Driving Access, Completion and Relevance: Understanding the Role of Technical Colleges
Technical college short-term training models have always existed, but a growing labor skills gap...
Disruptive Parallels in Competency-Based Education and Agile Development
Like agile development practices did to the IT space, the mentality of competency-based education...
Expand, Innovate and Evolve: Investing in Niche, Industry-Focused Programming
The head of continuing education at Arizona State talks about how the university started a program...
Designing4Engagement: Design Thinking in the Program Quality Review Process
Program review is typically seen as a necessarily evil in higher education circles, but applying...
The Power of Partnerships and Pairings: Why STEM and Liberal Arts are Better Together
STEM and liberal arts have been at odds for too long. Purposeful and conscious partnerships between...
Partnering with an Industry Giant to Fill Skills Gaps and Support Job Readiness
Fostering and maintaining strong partnerships with local employers is critical to offering...
Establishing and Maintaining Program Responsiveness in Continuing Education
Measuring the many data points of a program or offering enables CE divisions to ensure they’re...
How to Accelerate Speed-to-Market for Non-Credit Offerings
Success in the non-credit space demands that institutions bring a different approach to program...
The Either/Or Paradigm: Short-Term Training in Higher Education
While short-term training and degree programs are often seen as completely separate, institutions...
It’s Time to Revise Our Approach to Program Design
While expectations and questions around the development of new programming has evolved rapidly,...
Establishing Intra- and Cross-Departmental Collaboration within a School of Continuing Education: Promoting Interprofessionalism
By working in collaboration with other divisions, students gain access to critical...
How a Culture of Continuous Improvement Drives Long-Term Divisional Health and Growth
By maintaining a commitment to continuous improvement and review, CE leaders are able to ensure...
