Interesting Times for Higher Education Presentation at the Consortium for Healthcare Education Online Faculty Professional Development Workshop May 14, 2015 MP4 Video

These are interesting times faced in higher education with the need for expanded opportunities for students to receive a postsecondary education while institutions are faced with a different financial environment requiring them to find new and more efficient ways of providing education. Of particular importance is providing rich experiences in the STEM field for students who are not on campus or are on campus but the institution’s physical facilities are stretched to capacity. It is also a time when we have come to appreciate and understand the critical importance of middle skilled jobs and the need to provide educational opportunities to obtain the necessary degrees and certificates in these fields. David Longanecker, president, WICHE, welcomed faculty working on the Consortium for Healthcare Education Online project to the CHEO Discipline Panel Faculty Professional Development Workshop – By Design: Taking ALL Allied Health Students Across the Finish Line, on May 14, 2015. The event was hosted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and was held at its SHEPC Learning Center in Boulder, CO. The CHEO project is funded by a U.S. Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant. See www.wiche.edu/nanslo/CHEO-faculty-professional-development for more information about this workshop.