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.
Cities and Higher Education: Sustainable Growth through Collaboration at the Intersections
Shenita Ray | Director for Online Operations in the School of Continuing Studies, Georgetown UniversityLocal governments and higher education are dissimilar and similar. A few distinctions are that U.S. Cities are home to 62.7 percent of the U.S. population (Census Bureau, 2015) whereas 6…
What’s Keeping Competency-Based Education Out of Higher Education’s Mainstream?
Diane Johnson | President and CEO, New Charter UniversityThough not a new concept, competency-based education (CBE) adoption and integration is still in its early stages in most postsecondary settings. A primary reason for this is that competency-based education…
Community Colleges and the Community: How Leaders Can Ensure Their College Meets Local Needs
Bruce Leslie | Chancellor, Alamo CollegesMore than ever, public and not-for-profit organizations must find new ways to leverage their resources as the traditional public tax base and private sources are no longer dependable. Concurrently, the…
Closing the "Soft" Skills Gap: It Begins with Assessment
Cathrael Kazin | Managing Partner, Volta Learning GroupYear after year, organizations like AAC&U (American Association of Colleges and Universities) and NACE (the National Association of Colleges and Employers) survey employers to learn what skills they seek in…
Paradigm Shifts: Four Major Changes that Transformed Higher Education
David Staley | Interim Director of the Humanities Institute, The Ohio State UniversityThe higher education sector is often accused of being slow to change: a lumbering, mature industry that is ripe for disruption. The recent history of American higher education would suggest…
A USC Approach to Degree Completion: Leveraging Palmetto College to Drive Adult Enrollments
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick | Vice President for System Planning and Carolina Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of South CarolinaBy 2020, 65 percent of all US jobs will require a postsecondary credential, and economic development in South Carolina necessitates an increase of at least 70,000 individuals holding postsecondary degrees…
Testing Centers: Solving Common Challenges for Students and the Community
Steve Saladin | Director of Testing and Assessment, University of IdahoGenerating new sources of revenue, promoting the institutional brand, simplifying the student experience and supporting the regional community: These are all priorities institutional and divisional leaders are grappling with every…