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| A-HEC Feature Articles: |
| Higher Education for Those Who Serve, Serving 13,000 students in 110 countries, including 1000 active military in Iraq? All in a day's work for Dr. Frank McCluskey, executive VP and provost at the American Public University System. |
| Transforming Quality to Scale. How does an institution with firm roots in a mission of social change and graduate education scale programs known for quality 10 times to 22,000 students in four short years? Dr. Paula Peinovich reveals the approach undertaken at Walden University. |
| Collaborative Faculty Development in the Learning College. What does being a member of a "Learning College" mean for faculty and staff? In this interview with the president of Valencia Community College, Dr. Sandy Shugart, learn how one of America's leading community colleges is engaging more faculty in the collaborative mission of learning. |
| Improving Institutional Performance. Functional and even high performance IT are necessary, but not sufficient to impactg institutional performance. In this evidence-based research report, Dr. Bill Graves, details specific strategies on how IT can improve academic outcomes, while simultaneously addressing institutional operational and cost objectives. Included are over 180 reference links to reports and articles. |
| Open Source Software as an Institutional Strategy. Will the new political economy of open source software transform how and where higher education gets its enterprise software? Read about the current state of affairs and consider whether open source should be part of your institutional strategy. |
| Fostering Quality by Recognizing and Promoting Teaching Scholarship. Jim Coffman, the former provost of Kansas State University, shares the details of a program that promotes teaching scholarship and influences teaching innovation. |
| The Role of Entrepreneurship in the Community College. Andy Scibelli, President Emeritus of Springfield Technical Community College encourages the growth of small business. |
