Clear and consistent definitions for microcredentials are critical to our capacity to scale and leverage these new models to make learning more accessible, flexible and outcome-oriented. Background/Context As Alberta’s industry,…
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Microcredentials: Why Industry Is in the Driver’s Seat
Vis Naidoo | Director of the Centre for Continuing Education and Professional Studies, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Cheryl Kinzel, Natasja SaranchukClear and consistent definitions for microcredentials are critical to our capacity to scale and leverage these new models to make learning more accessible, flexible and outcome-oriented. Background/Context As Alberta’s industry,…
Rather than going back to the ever-shrinking well of traditional age learners, higher ed institutions can scale to serve new audiences... starting with their own alumni. Colleges and universities are…
The Long-Lasting Value of Workforce and Continuing Education
Enrique Infanzon | Dean of Continuing Education, Miami Dade CollegeContinuing Education is the key to serve lifelong learners. Institutions need to adopt a more collaborative approach for all departments to meet the needs of a lifelong learner. Continuing Education…
Even traditional universities can innovate as long as there's the strategic will to do so. What should brand-recognized institutions do to ensure their sustainable futures? Dr. Joe Sallustio’s answer to…
Break the Ivory Tower: Making the Modern College Accessible and Relatable
Anthony Cruz | President of Hialeah Campus, Miami Dade College Ed Up ExperienceThe modern college must be accessible to everyone in its community and responsive to their needs. This is how colleges can position themselves as engines of economic and social change.…
Finding creative ways to serve adults is critical for modern colleges and universities looking to adapt to the coming demographic cliff. Higher education finds itself at a crux as they…
Streamlining Processes to Serve Today’s Modern Learner
John Makevich | Dean of Continuing and Community Education, MiraCosta CollegeNon-credit students shop for courses like they would on Amazon. It’s important that institutions create this streamlined and personalized experience to attract and retain the modern learner. With the digital…
Non-credit students shop for courses like they would on Amazon. It’s important that institutions create this streamlined and personalized experience to attract and retain the modern learner. With the digital…
Public Health in a Remote Environment: How the University of Hawaii is Delivering Contact Tracing
William Chismar | Dean of Outreach College and Interim Dean of Myron B Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawaii at Manoa Sarah SimmonsTo help accelerate the re-opening of state economies, it’s essential to reduce the spread of coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness it causes. The first step to actually accomplishing this work…
Conferences and events have always been a hallmark of college and university offerings. Whether online or in-person, these events bring folks together, provide unique insight into professional development and support…
Delivering on a Public University’s Mission with Contact Tracing Training
Eric A. Bullard | Dean of Continuing Education and UCLA Extension, University of California - Los AngelesTo accelerate the re-opening of state economies, it’s essential to reduce the spread of coronavirus. The first step to doing so is to hire trained contact tracers in every community,…
With the revamp in higher education in response to the pandemic, this could very well be the moment credential innovation was waiting for. Now is the time to use credentials…
Helping Adult Students Thrive Online
Sydney Richardson | Dean of the College and Career Readiness, Forsyth Technical Community CollegeFor years, adult education theorists have worked to determine the best ways to teach adult students. From Malcolm Knowles to Jack Mesirow, John Dewey to Carol Kasworm, and many others,…
International travel has stopped, and new international enrollment has all but evaporated. Domestic students have diminished cash flow. Revenue streams are running dry. Across North America, universities are thirsty and…
Exemplary Program Award Winner: How Wayne Community College Serves ELA Students
Renita Dawson | Vice President of Workforce Continuing Education and Community Engagement, Wayne Community College Lynn Rabhan, Maria Abalo-ZarateWayne Community College’s Quest Academy is designed to recruit higher level English Language Acquisition (ELA) students, emphasizing students who are professionally certified in their native country. Students co‐enroll in Workforce…
Community and technical colleges serve essential missions. They create pathways to sustainable work for underserved audiences, respond to and fill emerging labor market gaps, and they do this work while…
Leveraging Technology to Achieve Growth in a Period of Decline
Gary Hepburn | Dean of the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Toronto Metropolitan University Fred Anger, Serena WongAt Ryerson University’s Chang School for Continuing Education, innovation and customer service are at the heart of their work. With a mission to deliver relevant and market-responsive programming to non-traditional…
Right now, thousands of instructors are doing their best to teach distance courses. Some of these instructors are experienced in online teaching, but it’s a new endeavor for many. For…
Taking a Page from Continuing Ed’s Playbook
Ramu Nagappan | Assistant Dean, UC Berkeley ExtensionAll crises might not be the same, but they can prepare you for any unforeseen situations to come. With the COVID-19 crisis, CE divisions were faced with the challenge of…
As continuing ed divisions take the lead in helping their respective institutions enter the remote or online environment, their teaching and programmatic styles are gaining more attention than ever before.…
Staying Flexible in a Time of Crisis
Joianne Smith | President, Oakton Community CollegeOne of the toughest challenges of remote learning is ensuring everyone has the same access to digital resources. To do this, tools and processes need to be established. The benefit…
Some institutions are able to make the switch to remote learning faster and smoother than others. For online institutions – it might seem like business as usual. That doesn’t mean…
Collaborating with Continuing Education: Establishing a New Role Within Higher Ed’s New Normal
Nelson Baker | Dean of Professional Education, Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitutions have been placed into the unfamiliar territory of remote learning. In the race to move programming to distance formats in the wake of COVID-19, staff and faculty have leaned…
The initial wave of panic in response to the pandemic is slowing deflating in higher education. Institutions are beginning to grasp what is happening and how they’re responding. With no…
Keeping the Classroom Community Online
Debby Douglas | Instructor of Social Sciences, Montgomery Community CollegeWhat an interesting and scary time to be in higher education! All of my post-master's work has been done through remote learning experiences. The majority of the courses have been…
As institutions respond quickly to the COVID-19 crisis, it’s critical for them to have a plan set in place. But no one could have anticipated the extent of change needed…
Does Being Rural Matter? The Economic & Social Concerns of Rural Graduates
Allen Schaidle | PhD Student in Higher Education, University of California, Los AngelesFor American college students who leave behind their rural communities to pursue higher education, graduation accompanies a set of unique challenges and internal negotiations dissimilar to their urban and suburban…
As COVID-19 keeps everyone off campus, colleges and universities are looking to deliver an effective remote learning environment. The current circumstances create a unique set of challenges for all divisions…
College and Career Readiness Students: The Next Enrollment Group
Sydney Richardson | Dean of the College and Career Readiness, Forsyth Technical Community CollegeTake people where they are and carry them as far as they can go. As a North Carolina community college educator, I have been trained to remember this statement by…