{"id":82726,"date":"2022-09-07T13:36:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=82726"},"modified":"2022-09-07T20:20:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T00:20:07","slug":"reflections-on-8-big-questions-as-colleges-start-fall-2022-seltzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/09\/07\/reflections-on-8-big-questions-as-colleges-start-fall-2022-seltzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on &#8220;8 big questions as colleges start fall 2022&#8221; [Seltzer]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/8-big-questions-as-colleges-start-fall-2022\/631100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>8 big questions as colleges start fall 2022<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from highereddive.com by Rick Seltzer<br \/>\n<em>Will higher ed\u2019s financial picture clear? Can campuses innovate? Is a new generation of presidents ready to rise to the moment?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Can colleges innovate?<\/strong><br \/>\nObservers wonder whether the higher education sector is ready to make the changes necessary to meet the moment, like becoming more flexible, serving a wider range of students and containing costs. Higher ed leaders have been discussing certain priorities for years amid projections of diversifying student bodies, financial crunches and public policy changes.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">I excerpted an item re: <em><strong>innovation<\/strong><\/em> because I think institutions of traditional higher education will have to make some <em><strong>significant changes<\/strong><\/em> to turn (the negative tide of) the public&#8217;s perception of the value of a college degree. No more playing around at the edges &#8212; significant value\/ROI must be delivered and proved. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">A quick way to accomplish this would be to lift up the place of adjunct faculty members at one&#8217;s institution:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Give them more say, voice, and control &#8212; especially in the area of which topics\/courses should be offered in the curricula out there<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Give them more input into faculty governance types of issues\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Pay them much more appropriately while granting them healthcare and retirement kinds of benefits<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I say this because adjunct faculty members are often out there in the real world, actually doing the kinds of things in their daily jobs that they&#8217;re teaching about. They&#8217;re able to regularly pulse-check their industries and they can better see what&#8217;s needed in the marketplace. They could help traditional institutions of higher education be much more responsive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">But because higher education has been treating its adjunct faculty members so poorly (at least in recent years), I&#8217;m not as hopeful in this regard as I&#8217;d like to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Another option would be to have faculty members spend much more time in the workplace &#8212; to experience which topics, content, and skills are required. But that&#8217;s tough to do when their job plates are often already so full that they&#8217;re overflowing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Bottom line: It&#8217;s time for change. It&#8217;s time to become much more responsive &#8212; course-offering-wise.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 big questions as colleges start fall 2022 &#8212; from highereddive.com by Rick Seltzer Will higher ed\u2019s financial picture clear? Can campuses innovate? Is a new generation of presidents ready to rise to the moment? Excerpt: Can colleges innovate? 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