Posts by UPCEA
Buying Continuing Education Registration Software? Watch Out for These Red Flags
If you are trying to pick a new registration system for your Continuing and Professional Education unit, I promise this article will be worth your time. I’ve led a number of organizations through this process (three as a decisionmaker and dozens of others in advisory roles) and I can assure you it’s not an overstatement…
Read MoreGenerative AI: Your Assistant as an Administrator or Faculty Member
GenAI is quickly becoming a daily fixture in the lives of administrators and faculty. It enhances productivity, creativity and perspectives. In writing this article, I sought the advice of Google Bard, Perplexity and Claude 2. In all of my research using GenAI, I use at least three of the established apps. This enables me to…
Read MoreCan Microcredentials Bring Stop-Outs Back to College? (Inside Higher Ed)
A recent survey of students who stopped out of college suggests that giving them the opportunity to earn microcredentials and academic credit for prior learning could lure them back to higher ed. The survey of roughly 1,100 former students ages 18 to 64 was conducted in June by StraighterLine, an online course provider, and UPCEA, an…
Read MoreNew Survey Suggests Three Strategies To Re-Enroll Adults Who’ve Dropped Out Of College (Forbes)
A new survey of adults who’ve dropped out of college finds that 57% have completed about half or more of the credits needed to complete a degree program. Of this group, the majority indicated they wanted to return to college to finish their degrees. Those are two of the main finding from a survey conducted…
Read MoreSurvey: More than 50 Percent of College Stop-Outs Were at Least Halfway to Finishing at the Time of Withdrawal
New survey commissioned by StraighterLine and UPCEA delves into barriers to re-enrollment; opportunities for institutions seeking to re-engage adults with some college, but no degree WASHINGTON, (OCTOBER 31, 2023) — UPCEA , the online and professional education association, and StraighterLine today released the findings of a new survey focusing on the complex barriers and opportunities…
Read MoreFinal Licensure and Certification Regulations Released; Online Student Location Determinations Updated | Policy Matters (October 2023)
Major Updates The Department of Education (ED) has released final rules on Ability to Benefit, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures, and Financial Responsibility. These rules, part of negotiated rulemaking in early 2022, provide new requirements for programmatic accreditation, state licensure, and conforming with state laws when dealing with closure in the context of distance education. The…
Read MoreAligning the Curriculum to Reality in AI-Accelerated Times
Curricula are reassessed as rarely as every five years. AI demands we do a deep review right now and repeat it often! Is your curriculum relevant today? Will it still be relevant at the end of the decade when many of today’s entering students complete that curriculum? A degree takes an average of five to…
Read More2023 UPCEA MEMS Award Recipients Announced
21 Recipients Chosen For Three Award Categories WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2023 — UPCEA, the online and professional education association, has announced the recipients of the 2023 Excellence in Enrollment Management Award, the Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in Marketing, Enrollment, and Student Success Award, and the Excellence in Marketing Award. All three awards…
Read MoreWhat’s in a Name? Why Higher Education Needs to Standardize Nomenclature to Enable Programmatic Adoption
My wife and I were lucky enough to recently welcome our first child into the world. In the months and days leading up to his birth, we regularly discussed potential names for our new family addition. We kept a shared list of ideas that we frequently revisited. A name would be added based on family…
Read MoreWhile We Were Watching ChatGPT, Something Else Astounding Emerged
The acceleration of digital innovation continues in multiple formats. Astoundingly so! I must admit that I have been closely following the developments in Generative Artificial Intelligence. So much has developed on a daily basis that is changing the way in which we teach, research, study, and work, that I think many of us find it…
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