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.
Willing to Fail: Evolving Graduate Business Education to Keep Pace with Market Needs
Caryn L. Beck-Dudley | Dean of the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara UniversityThose of us who lead business schools have known for a while that graduate business education is changing dramatically. Most MBAs, including ours, have lost enrollment over several years. The…
Competency-Based Education: A Model For Keeping Up in Canada
Jackie Pichette | Director of Policy, Research & Partnerships, Higher Education Quality Council of OntarioMost students enrolled in Canadian colleges and universities today should expect to return to school down the road—probably several times, hopefully for shorter, more flexible and affordable programs. That’s because,…
MicroCredentials, Workforce Preparation, and the Public University Imperative
A. Sasha Thackaberry | Vice President for Digital and Continuing Education, Louisiana State UniversityThere are certain words that we, in large public institutions, sometimes find controversial. These are considered to be somewhat anathema to higher education and its historic goals of crafting the…
Changing Pace to Serve Employers: Changing the Face of Professional Development
Shelley Osborne | Vice President of Learning, UdemyThe labor market is evolving so rapidly that employees can’t keep pace. As technology advances, the half-life of skills shrinks. This isn’t just a problem for the working professionals, but…
Serving Our Community By Serving our Businesses: Supporting ISO 9001 Certification
Jo Alice Blondin | President, Clark State Community College Lesli Beavers—Co-written with Taylor Roberts | Grant Writer, Clark State Community College— Executive Summary Clark State Community College’s Workforce Development department has developed a way to make International Organization for Standardization…
Internet 3.0 for Academics: Building On BlockChain’s Potential
John Cavanaugh | President and CEO, Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan AreaImagine having the ability to gather digital material more accurately and efficiently based on its content for a course or scholarly paper. Or being able to verify your specific contribution…
Preparing a Traditional University for the 60-Year Curriculum
Josh Herron | Dean of Online and Continuous Learning, Anderson UniversityThe relationship between higher education and the needs of industry training has been growing closer for some time, but especially in this strong economy. Amazon’s recent announcement of plans to…