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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 | Chief Learning Experience 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…
Positioning Higher Education Institutions to Serve the Corporate Market
Gabe Clevenger | Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management for Champlain Online, Champlain CollegeThe corporate training and education marketplace is incredibly lucrative, and demand will only continue to grow over time. But higher education is not alone in trying to serve this space.…
Gretzky’s Puck: A Human Capital Strategy for the 21st Century
Brent Orrell | Resident Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteWayne Gretzky—arguably ice hockey’s GOAT (Greatest Of All Time)—likes to say that his success as a hockey player didn’t come from skating to the puck, but to where the puck…
Placing 4-H Within The 21st-Century Land-Grant Mission
E. Gordon Gee | President, West Virginia University Stephen M. Gavazzi | Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Ohio State UniversityJennifer Sirangelo | President and Chief Executive Officer, National 4-H CouncilKaren J. Pittman | President and Chief Executive Officer, The Forum for Youth InvestmentIn 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…
How to Avoid the Blockbuster Trap: Stoking Innovation in Higher Education
Angie Besendorfer | Chancellor, WGU MissouriGreek philosopher Heraclitus advised that “the only thing that is constant is change.” This bit of wisdom especially rings true when it comes to higher education. While many think of…