Students aren’t waiting until mid-career to get the continuing education they need. Institutions need to meet the modern learner where they are and provide the relevant programming at every stage…
New and Innovative Market Opportunities
Blurring the Lines Between Credit and Non-Credit Offerings
Madeline Pumariega | President, Miami Dade College Sue Ellspermann | President, Ivy Tech Community CollegePhilip Regier | University Dean for Educational Initiatives & CEO of EdPlus, Arizona State UniversityFrank Dooley | Chancellor, Purdue University GlobalThomas Stith III | President, North Carolina Community College System
Education Must Do More for Our Veterans
Philomena Mantella | President, Grand Valley State UniversityVeterans have long felt left behind by higher education. To improve accessibility, institutions need to offer veterans individualized support, recognition for prior learning and create maps for their education. Student…
Alumni stories, experiences and reviews are key to Continuing Education units attracting new learners. Nurture your relationships with alumni to take into account, record and share their stories. Continuing education…
How Alumni Can Help Drive Student Enrollment and Retention
Jodie Sperico | Chief of Alumni and Employer Engagement, Long Island UniversityAs institutions look to recover from the disruption of the pandemic, re-engaging alumni provides the key opportunity to foster a lifelong learning culture and drive retention. Alumni are more than…
Memo from the US Economy to the Community College: We Need People…Now
Jeffrey Forrest | Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development, College of the CanyonsGetting Adult Learners Back into the Workforce through Continuing Education
Jessica Moran | Dean of Instruction for Los Banos Campus, Merced CollegeWhat Community Colleges and Policymakers Should Consider with Biden’s Plan
Julian L. Alssid | Chief Marketplace Engagement Officer, UnmudlMapping The Historic Transformation of Professional and Continuing Education
Eric A. Bullard | Dean of Continuing Education and UCLA Extension, University of California - Los AngelesUniversity/Industry Partnerships for Locally Based Global Engagement and Understanding
Vistasp Karbhari | Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at ArlingtonAdapting Digestible Program Models for the Modern Learner
Roxanne Gonzales | Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, New Mexico Highlands University Mary Earick, Marthann SchulteRe-engaging Learners with the Lifelong Learning Model
Jennifer Lindon | President and CEO, Hazard Community and Technical CollegeThe Time Is Now: Scale Up High School Early College and Dual Enrollment Programs
Russell Olwell | Associate Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy, Merrimack CollegeLeveraging CE Divisions to Drive Alumni Engagement
Rob Green | Senior Vice President for Digital Learning, Ruffalo Noel Levitz Chris Bingley
Integrating leadership training skills into degree programming is key to developing programs that will prepare students for day one in the workforce. With the need for adult workers to upskill…
The Power of Partnerships: Creating Inclusive Educational Opportunities
Alicia B. Harvey-Smith | President and CEO, Pittsburgh Technical CollegeLevelling the higher ed playing field means improving access to education for traditionally underserved communities. A good way of doing so is by partnering with local and regional like-minded organizations…
Improving access to education for rural students both helps these students develop in the workforce and offers universities and colleges a new pool of applicants, allowing both groups to contribute…
WorkRise: New Initiative to Transform the Labor Market
Holly Zanville | Research Professor and Co-Director of Program on Skills, Credentials and Workforce Policy in the Institute of Public Policy, George Washington UniversityIn a floundering labor market that is especially hitting low-wage workers hard right now, we need bold initiatives that confront issues of systemic inequity head-on. WorkRise is an innovative new…
Creating MOOC-Based Bachelor Degrees
Adam Fein | Vice President for Digital Strategy and Innovation, University of North TexasDeveloping Grant-Funded Programming
John LaBrie | Dean and Associate Provost for Professional Education, Clark UniversityThe Reinvention of Higher Education
Victor Hu | Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Lumos Captial Group Van Ton-QuinlivanLeading Through Fragmentation: Kaleidoscope Thinking and Shaking Up Patterns to Innovate
Monique Snowden | Senior Vice Chancellor for Strategic Enrollment and Student Success, University of Colorado DenverTransforming Higher Education Through Innovation
Zephyr L. Ethier | University Director of Enrollment Operations, Antioch UniversityDelivering the Future: Providing a Digital Experience Your Students Expect
Karen Pedersen | Dean of Global Campus, Kansas State UniversityOffering Non-Credit in Community Colleges
Toni Pendergrass | President, San Juan College Adrienne ForgetteGetting Over Roadblocks: How Community Colleges Can Grow Enrollment
Kristin Gubser | Director of External Affairs, Gateway Community CollegeFinding Financial Support for Non-credit Programming in Community Colleges
Albert Lewis | Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development, Bellevue College
Student veterans are willing and wanting to be a part of the higher education conversation—leaders need to give them the platform on which to share their experiences. Coming out of…
The Age of Education as a Benefit Package: Marketing Experiential Pathways for Learners to the Workforce
Brandon Busteed | President, Kaplan University Partners Ed Up ExperienceWhen it comes to experiential marketing, adult learners are looking for something affordable that will get them to the workforce quickly. It’s important for institutions to show not only the…
Going online may be more important now than ever, as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes everyone to explore new options. Of course, as institutions begin to settle into a remote learning…