University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Approximately 60% of students—particularly those pursuing postgraduate degrees—who choose Canada are motivated by the opportunity to swiftly obtain permanent residency, says Juan Mavo-Navarro, assistant dean of lifelong learning and innovation at the University of Toronto. “Degree-based education is expensive.

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University Business

JUNE 21, 2024

Community colleges must recommit to reforming developmental education courses, or dev-ed, to ensure K12 students hampered by the pandemic won’t crash out of the postsecondary track, declares a new report from FutureEd, a public policy think tank at Georgetown University.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean A couple of years ago, when we started seriously planning to hand The Wife’s car down to The Boy, I started researching cars to figure out what to get her as a replacement. That pushes the cost for training onto the student, despite low starting salaries in the field.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Last week, following up on an excellent program by New America, I asked my wise and worldly readers if they had better names for noncredit programs than “noncredit programs.” Workforce development programs are meant to help prepare people for specific types of jobs.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Georgetown already offers an on-campus version of this program through its School of Continuing Education to a student body that consists of 62 percent students of color and 40 percent military-connected learners. That figure is much cheaper than average list price of $1,586 for an in-person education at a private institution.

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Blogs Oklahoma cooperative extension service: Family and consumer sciences January 31, 2023 Gina Peek Associate Dean, Extension Engagement and Continuing Education, Oklahoma State University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Jennifer Dale, Community College of Aurora: We want to be an agent of change for students’ social and economic mobility. Lesley Voigt, Madison College: We brought micro-credentials to campus in 2012 as a way to help validate and verify the learning that takes place within our Continuing Education courses.

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WCET Frontiers

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Shani Suber, Dean of E-learning Effectiveness and Enhancement with Dallas College and member of the WCET Steering Committee! Shani joins us to talk about her transformative journey using digital learning tools to better help students achieve their educational goals. About Dallas College.

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ACPA

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I’m specifically supporting master’s students in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development. I’m an associate director of enrollment and student services, also at Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, working entirely with graduate and professional admissions.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 11, 2023

Drumm McNaughton explores how higher ed leaders can follow the seven steps of this particular business model with Modern Campus’ Senior Director of Strategic Insights Amrit Ahluwalia who also serves as editor-in-chief of The EvoLLLution , an online newspaper focused on nontraditional higher education and transforming the post-secondary marketplace.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 9, 2023

Micro-credentials are also money-making opportunities for colleges and universities that can help address deficits and fund other pursuits. A program designed with the university’s deans, faculty, and community engagement managers is also more valuable. It’s no longer, “Oh, you have to go back and get a college degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

I talked to Scott Shireman , Coursera’s global head of campus, and Lindsey Keith-Vincent , associate dean for research, outreach and innovation and director of the Science and Technology Education Center at Louisiana Tech University, about the results. The modern workplace now requires new skills.

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Edu Alliance Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

September 6, 2022 by Dean Hoke – The percentage of students without a post-secondary degree in the United States has been a widespread concern for decades. This topic has been of interest to me for over 50 years because I am one of those who dropped out of college. The Harsh Facts on College Dropouts.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2024

Hired Lori Barber – College of Eastern Idaho College of Eastern Ohio President-elect Lori Barber Lori Barber has served as the vice president of academic and student affairs at the College of Eastern Idaho for the past five years; before that, she was the dean of general education. Barber begins in August.

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