New and Innovative Market Opportunities
As higher education’s traditional market of high school graduates shrinks, college and university leaders need to become more creative in finding markets to serve. Identifying new and innovative revenue streams and adapting to serve them well will also ensure institutions are not reliant on the continued strength of a single demographic.
Scaling CBE to Democratize Postsecondary Access & Success in Delivering A New Vision of Lifelong Learning
Ryan Ivers | Goal Lead, Southern New Hampshire UniversityThe Challenge Ahead of Us Challenges lie ahead of every industry, but with the complexity we are seeing in the V.U.C.A. environment today, what worked for previous generations will not …
A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Dave King | Associate Provost (Retired) and Professor Emeritus, Oregon State UniversityTruly innovative ideas invariably encounter pushback from factions committed to maintaining the status quo. The original annual Sloan survey — and more recently the Babson/Seamon study — show incremental improvement…
The ROI of CBE: A Six-Year Analysis
Carlos Rivers | Operations Research Analyst in the Institute for Competency-Based Education, Texas A&M University-Commerce Yvonne Villanueva-Russell, James FountainIntroduction This short analysis builds upon the work of an original case study published by Texas A&M University-Commerce in The Journal of Competency-Based Education titled, “Competency‐based education: An evolutionary higher…
The ROI of CBE: A Six-Year Analysis
Carlos Rivers | Operations Research Analyst in the Institute for Competency-Based Education, Texas A&M University-Commerce Yvonne Villanueva-Russell, James FountainIntroduction This short analysis builds upon the work of an original case study published by Texas A&M University-Commerce in The Journal of Competency-Based Education titled, “Competency‐based education: An evolutionary higher…
Conscious Collaboration: Three Ways CE and Enrollment Management Can Drive Institution-Wide Registrations
Lisa R. Braverman | Dean of the Petrocelli School of Continuing Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityWe know from statisticians and worried admissions officers nationally that the pipeline of traditional American high school graduates is in decline, and that this downward trend is expected to continue…
How Continuing Education is Preparing Us For The Future of Work
Jason Wingard | Dean of the School of Professional Studies, Columbia UniversityWith the steady and consistent advancement of technology—and its impact on the day-to-day functioning of every industry—employers need to be constantly aware of the need to upskill their employees. Postsecondary…
The Necessity of Creative Leadership In Higher Education
Andrew Yee | Director of Digital Lifelong Learning Programs at Biola UniversityCreative leadership is essential for higher education institutions to remain relevant and responsive into the future, and there are three components to this. First, is seeing a problem's true constraints.…