St. John Fisher College

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St. John Fisher College March 24, 2004
Blending Liberal Arts with Professional Programs
Colleges must expand their student markets,
while maintaining their core values
Tom Kennedy, CEO New Ventures of Regis
University Denver, Colorado
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The Higher Education Landscape

• Changing demographics
• Digital online issues
• Virtual universities
• Corporate universities
• For-profit universities

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The Higher Education Landscape

• Higher Education enrollments climbed by 21
  between 1980 and 2000 adding 2.5 million
  students.
• It is estimated that between 2000 2010
  enrollments will rise by 19 adding another 2.8
  million students.
• Half of Higher Education enrollments are
  part-time.
• Part time enrollments more than doubled between
  1970 and 2000.
• The fastest growing part-time group is age 35 and
  older.

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The Higher Education Landscape

• From 1980 2000 for-profit Higher Education
  institutions grew 5 fold from 165 to 789,
  outnumbering public 4 year institutions.
• In 2002 the University of Phoenix served 116,300
  students in 116 campuses in the USA and Canada.
• In 2002 DeVry University served 47,000 students
  in 21 campuses in the USA and Canada.

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The Higher Education Landscape
The Internet

• In 2000, 50 of the population of the USA used
  the Internet, 114 million weekly.
• 95 of public schools in the USA are now linked
  to the Internet.
• In 1999 there were 800 million pages on the
  Internet. The best search engine could only
  access about 16 or 128 million of them.

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Universities must navigate the World Wide Web

• Digital Immigrants vs Digital Natives.
• The cost of digital plant competition is high.
• Students expect superior web capability in
  universities.
• Conversion to online programming is costly

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A University Vision
Supportive of Adult Learner Programs

• Market Responsive
• High Quality
• Designed for Adult Learners
• Accessible Academically
• Provides Convenient Locations
• Provides Multiple Format Options
• Provides Excellent Customer Services
• Mission Connected

Tools needed
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Degree Completion Option Degree Structure
Major
Residency
Major Prerequisites
Transfer Options Other College Credits CLEP Portfo
lio
General/Liberal Studies Core
Electives
Accelerated programs
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Student Services
Adult Programs
Career Counseling
Bookstore
Adult Student
Financial Aid
Business Office
Registrar
Library
Advising
Student services
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Quality Standards for Adult Programs

• Mission Congruence
• Learner focused and market responsive
• Leadership and staffing
• Appropriate organizational structure
• Planning and resource allocation
• Quality curriculum design and content
• Student support services
• Faculty effectiveness
• Facilities and auxiliary services
• Assessment and continuous improvement
• Student fit

Tools needed
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Accelerated Learning Studies
Recent studies in which researchers compared the
learning of younger (traditional) students
enrolled in 16-week courses with the learning of
adult students enrolled in 5-week versions of the
same courses suggest that accelerated courses
provide levels of learning indistinguishable or
greater than those demonstrated by the younger
students in conventional courses. (Wlodkowski
Westover, 1999 Wlodkowski, Iturralde-Albert,
Mauldin, 2000).
Accelerated programs
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Can an adult program thrive in a traditional
university?
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The Survivors

• Top tier reputation
• Substantial endowment
• Unique niche
• Large adult programs
• Extensive online programs

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The University of Phoenix Says
The people who are our students dont really
want the education. They want what the education
provides for them better jobs, moving up in
their career, the ability to speak up in
meetings, that kind of stuff. They want it to do
something for them.
The University of Phoenix has dropped its
requirement that students have some background in
the liberal arts. the University of Phoenix
may well succeed in inculcating mastery of
certain practical disciplines. What is lacking
is any concern with, or understanding of, the
broader themes of life indeed, with the
questions of why the world is as it is and how
life can and should be lived. Howard Gardner,
The Disciplined Mind
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Making the Liberal Arts Integral to Adult Programs

• Adult Programs Should Include Certain Features
• Truth
• Beauty
• Morality

Education consists of more than
school. Questions are more important than
answers knowledge and understanding should
evolve from the constant probing of
questions. Howard Gardner, The Disciplined Mind
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Regis University Mission Statement Regis
University educates men and women of all ages to
take leadership roles and to make a positive
impact in a changing society. Standing within the
Catholic and United States traditions, we are
inspired by the particular Jesuit vision of
Ignatius Loyola. This vision challenges us to
attain the inner freedom to make intelligent
choices. We seek to provide value-centered
undergraduate and graduate education, as well as
to strengthen commitment to community service. We
nurture the life of the mind and the pursuit of
truth within an environment conducive to
effective teaching, learning and personal
development. Consistent with Judeo- Christian
principles, we apply knowledge to human needs and
seek to preserve the best of the human heritage.
We encourage the continual search for truth,
values, and a just existence. Throughout this
process, we examine and attempt to answer the
fundamental question "How ought we to live?"
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• Characteristics of the Core Educational
  Experience
• The specific structure of the core educational
  experience varies within each of the Universitys
  three Schools because of the different student
  populations and instructional formats in Regis
  College, School for Professional Studies, and
  School for Health Care Professions. Nonetheless,
  the core educational experience in all three
  Schools is characterized by
• Development of the Whole Person
• Academic Challenge
• Liberal Arts Foundation
• Integration
• Ethical Inquiry and Reflection
• Spirituality and Religion
• Concern for Justice
• Global Awareness
• Leadership

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What is required?

• New Structures
• New Procedures
• New Systems
• New Ways of Thinking
• New Ways of Doing

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Profile of Regis University
Board of Trustees President Provost VP Student
Life CFO VP Administration VP
Development Dean, Regis College VP and Dean
School Dean, School for Health Professional
Studies Care Professions
36,000 Credit Hours, 21.4 M
160,000 Credit Hours, 50M
20,000 Credit Hours, 8M
Undergraduate Education Graduate Business UG
and Grad Business Information Tech Info Tech
85,000 Credit Hours
75,000 Credit Hours
On-line 72,000 Credit Hours
Regis Profile
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Profile of Regis University
Board of Trustees President Provost Regis
College Professional Studies Health
Care Professions

• 74 FT Faculty
• 1400 Traditional Students

• 25 FT Faculty
• 900 Students

• 110 FT Faculty
• 700 PT Faculty
• 14,000 Students

Regis Profile
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Staffing Patterns Major Functions
President Chief Academic Officer
Dean Professional Studies
Administrative Assistant
Recruiting/Marketing Advising Faculty/Curriculum
Program Staffing
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Change?
there is nothing more difficult to carry out,
not more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous
to handle, than to initiate a new order of
things. For the reformer has enemies in all
those who profit by the old order, and only
lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit
by the new order Machiavelli
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New Ventures of Regis University

• Since 1990, has assisted 32 private colleges and
  universities, nationally and internationally, to
  develop and implement accelerated adult education
  programs.
• 93 of these schools have experienced moderate to
  exceptional success. We have never experienced a
  failure when the partner school adheres to the
  Regis model.
• Is a part of Regis University, a Jesuit, Catholic
  institution serving 16,000 students, 13,000 of
  whom are adult learners. There are six campuses
  in Colorado and two in Nevada.
• Is now a partner with Ana G. Mendez University
  System (Puerto Rico) in establishing a dual
  language accelerated adult education program in
  Orlando, Florida.

New Ventures of Regis University 6890 West 52nd
Avenue Suite 201 Arvada, Colorado 80002 Tel
303.458.4929 www.newventuresed.org
Scott Campbell
Tom Kennedy