ACHE 2018 Concurrent Sessions
Lifelong Learning: Challenges, Strategies, and Priorities
Session Description
Help Shape the Future! The Coalition of Lifelong Learning Organizations (COLLO) is in the midst of identifying today’s major issues in providing lifelong learning opportunities for adults and actions to resolve them, interviewing 30 + leaders in lifelong learning (including members of ACHE, AAACE, AHEA, CAEL, COABE, CEA, NCSDAE). Central questions address pressing challenges, promising practices and helpful policies. Expected outcomes include clarification of lifelong learning’s definition, challenges, promising practices and approaches, needed resources and policies as well as increased knowledge exchange and dialogue leading perhaps to collaborative actions to improve lifelong learning programs and activities for adults.
Consider this session to obtain a preview of findings. Provide your perspectives on questions and responses and, importantly, help set priorities. Let us know how COLLO might help you provide opportunities and/or skills for lifelong learning.
Primary Presenter
Linda Morris, Coalition of Lifelong Learning Organizations (COLLO)
Brief Bio
Linda E. Morris BIO 2018
Linda E. Morris, Ed.D. Is President of the Coalition of Lifelong Learning Organizations (COLLO), Past President of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers & Commerce (RSA). Beginning her career in Adult Education as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon, she has worked in Adult Ed and HRD since 1982 as a staff member and internal/external consultant at professional services firms including Ernst & Young, American Management Systems, KPMG, and KSolutions, Inc. and for NASA. Since 2003 Linda has taught onsite and online as adjunct faculty at the University of St. Francis, The George Washington University, and Northwestern State University (NSU) in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She was also part time faculty in Virginia Tech’s Adult Learning HRD Program in its Northern VA Center and is currently working with NSU to develop its Adult Learning and Development Doctoral Program.
Presenter #2
Adam Bush, College Unbound
Brief Bio:
TBD
Presenter #3
Regis Gilman, East Carolina University
Brief Bio
At ECU Regis Gilman serves as the Executive Director of the Academic Outreach, Continuing & Distance Education with oversight of services to online and off-campus degree-program students, continuing professional education, the lifelong learning program, testing and proctoring centers, military outreach, summer school, and the Gateway Technology Center – a collaborative center with NC State University. Dr. Gilman has 36+ years’ experience in adult and continuing higher education. Throughout her career, she has worked with adult learners as an administrator in continuing higher education, graduate programs, evening college and summer school. Her academic interests surround outreach and access through instructional technologies and the impact of technology on retention, goal attainment and degree completion.
Presenter #4
David Grebel, Texas Christian University Extended Education
Brief Bio
David Grebel has served as Director of Extended Education at TCU since August 1997. From 1998 through 2003 he also directed the AP Summer Institute and continues to provide support for this important initiative. David provides leadership and oversight for non-credit community programming, selected professional development and support for university community education programming. He directs the non-degree admissions program and provides leadership for the university’s portfolio assessment program.