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Driving Access, Completion and Relevance: Understanding the Role of Technical Colleges
Melanie Hall | Director of Marketing and Community Colleges, Davis Technical CollegeThe labor market skills gap is one the biggest problems higher ed faces today. As workforce demands increase, adult learners need to train quickly to stay relevant. Technical colleges have…
College Behind Bars: The Necessity of Running A College Inside Prisons
Michael Budke | Program Coordinator for Corrections Education, Chemeketa Community CollegeOffering college courses inside prisons may be a foreign concept to some, but it actually has a long and complicated history. In 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement…
Considering an OPM? Lessons to be Learned from Sourcing Best Practices
Stuart Harris | President, Stuart Harris ConsultingI have come to Higher Education Online Program Management (OPM) after many years in sourcing consultancy, where I helped large companies with large IT services outsourcing contracts. In that mature…
Creating Pathways to Second Chances for Inmates
Kimberly Moore | Vice President of Workforce Innovation, Tallahassee Community CollegeThroughout the evolution and history of community colleges, they have often been identified as the gateway to opportunity and prosperity for all. However, despite the many challenges that an open…
More than Just Degree Completion: The Hard-to-Measure Impact of Community Colleges on the Local Economy
Jacqueline Peña | Former Dean of Faculty, Miami-Dade CollegeHow do community colleges contribute to the economic growth of the communities they serve? How do we measure the impact of those contributions when looking at the local economy? These…
Finding Your Foundation: Establishing Student-Centricity To Support Institutional, Learner and Community Growth
Ed Massey | President, Indian River State CollegeStudent-centricity is a defining feature of the postsecondary institution of the future, but for many college and university leaders the concept hasn’t progressed beyond a buzzword. At Indian River State…
What It Takes to Keep Track of Online Alumni
Faye L. Lesht | Research Associate Professor for Digital Learning, Marquette University David Schejbal | Vice President and Chief of Digital Learning, Marquette UniversityThousands of students graduate each year from online degree programs and those numbers are growing. Online programs appeal to many students, especially to those where schooling is secondary to careers…
Lifelong Learning Starts Young: The Virtual Lab School and the 21st Century Land-Grant Mission
Stephen M. Gavazzi | Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Ohio State UniversityIn the 2018 book Land-Grant Universities for the Future: Higher Education for the Public Good, Ohio State professor Stephen Gavazzi and West Virginia president E. Gordon Gee sought to clarify…