As local providers of workforce training and higher education, the role of community colleges is set to grow as student populations become increasingly non-traditional. But given the credit-based funding model…
Five Things Everyone Should Know About Being a Community College President
Joianne Smith | President, Oakton Community CollegeBefore becoming the fourth president of Oakton Community College in July 2015, I thought I was prepared. I worked alongside Oakton’s previous president, Margaret Burke Lee, for years as vice…
I grew up in California. I had ambitions of going to college and majoring in business, but fate and hormones had other plans for me. I ran away from home…
Growing Faculty Diversity is a Shared Responsibility of Critical Importance
Freeman Hrabowski III | President, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyTasked with finding solutions to society’s greatest challenges, colleges and universities today are working to get a handle on the growing chasms and divisions that are deepening across American communities.…
The Mid-Term: Key Challenges for Public Higher Education Over the Next Four Years
Thomas Harnisch | Vice President of Government Relations, State Higher Education Executive OfficersMedical Education’s Seismic Shift (and What It Means for Leadership)
Joyce De Leo | Consultant in Academic Medicine and Health Sciences Practice, Witt/KiefferReimagining College Rankings: What Information Do Students Truly Need?
Martha Ellis | Dean of Faculty at the Roueche Graduate Center, National American UniversityGoing Beyond the Quick and Dirty: Crafting a Truly Representative Ratings System
Lester Lefton | President Emeritus, Kent State UniversityFinding Metrics that Matter to Adult Students
Javier Miyares | President, University of Maryland University CollegeTrends in Post-Traditional Education: Tracking and Responding to Change
Tina Goodyear | Chief Operating Officer, The Presidents' Forum at Excelsior CollegeMaximizing Your Education Investment When You Return to the Real World
Nikki Karakostas | Master’s Student, George Washington UniversityBeyond Dodgeball: Tailoring Extracurricular Opportunities for Adults
Jo Emanuelson | Student, Christopher Newport UniversityWhy I’m Choosing a House Over a Degree
Jackie Lewis | Stewardship Officer, RESOLVE Campaign
Many of the contributors to this special issue will point out the economic benefits and wider employment opportunities that a college education brings. Adult learners reap the benefit of higher…
Power to Students … and a Theoretical Kick in the Backside
Tony Birch | Course Developer William HaneyAfter an exhausting day of reading online homework assignments from students, you ask yourself in a frustrated, hair-pulling shout, “How many more times am I going to repeat myself…
The following interview is with Omid Fotuhi, a project manager and researcher at the Stanford University’s Interventions Lab. Fotuhi’s work focuses on finding ways to scale interventions proven to boost…
The Exit Ramps That Could Save Higher Education
Kenneth Hartman | Past President of Drexel University Online, Drexel UniversityThe following interview is with Ken Hartman, senior fellow and principal analyst at Eduventures and former president of Drexel University Online. Hartman is a leading advocate for transformation in the…
The True Value of College: Stepping Away from the Roses
Richard Gayle | Retired Professor of Mathematics, Black Hills State UniversityFlexibility and Responsiveness Critical for Adult Graduate Students
Katie Smith | Emergency Management Associate, IEMGraduate Education Not Worth the Price of Admission … But It Can Be
Ashley Sanders | Doctoral Candidate, Michigan State UniversityFlexibility and Understanding Critical for Non-Traditional Students
Lori Perkovich | Master's Student, New York UniversityHigher Education and ROI: The Employment-Education Debate
Dan Beare | Environmental Professional and Current Events BloggerProgress, Not Perfection, Is the Name of the Game
Liz Derrough | Campus Director, InsideTrackTraversing Internal Barriers to Partnerships
Jeffery Alejandro | Coordinator of Lifelong Learning Program, East Carolina UniversityUnderstanding the Academic Needs of Adults
Christina Trombley | Executive Director for Drake Online, Drake UniversityThe Importance of Normalizing the College Experience
Liz Derrough | Campus Director, InsideTrack
There are several reasons to return to college once you become a working professional. I've returned to college not once, but twice, in my adult life. The first time was…
A National Graduation Goal Does Not Lead to Low Quality
Chari Leader Kelley | Senior Fellow, CAELRecently, critics have complained that increasing the number of college educated U.S. citizens (or to put it more bluntly, “improving degree production”) will lead to one of three outcomes: Low-quality…
University leaders and politicians often speak about the importance of completing a postsecondary education. The Lumina Foundation and the federal government set a 60 percent degree for national degree completion…