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MAY PANEL | Adult Student Retention: Why Devote Special Resources To This Group?

Today, more and more adults are enrolling in colleges and universities and higher education institutions must evolve to cope with this paradigm shift. Today, The EvoLLLution is posting responses to the topic “Adult Student Retention: Why Devote Special Resources To This Group?” In addition to the following shorter responses, there are three longer responses that have been contributed by Andrée Robinson-Neal of Azusa Pacific University, Andrés Fortino of DeVry College of New York and George Mouzakitis of e-DEKA Educational Organization.…

2012/05/18 / 4 Comments / Read More

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“When you have a cut this large and this massive, it really will fundamentally change the face of higher education in the state.”

~ Louisiana Higher Education Commissioner Jim Purcell told the Monroe News-Star that the state’s proposed $225 million funding cut to public higher education institutions will force a re-definition of what is considered “mission critical” programming and services.

“We know for example that this country would be better off if more Americans… could get the specific skills and training that employers are looking for today.”

~ President Obama said higher education should be more geared towards the needs of the workforce while delivering a commencement speech at Barnard College last week..

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Customer Service and/or Academic Standards on 2012/01/30 by Keith Hampson | Principal, Alston Road Group - 9 Comments
All You Need Is Love! Really? on 2012/02/15 by Heidi Maston | Co-Founder, CarpeLearning - 9 Comments
Learning From The For-Profits on 2012/03/02 by Frank McCluskey | Vice President and Scholar in Residence, American Public University System - 9 Comments
All You Need Is Love! Really? (Part 2) on 2012/02/22 by Heidi Maston | Co-Founder, CarpeLearning - 8 Comments

MAY PANEL | Adult Student Retention: Important To Your Institution’s Bottom Line

By Andrée Robinson-Neal | Executive Director of Graduate Student Support Services, Azusa Pacific University

Having had the opportunity to work as a community college administrator for a number of years, I saw the determination of a diverse group of students as…

2012/05/18 / 1 Comment / Read More

MAY PANEL | Continuous Adult Education Contributes To A Strong And Skilled Workforce

By George Mouzakitis | Academic Dean, e-DEKA

Co-written with Despoina Goutou | MSc student, International Management, Exeter University and Assistant Researcher, e-DEKA Educational Organization It is accepted that three issues have been the dominating…

2012/05/18 / No Comment / Read More

MAY PANEL | Adult Students Persist Better In The New, Radically Innovative Non-Traditional Colleges

By Andrés Fortino | College Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs, DeVry College of New York

Adults are pursuing an undergraduate college education in increasingly higher numbers. A few adults going to night schools in a few colleges that offered such classes was acceptable a few years ago. Today—to meet the needs a much larger population of adult learners—a new, radically innovative model is needed as…