Meeting Where We Are: Engaging Cross Campus Collaboration for Improving Continuing Education
Presentation Type
30-Minute Presentations
Presentation Abstract (250 word max.)
Increasing faculty and administrative engagement with continuing education programs increases the capacity of the programs to meet a larger number of students where they are in life, and to meet the educational needs of the student and the community. This improves the morale of 1) students, as they are in a position to be promoted or change employers; 2) faculty, as they are connected to another on-campus community and have more opportunities to teach; 3) academic administration, because they have a deeper bench of instructors for continuing education; 4) admissions officers, because they have a larger application funnel for certificate and degree programs; and 5) employers, because they have a more educated workforce to meet ever-changing demands. In this interactive session, the strategies, challenges, and successes of increasing cross-campus collaborations for continuing education at the University of West Florida will be presented.