Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Jeff Witmer, professor of math, said that what the board appears to want “will change the ethos of Oberlin—a place where historically the faculty have made progressive decisions and where the dean has been viewed as first among equals. Yet the faculty didn’t lead Oberlin’s response to the incident.

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EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Moreover, younger generations are increasingly questioning the value of a traditional college degree. Continuous program improvement : Making sure your institution offers the right mix of academic programs is crucial for staying competitive while achieving your financial priorities.

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Retention Program Review Higher Education Allocate 59

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as program review, data strategy, budget models, enrollment growth, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Institutions and training providers use microcredentials to adapt to a number of trends such as decreasing student enrollment and workforce degree requirements and increasing acceptance of online learning, employer demand for skills training, and public demand for greater return on educational investment (Higher Learning Commission, 2022).

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 4, 2017

Additionally, 86 percent of respondents said that getting some sort of higher education whether through a degree or certification helps the recipient get a better job. Only 42 percent of respondents felt that a college degree was not a worthwhile investment because of student debt load and difficulty finding a good-paying job.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When I served as the Dean of Arts & Sciences I was responsible for making sure that every program had an assessment plan and that the plan was followed. I read numerous program review reports every year, serve on visiting teams for university accreditation, and coordinate the writing of our institutional self-study.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2018

Institutions have gone about this in multiple ways, including advisory boards of business people who give deans their perspectives on what is needed, use of adjuncts to do course development, and the program review process by which external reviewers give their input on curricula.

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