Roundtable Discussions
Saturday, October 23rd, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
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Presenter: Sylvia G. Hamilton, Associate Vice President Enrollment Management and Strategic Partnerships, Thomas Edison State College
Theme: Innovations – Use of technology, partnerships, pilot programs, etc.
Through an engaging discussion led by two former corporate executives and current academic leaders, attendees will realize the benefits of academic partnerships for corporations and academic institutions. The session will explore various aspects of corporate/college partnerships. Case studies will be utilized to facilitate an interactive session.
Presenters: Barbara Hanniford, Dean, Continuing Education, Cleveland State University; James Broomall, Assistant Provost, Professional and Continuing Studies, University of Delaware
Theme: Enhancing our work skills – Enrichment for the professional continuing educator/administrator
Have you thought about writing about a successful CE program or practice or a research project? The current and former editors of The Journal of Continuing Higher Education will share insights and tips with you. With a focus on the practicalities of preparing and submitting manuscripts for publication, the session will include identifying a topic, targeting a publication, adhering to manuscript guidelines, developing an outline, preparing a manuscript, and understanding the review process.
Presenter: Brenda Harms, Principal Consultant, Stamats, Inc.
Theme: Best Practices in operations – Marketing, customer service, scholarships, etc.
Utilizing Stamats national Adult Student TALK™ Research, your biggest marketing questions will be explored in this session that is sure to have participants taking notes and discussing changes to the allocation of their marketing resources. What college attributes are important? Where do adults go to find out more about your programs? What really motivates their return to college? All these questions will be answered and more!
Presenter: Laura Hendley Lee, JD, Interim Director, Adult Degree Program, Samford University
Theme: Responding to adult education and the national agenda
This presentation will examine ways in which bachelor’s degree programs can be modified to better meet the needs of the adult learner. Specifically, ways to make the bachelor’s degree more career focused and career friendly to the adult student are examined. Marketing considerations, including identification of market segments and how to reach them, as well as how to better address the needs of the business community, will be explored.
Presenter: William C. Hine, Dean, School of Continuing, Eastern Illinois University
Theme: Learner needs – Access, outreach, recruitment, retention, international, etc.
This practical session will focus on the great growth of people over 50 (Boomers) and their learning needs/objectives. A model for how a higher education institution can respond to the emerging market will be presented (Academy of Lifetime Learning). In addition, the results of a major survey of Illinois adults in this age group will be presented.
Presenter: Greg Manley, Vice President, Marketing, enCircle Media; Art Stenmo, EVP & Dean of Enrollment Services, Greenwood & Hall
Theme: Best Practices in operations – Marketing, customer service, scholarships, etc.
Online and non-traditional enrollments continue to outpace those of traditional student populations, resulting in public, not-for-profit private, and for-profit institutions competing for many of the same students. This session will provide best-practices for marketing and recruiting online and non-traditional students, allowing your school to successfully compete against the multi-national for-profit institutions and maximize ROI without having to sacrifice standards or core values.
Presenters: LaDonna Hutchins, Assistant Registrar, East Tennessee State; Jasmine R. Renner, Associate. Professor, Higher Education Administration, East Tennessee State
Theme: Responding to adult education and the national agenda
With knowledge and technology changing every day, one must choose lifelong learning to ensure that skills and knowledge do not become outdated and possibly unusable.
Presenter: Amy Hyams, Director of Program Development
Theme: Innovations – Use of technology, partnerships, pilot programs, etc.
This session will focus on partnership opportunities for training professionals in the health and fitness industry. Specific topics discussed include: growth in the fitness industries and opportunities for offering fitness professional certificate programs and continuing education courses, partnership opportunities, a model for program development and delivery, generating revenue, gaining approval for workforce development funding resources, and success stories.
Presenters: Ellen Baker Derwin, Assistant Professor of Communication, Brandman University; Kimberly Greene, Assistant Professor of Education, Brandman University; Jeremy L. Korr, Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, Brandman University; William W. Sokoloff, Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, Brandman University
Theme: Responding to adult education and the national agenda
The U.S. Department of Education recently reported that, when implemented well, blended learning improves student performance. This presentation will address the challenges, successes, and lessons learned from implementing blended learning across a distributed university (25 campuses) serving nontraditional learners from a range of diverse populations.
