 Transforming Quality into Scale. With growth in enrollments across higher education at about 2-3% annually and growth in successful online programs ranging anywhere from 10-30% per year, successfully growing enrollments and faculty resources by a factor of ten in four years seems difficult to imagine. Yet, that's been the challenge of Dr. Paula Peinovich, President of Walden University. Walden is an institution with a compelling vision and mission based on a 35-year history that emphasizes access, professional excellence, and social change. Bucking the trend toward more corporate-oriented management models in higher education, Dr. Peinovich's approach to achieving scale focused on implementing greater involvement of the faculty to define and ensure quality. This is a fascinating case study in leadership, growth, and transformation that goes to the heart of understanding how the values of higher education can enhance growth, rather than restrict it. |
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 Higher Education for Those Who Serve. What are the challenges and requirements for serving students in 110 countries? What do active military and public service professionals require from higher education today? For a perspective as both an insider and a traditional academician we interviewed Dr. Frank McCluskey, executive vice president and provost of the American Public University System (APUS). Besides involved in all of the above at APUS, Dr. McCluskey has served as the Dean of Online Learning at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY. In this interview we hear his perspectives on accreditation of online learning, the benefits of serving a global student body, and how to build faculty continuity in a distributed environment. |
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 Collaborative Web-based Faculty Development in the Learning College. What does being a member of a "Learning College" mean for faculty and staff? As the proportion of part-time faculty continues to increase, how can colleges innovate to harness the experiences of more faculty into the purpose and objectives of the Learning College? In this interview with the president of Valencia Community College, Dr. Sandy Shugart, our readers hear the thoughts on these topics from a leader focused on and achieving results in student outcomes. Learn how your institution can potentially benefit from new innovations at Valencia and join the collaboration. Current collaborators include a wide variety of institutions across the nation. |
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 What's Next in Learning Technology in Higher Education? Now that CMS has proliferated our campuses and distance learning programs what is next? In this executive briefing paper, Rob Abel, the founder of the Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness, looks at which learning technologies became mainstream in the last 8 years and applies those lessons to the next 8 years using market development principles. This paper delineates the retention and student achievement issues that will drive change and also considers the all important nonusers and their impact on the future. This culminates in four product categories that hold significant potential for main stream usage in the next phase of of learning technology adoption in higher education. This paper also folds in some lessons learned from the latest phase of the A-HEC Internet-supported Learning (IsL) Study. |
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