2016 Annual Conference

This session is designed for adult educators that would like to enhance strategic partnerships with corporate and other external constituents to grow program enrollment. The presenters will explore various partnerships and identify strategies utilized to form and leverage those tactical connections at the University of Louisville.

Adult educators, program directors, and those interested in advancing adult friendly campuses are the target audience of this session. The presenters will outline and facilitate a dialogue on accelerated degree opportunities for working adult learners at strategic corporate and external partner organizations. Session participants will leave with a set of action steps that aid in establishing advanced external relations with corporate partners.

The purpose of this innovative session is to explore corporate and external partnerships in order to grow enrollment in adult degree completion programs. The strategic approach to establishing and growing connections that lead to program enrollment growth will be the primary focus of this session. The presenters will examine the current partnerships and dissect the methods by which those arrangements were established. While the primary audience for this program is a four-year university, many of the strategies will apply to Community Colleges.
Students in the B.S. in Organizational Leadership & Learning examine relevant, rigorous, and research based curriculum that connects directly to enhance students' skills in leadership, organizational change, and workplace development and performance. Consequently, this adult degree completion program aligns well with the needs of many career fields from corporate, government, education, and military sectors.
Since Louisville, Kentucky has 96,000 working-age adults with some college and no degree, these partnerships create a deep driver of change to educate the local workforce and directly impact the economic development in local organizations.