As summer approaches, communication with admitted students can easily drop off. Communication is key to maximizing yield and reducing summer melt. Student melt has become a phenomenon that tends to…
Community College
Scaling Short-Term Credentials Across a System
Chris Winstead | Deputy Executive Director of Workforce Training, Maine Community College SystemGetting skilled learners into the workforce is critical to closing the talent gap and fulling employer needs. But first, higher ed institutions have to work together (both internally and externally)…
Developing short-term training requires developing close relationships with employersāand the means providing the best customer service. Community colleges are well positioned to be mobile and flexible, customizing their offerings to…
What Goes Into a High-Quality Short-Term Program
Joseph L'Africain | Director of Instructional Design and Assessment, Maine Community College SystemDigital badging provides more than learning. They assess and represent skills acquired to contribute to the workforce, making them invaluable in the future of higher education. As microcredentials continue to…
The 60-year curriculum opens doors for students who may not have ever thought of themselves as students. In the ever-accelerating world of work, employers rely on higher ed to upskill…
Leveraging Partnerships to Create Impactful Short-Term Workforce Programming
Caitlin Grant | Dean of Economic and Workforce Development, York County Community CollegeWithout the workforce to support them, businesses will have no choice but to leave the community. Higher ed has an imperative to give them skilled, trained workers who can fill…
High-quality short-term programming requires tight relationships with industry. By tapping into workforce data, employer needs and higher ed resources, institutions can better serve their learners, acquire new ones and foster…
The Future of Higher Ed: A Community College Perspective
Josh Baker | President, Mountwest Community and Technical CollegeFor community colleges to realize their mission to support both students and the community, they must collaborate broadly at high levels and create opportunities for Workforce Development. With the amount…
Student well-being is central to student success. And student affairs provides supports and services critical to ensuring both. More and more, I am asked about the role that the Student…
Helping Students Climb the Ladder to Economic Mobility
Scott Ralls | President, Wake Technical Community CollegeHigher education institutions have a duty to their communities, which means they need to provide lower-income people with support and services that help them access the education they need to…
Providing nonacademic services and support can be the difference between students pursuing their academic paths and stopping or dropping out. Student affairs can be a key partner in achieving strategic…
Driving Success With Continuing Educationās Lifelong Learning Model
Sydney Beeler | Vice President of Enrollment Management, Westmoreland County Community CollegeContinuing Education is uniquely positioned to guide higher education to meet learner needs, having done so since its inception. However, that requires integrating CE units into the main campus and…
Although microcredentials are an increasingly popular topic among higher education, institutions first need to ask the right questions to ensure they're meeting the needs of the learners. Digital badging and…
Transforming Higher Ed for the Future of Work
Angela Long | Chief Engagement Officer, Tallahassee Community CollegeEducation is moving forward with or without higher ed institutions. Schools must constantly reevaluate why they do what they do and push their mission forward, or industry will leave them…
Modern learners are the ones that are redefining the higher ed ecosystem. It's critical for institutions to listen and execute on their needs to keep students in the door. The…
Walking into the New Era of Higher Ed with an Innovative Mindset
Kimberly Moore | Vice President of Workforce Innovation, Tallahassee Community CollegeAfter developing a reputation for being slow to change, innovation is the word guiding higher education institutions forward. Positive, effective innovation requires engaging everyone on campus and scaling what already…
At a time when enrollment numbers continue to drop Continuing Education units are to be relied on. Their flexibility, affordability and connection to market needs make them essential in disruptive…
Tandem Time: How Community Colleges and Workforce Development Programs Go Hand-in-Hand
Alissa Levine | Director of Workforce Development Programs, Kingsborough Community College Jessica CinelliIntegrating Workforce Development programming can be vital to student success and give them more opportunities after graduation while meeting industry needs. Various types of partnerships and collaborations between the institution…
Boot camps disrupt an established industry and offer access to highly specific tech skills to learners who previously may have been left out. Boot camps are a fast and effective…
Going Paperless: How to Effectively Manage Curriculum from Home with Changing Technology and a Changing World
Rob Spohr | Vice President for Academic Affairs, Montcalm Community CollegeFinding a way to streamline a convoluted and cumbersome curriculum refresh process from home is a monumental task. By simplifying the process thanks to easy-to-use systems, schools can find themselves…
Making a difference for students starts from the top, and extends beyond the walls of the institution. Accessibility to quality education can change lives and communities, but finding a way…
Microcredentials: Why Industry Is in the Driverās 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 Albertaās industry,…
https://youtu.be/UvTIv-iTVAE Access to funding in Continuing Ed is a challenge that institutions across the United States and the rest of the world face. Finding ways to overcome these challenges, while…
Ideation to Implementation: Engaging Faculty to Lead Innovation
Fabiola Riobe | Associate Provost of Academic Innovation, Online Education & Global Opportunities, Rockland Community CollegeFor so many leaders, lack of faculty buy-in is a major impediment to innovation. However, there are three steps that can be taken to create excitement around transformation. Before the…
The Drawing Board: How Program Design Plays into Student Success
Shannon McCarty | Vice President Learning and Instruction, Calbright College
Staying responsive to labor market and employer needsāboth today and into the futureāis a critical component of delivering the experience and outcomes today's learners expect. Serving students is the core…
The Comeback: How Colleges Can Re-Engage Students with Some Experience but No Degree ā Part Two
Lawrence Rouse | President, Pitt Community College Johnny SmithRe defining who adult learners are means changing the way theyāre taught. The term āadult learnersā means different things to different people. From corporations looking to reskill their employees to…
Reconnecting with students and ensuring they earn their degrees not only bolsters their skills, but provides an opportunity for the institution to learn as well. Nearly 40 million Americans have attended…
Breaking Tradition: How New Developmental Education Models Help Students
Amanda Smith | Associate Vice President of Liberal Arts and Adult Education, Rock Valley CollegeStudents are often solely responsible for their postsecondary academic success, but the institution plays a major part in it as well. Developmental education has become an integral part of the…