Peirce College Case Study

Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness

Peirce College Case Study

How Focusing on The Intelligent Education Consumer and Establishing Clear Priorities Can Lead to New Opportunities

An A-HEC Leadership Interview with President Arthur Lendo of Peirce College

How does a small private college focused on adult learners compete in today's world of national for-profit online universities and lower priced competing honors programs from public universities? The answer for one college with a long history has been to align all systems around the mission of teaching and learning. Sound too simple? Read this important interview to understand how Peirce College has achieved success.

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Download and read a companion policy paper presented at the Oxford Round Table by Dr. Lendo, entitled "Asynchronous Online Learning Generates Myriad Policy Questions." It is one of the most concise and complete overviews of the real and profound impact on higher education of the convergence of Internet technology with the compelling market and social needs created by a rapidly growing adult learning population.

Click here to download the paper.

The paper summaries the important environmental trends and then moves on to describe the connection to both U.S. policy and institutional strategy.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Mission, Achieving Focus

Student and Faculty Needs

Market Issues

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