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December 15, 2006
| Distance Education Report - December 15, 2006 - Full Issue PDF … |
| Distance Education Leaders: What Qualities Do You Need? In all the talk of leadership these days, it seems to be assumed that the principles of leadership are the same across all varieties of human activity. But what about the specific setting – what if you’re a distance education administrator trying to move your program ahead –what are some of the particular challenges that you’ll face in the next few years? What, specifically, will be demanded of you? |
| Better Marketing, Better Retention: Working Across the Student Life Cycle By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti When does your university engage in marketing activities? For many universities, the traditional answer is that marketing occurs when trying to attract potential students to contact, apply to, and eventually enroll in the university; in short, marketing is an admission function. However, all thoughts of marketing disappear as soon as the student enrolls. |
| NSSE Highlights Distance Education Students By Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti For the first time since its inception, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) takes an in-depth look at distance education students this year. The findings confirm what many distance education professionals already know about their students, while pointing the way for improvements in support and methods to encourage student engagement. |
| Resources Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education |
| In the News Western Governors University Teachers College Receives NCATE Accreditation The Teachers College of Western Governors University (http://www.wgu.edu/) has received full and unconditional five-year accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). |
