Posts by UPCEA
UPCEA and Higher Education Groups Urge Congress to Continue Support for Student Aid, Research
UPCEA today co-signed a letter led by ACE and 32 other higher education associations to the leaders of the House and Senate budget and appropriations committees, asking them to maintain Congress’s “historic commitment” to student financial aid and scientific research as they begin work on funding the federal government for FY 2018, which begins Oct. 1. As…
Read MoreUPCEA Signs DACA Support Letter Joining HACU and Others
UPCEA today joined the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and 26 other organizations to issue a letter to Secretary John Kelly of the Department of Homeland Security requesting clarification regarding protections offered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Our concern surrounds DACA holders being deported or detained and threatened with deportation…
Read MoreThe Future of Jobs and Jobs Training (Pew Research Center)
The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training (Pew Research Center) May 3, 2017 Ray Schroeder, associate vice chancellor for online learning at the University of Illinois, Springfield, commented, “It is projected that those entering the workforce today will pursue four or five different careers (not just jobs) over their lifetime. These career changes will…
Read MoreInstructional Design and Technology Teams: Work Experiences and Professional Development
The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) conducted a research study in the spring of 2017 to learn more about the professional development needs and work experiences of instructional designers, instructional technologists, multimedia designers, and their team leaders. The goal was to determine how similar the team leaders and the team members felt about…
Read MoreMany Voices are More Impactful Than One: The National Adult Learner Coalition (The EvoLLLution)
Though non-traditional students have morphed into the new majority students on college and university campuses across the United States, public and institutional policy has largely remained focused on the “traditional” 18-22-year-old demographic. Unfortunately, this has created an environment that leaves the majority of students underserved on their own campuses, but a group of associations focused…
Read MoreNew Study Delves Into Unexplored Professional Development Benchmarking for Instructional Design and Technology Teams
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 7, 2017 – A study released today by the UPCEA eDesign Collaborative maps the expertise and roles in instructional design teams throughout North America. The study, Instructional Design and Technology Teams: Work Experiences and Professional Development, establishes benchmarks for experience and salaries among members of instructional design team members, and also…
Read MorePhillip E. Frandson Award for Literature Recipients
The University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Professional, Continuing, and/or Online Education is presented in honor of the late Phillip E. Frandson, former Dean of UCLA Extension and 1977-78 UPCEA President. The award recognizes excellence in achievement for literature written about the theory or…
Read MoreAdelle F. Robertson Emerging Professional Continuing Educator Award Winners
2024 – Casey Rothenberger, San Diego State University Global Campus 2023 – Jayzona Alberto, Stanford University 2022 – Vanessa Williams, Temple University 2021 – Katie Linder, Kansas State University Global Campus 2020 – Dr. Heather K. Hunt, University of Missouri 2019 – Kim Holka, Oakland University 2018 – Julie Damron, Brigham Young University 2017 –…
Read MoreWalton S. Bittner Service Citation Award Recipients
2024 – No award recipient 2023 – No award recipient 2022 – No award recipient 2021 – Lisa Verma, Louisiana State University Online & Continuing Education 2020 – Shelly Yu-Tze Wang, California State University, Fullerton 2019 – Patrice Miles, Georgia Institute of Technology 2018 – No award recipient 2017 – No award recipient 2016 – No…
Read MoreJulius M. Nolte Award Recipients
The Julius M. Nolte Award is not necessarily given each year, but only when a deserving person appears on the scene who has fulfilled noteworthy assignments, written books of great significance to professional, continuing, and/or online education, or rendered long and distinguished administrative, legislative or judicial services that have advanced the cause of our field.…
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