Presenters: Pete Bacigalupo, Account Manager, ed2go; Denise Moore, Technology & Operations Manager, Continuing Education Division at Augusta State University
Theme: Learner needs – Access, outreach, recruitment, retention, international, etc.
In this presentation, learn how community colleges and universities have reached new heights in service area outreach and noncredit enrollment by offering instructor-led online courses and career training programs. Find out how online partnerships can reach increasing numbers of students who seek training or re-training in high-demand occupations (healthcare, green jobs, etc.), while positively impacting the colleges’ mission and goals.
Presenter: Frederick D. Loomis, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Master of Science, Strategic Leadership Program, Neumann University
Theme: Research findings – Current research in the field of adult continuing higher education.
This presentation will review the process of evaluating outcomes of continuing education undergraduate and graduate programs. Based on a review of current and relevant literature, this session will provide a model and methodology for ACHE institutions to replicate or design according to their own institutional standards.
Presenter: Jackie Martin, Academic Advisor & Adjunct Faculty, Neumann University
Theme: Learner needs – Access, outreach, recruitment, retention, international, etc.
This session addresses advising adult learners, advising strategies to assess academic readiness, online and on campus learning formats, and the importance of advisors in retention and recruitment efforts.
Presenters: Bonita McClain Vinson, Director, Dallas Educational Center, School of Graduate and Professional Studies (GAPS), LeTourneau University; R. Murlene Watwood, Director, Houston Educational Center, School of Graduate and Professional Studies (GAPS), LeTourneau University
Theme: Best practices in learning environments – New models, faculty, accelerated programs, non-credit, prior learning, etc.
In adult education, faculty can serve many purposes outside of the classroom. They can supplement their own teaching or research obligations with community outreach. They can also fill in the GAPS for the university where staffing may be problematic. And finally, they can assist the university by attending off-campus events. Program participants will learn how one adult education program utilizes faculty to assist in their community outreach.
Presenters: Dennis “Skip” Parks, Dean, Continuing Education and University Outreach and Professor-in-Residence, College of Science and Mathematics, School of Education, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Dowdy, Associate Professor of Business, Mary Baldwin College
Theme: Enhancing our work skills – Enrichment for the professional continuing educator/administrator
This presentation gives very practical actions, based on lessons from business, that continuing educators must take to lessen the impacts from the economic downturn. From marketing to program development to student retention, this interactive presentation offers insights and solutions that can immediately be applied by continuing education units at both public and private institutions.
Presenters: Fay Roseman, Barry University; Sam Perkins, Barry University
Theme: Responding to adult education and the national agenda
This session will engage participants in interactive exercises and discussion related to the incorporation of social justice into a five-year seamless bachelor’s to master’s program. Through interactive exercises and discussion, participants will develop and share their knowledge, skills and dispositions as agents of transformation.
Presenter: Marthann Schulte, Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator of Online Faculty Evaluation, Park University
Theme: Enhancing our work skills – Enrichment for the professional continuing educator/administrator
Attendees will be exposed to five implemented faculty evaluation programs grounded in research literature and how they can be replicated in different online college environments.
Presenter: Mayur Shah, CEO, MRxI and Kushan Education; Mary Connor, Human Resources Manager II, CVS
Theme: Innovations – Use of technology, partnerships, pilot programs, etc.
In an effort to produce employment in the pharmacy technician profession, three partners worked together to provide a quality location with quality training that translated into great jobs. The process was not easy and not without setbacks, but through determination and persistence, the partners were able to make the program work resulting in jobs for the graduates.
Presenter: Thomas J. Yannuzzi, Assistant Professor, Communication Arts & Sciences, Penn State University Brandywine
Theme: Enhancing our work skills – Enrichment for the professional continuing educator/administrator
The purpose of this presentation is to rethink and redefine how we think about Continuing Education and its relationship to the “traditional” core of higher education. The presentation will be discussion oriented and involve a high degree of audience interaction. After a short presentation outlining some current trends and institutional impacts, the presenter/facilitator will open the dialogue with guiding questions focused on rethinking how we define this thing we all call education and, more specifically, continuing education.
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