Announcements

Seminar in Strategic Sales for Colleges 

Hosted by the Austin Peay State University
Center for Extended and Distance Education
March 20-21, 2009 at APSU, Morgan University Center
Clarksville, Tenn.

TACHE MEMBERS - REGISTER BY 2/20/09 AND SAVE 10%
Strategic Sales for Colleges focuses on everything you need to know to sell higher education to business and industry. With methodologies tied to marketing strategies, the Strategic Sales course teaches the practical tools and how-to strategies needed to position yourself as the business community's preferred training partner. Take home tried-and-true techniques to drive sales, boost revenue and increase customer satisfaction from some of the nation's top professionals.

Learn to increase revenue and customer satisfaction through

· Marketing and sales
· Program development
· Four-step contact process
· Learner-centered courses
· Training modules
· Three levels of learning outcomes
· Operations and management
· Developing staff and instructors

For more information, visit the following site: http://www.apsu.edu/ext_ed/Noncredit/noncredit_strategic_sales_seminar_info.htm.

NAGAP Enrollment Management Research Grant for Graduate Students

The NAGAP Enrollment Management Research Grant for Graduate Students is designed to encourage emerging knowledge and understanding of the complexities of graduate enrollment management including all aspects of admissions and recruitment, enrollment, retention, and graduation in higher education.  The grant is open to all Graduate Students who desire to conduct research in the wide range of graduate enrollment management activities and programs including any aspect of recruiting, enrolling, retaining and graduating professional, masters, and doctoral level degree students.
This award includes

• $2,500, payable directly to the individual researcher. NAGAP will not pay institutional overhead or indirect costs.
• One year of NAGAP membership with full privileges.
• Travel to and registration for the NAGAP national conference during the year of the award.
• Recognition at the NAGAP national conference.

The deadline for submissions is March 1.  Additional information and guidelines can be found at http://www.nagap.org/research/. Please contact Kristen Sterba (kmsterba@uams.edu) with any questions.

Subscribe to the new International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning

The International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning (IJCELL) was launched by the Centre for Research in Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, School of Professional and Continuing Education at the University of Hong Kong. First published in early November, 2008, the IJCELL is available in both English and Traditional Chinese versions twice a year in November and May.  

The purposes underlying the publication of the IJCELL are:

• To strengthen institutional, local, regional and international research collaboration
• To establish an international platform for information sharing and academic exchanges on continuing education and lifelong learning
• To disseminate research findings on continuing education and lifelong learning through academic activities and publications

For subscription information, visit the Centre for Research in Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning website at http://research.hkuspace.hku.hk/journal/ijcell/#.

2nd Sloan-C Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning
Online Registration is now Available!
June 17-19, 2009
Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, California

Attend the conference face-to-face, or attend virtually.  Symposium tracks highlight and demonstrate research, application and best practices of important emerging technological tools related to social networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media and support services.

Who Should Attend
This conference, which will provide the latest information on emerging technology applications for online learning, is geared to both experienced professionals and interested newcomers to online learning who hail from a variety of work sectors, including higher education, continuing education, business, government, health care, professional associations, and nonprofit organizations.

Online registration and additional information is available at http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org

10th National Outreach Scholarship Conference – Call for proposal submissions due February 25, 2009

The National Outreach Scholarship conference committee is gearing up for their 10th Annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference.  One of the first steps is the call for proposals.

To submit a proposal, go to www.uwex.edu/ics/nosc2009 
Submit online by February 25, 2009. The submission system is user-friendly and allows for providing information for multiple co-presenters.
 
Successful applicants will be notified via e-mail by April 15, 2009.
 
Presentation Options

• Oral presentations will be 45 minutes in length. Presenters should develop interactive sessions to share information; 30-minute presentations with 15-minute participant discussion moderated by the session facilitator
• Panel sessions: Some proposals may be grouped together with two other presentations around a central theme. In this case, each of the three presenters will have 10 minutes to present the central theme of their topic, and 15 minutes will be left at the end for participant discussion moderated by the session facilitator.
• Posters will be continuously on display between 2 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009 and noon, Wednesday, September 30, 2009. To encourage networking and discussion about the displayed work, multiple sessions will be scheduled at which the presenters will be expected to be at their posters.

The conference planners seek proposals that describe and demonstrate the impact of
 
Institutions: providing support and incentives for faculty members and students to connect their research and learning to the needs of communities, locally or globally. 
 
Faculty: endeavors to build strong relationships between communities and universities, locally or globally.  
 
Faculty:  the scholarship of engagement - impact on the faculty member, on the faculty member's students, on the community.
 
Students: connecting learning to the needs of communities, locally or globally.
Information available online at www.outreachscholarship.org

56th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE)

The 56th Annual Conference of CAUCE is hosted by UBC Continuing Studies at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, British Columbia from May 20-23, 2009.The first of the CAUCE 2009 featured speakers has just been announced!
Mike Harcourt, former premier of BC and former mayor of Vancouver, will share his experiences as one of Canada's leading proponents of sustainable development and express his views on the role of university continuing education in the transformation of cities through the principles of sustainability and social inclusion.
Visit the conference website at http://cauce2009.ubc.ca/ for more information.