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Admissions Automation Beginning to Make Waves

May 3, 2015 Staff

Admissions

By Lauren Moline, Marketing Manager, Enrollment Resources Inc.
Imagine students coming to you. Imagine receiving details on their personality, lifestyle and motivations. Imagine how your admissions team could use that information to genuinely connect with prospects.

A New Strategic Approach to Coaching is Helping Admissions Teams Overcome Post-Pandemic Challenges

Free Community College for All is a Bad Idea for America

May 2, 2015 Staff

Commentary/Editorial

The following is a research paper submitted by a career college student who formally attended a community college.
On January 9, 2015, in The State of the Union Address, President Obama announced his plan to make community college free for all Americans, which appeared for many as a bold step towards leveling the playing field between the rich and the poor.

Musings of an Educational Entrepreneur

Improve Placement Rates: Competency Badges

May 1, 2015 Staff

Career Services

By Larry Banks, Ph.D., Director, Competency Based Education Services, Wonderlic and Amanda Opperman, M.A., Institutional and Program Effectiveness Specialist, Wonderlic
Employers are looking for employees who can solve their problems, and they are hiring graduates who demonstrate that they have skills that matter for employability – not just a degree.

What Innovative Career Service Departments Learned From COVID-19

Protecting Your School from Cybercrime and Inadvertant Data Breaches

April 28, 2015 Staff

Legal and Regulatory Issues

By Michelle Hon Donivan, Partner, Duane Morris, LLP Data security breaches are practically a daily occurrence. Indeed, cybersecurity threats have become so prevalent that cyber security experts and U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, say that there are two types of companies in America, those that have been hacked and those that do not know they have been hacked.

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Affordability and Student Loans – Session One

Go Green: The Next Big Thing for Career Education

April 17, 2015 Staff

Research/Trends

Written from an interview with Julia Feder, Director, Education, U.S. Green Building Council
How can career educators prepare their students for the year 2020? What skills will students need to get jobs? What new subjects can career education colleges and universities offer to increase student enrollment, retention, and graduation rates?

Veteran Alumni Report Positive Experiences at Proprietary Institutions According to New Survey

Faculty Engagement Equals Student Retention

April 8, 2015 Staff

Student Retention

By Dr. Michelle Meadors, Business Management Professor and Dr. Reginald Turner, Campus President, Westwood College, Northlake Campus Although in many respects the for-profit colleges (also known as career colleges) have developed a more flexible and responsive system of delivering post secondary educational services, especially to adult students, proprietary institutions have not always exerted optimal effort with faculty engagement.

Retaining Online Students: It Takes a Village

What Happened to Commonsense in Education?

April 8, 2015 Staff

Commentary/Editorial

By Dennis Spisak, Founder and President, DJSpisak Consulting
The career college sector has been in the cross hairs of the federal government, state governments, and consumer protection agencies for the last couple of years. Their motivation appears to be looking out for the best interests of students in our schools and making sure government funding is spent wisely and carefully in protection of taxpayers.

Musings of an Educational Entrepreneur

Best Practices for Managing the Program Portfolio

April 5, 2015 Staff

School Operations

By Bob Atkins, CEO and Founder, Gray Associates A great gardener must constantly decide what to prune and what to plant. Every year, great schools decide which programs to Stop, Start, Sustain, and Grow.

Humanity in Our Hands: Educators Embrace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The APSCU State of the Workforce Symposium Emerging Trends in the Workforce and Workplace

April 1, 2015 Staff

Conference Updates

Opening Speech by Steve Gunderson, President and CEO, Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) For two days, APSCU convened some of the most provocative thought leaders in postsecondary education and workforce. The result was several engaging discussions on how best to close the skills gap, align academic programming with workforce demands, and best serve today's new traditional student.

Career Education Convention Stresses the Importance of Sector Unity

Zenith’s Interim President Leads With an Open Door

March 6, 2015 Staff

Leadership

CER Interview With Troy A. Stovall, Interim President, Zenith Education Group
Q: Tell our readers a little about your background. A: I was blessed to have a mom — a single mom — who put education first for my sister and me. As a result, I had the good fortune of attending some fine institutions and earning degrees that have opened many doors for me.

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