century…
Coronavirus: My Warning to Colleges 14 Years Ago and My Advice Today
Kenneth Hartman | Past President of Drexel University Online, Drexel UniversityFourteen years ago, I authored an op-ed titled “Schools must learn to use Internet to quickly recover from a disaster,”stating: “Imagine what would happen if a pandemic outbreak disrupts an…
Preparing for the Future (and Present!) of Work
Sheneui Weber | Vice Chancellor of Workforce and Economic Development, California Community CollegesTalk about the future of work is starting to come up more frequently in everyday conversations. Its changing nature is happening because of a convergence of many technologies, including: Artificial…
COVID-19 Communication and Collaboration: Keeping Everyone in Tune During Times of Crisis
Laurie Quinn | Interim President, Champlain CollegeIn response to the coronavirus crisis, institutions have been forced to switch programs to online. Luckily for Champlain College, they’ve already been teaching online programs for over 20 years. So…
Building Clock-Hour Competency-Based Education Programs with Flexibility in Mind
Franz Feierbach | Associate Dean for Operations and Academic Readiness in the School of Applied Technology, Salt Lake Community CollegeIn its simplest form, a clock-hour program is a set of non-credit courses that lead to the completion of a non-degree credential or certificate. Typically, such a program is offered…
Challenges and Solutions of Research into the Quality of Online Learning: A Quality Matters Lens
Barbra Burch | Manager of Research and Development, Quality MattersThe existing literature showcases a vast amount of research on quality in online learning. Studies abound, diving deep into specific elements of design and delivery and their impact on various…
Turbulence for Boeing: A Crisis of Corporations and Curricula
John Thelin | Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, University of Kentucky Eric Weber | Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, University of KentuckyBoeing has crashed and been burning in the media spotlight for months concerning engineering and business failures that have cost lives, but their influence on higher education should worry us…
Pathways to Transformation: Reimagining Business Education for the Modern World
Michael Wiemer | Senior Vice President and Chief Officer for the Americas, AACSB InternationalBusiness schools are facing a rapidly changing environment that requires new ways of thinking and new approaches to delivering programming. While business education was once defined by fixed degree offerings—with…