Association
Bandaid Solutions Cannot Be the Long-Term Fix: Addressing Public Higher Ed’s Budgetary Challenges
Howard Bunsis | CBC Ex Officio Chair, AAUPPublic colleges and universities today are operating in challenging times. State appropriations are declining but students expect more and more from their institutions. This makes for tough budgetary positions and,…
Shifting the Focus of Postsecondary Policy for the Sake of the Knowledge Economy
Pamela Tate | President and CEO, Council for Adult and Experiential LearningFor the past 20 years, the American economy has been in a state of transition towards the knowledge economy—a truth that was made immensely apparent during the recent recession. Today’s…
Driving Innovation and Supporting Non-Traditional Access and Success
Kathleen Ives | Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Online Learning ConsortiumThough non-traditional students make up the majority of learners enrolled at colleges and universities across the United States—and that’s without including students enrolled in non-credit offerings—they are still broadly underserved…
Coming Together to Effect Change for the Contemporary Student Demographic
Tina Goodyear | Chief Operating Officer, The Presidents' Forum at Excelsior CollegeThe Presidents’ Forum, an extension of Excelsior College’s mission to serve adult learners at a distance, was founded in 2002 on the premise that there is tremendous benefit in collaborating…
Many Voices are More Impactful Than One: The National Adult Learner Coalition
Robert Hansen | Chief Executive Officer, UPCEAThough non-traditional students have morphed into the new majority students on college and university campuses across the United States, public and institutional policy has largely remained focused on the “traditional”…
Creating a Data-Driven Advising Culture: Overcoming Three Central Roadblocks
Charlie Nutt | Executive Director, NACADAThe issue of student success and student persistence to degree completion has risen to the top of the agenda at higher education institutions across the globe. However, there is still…
Curricular Support: How to Leverage the Value of Vendors in the Non-Traditional Space
Vicki Brannock | Adult Program Manager, San Diego Workforce PartnershipAs the labor market begins to change more rapidly and more significantly than ever before, employees are being pushed harder and harder to keep up. This means an increasing demand…