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Assuring Academic Value through Multiple Perspectives: The Creative Tensions among Home Office, On-Site Dean, and School of Record Forum Annual Conference Friday, March 26, 2010 Charlotte, NC. Presenters. John D. Heyl CEA Vice President of Global Education
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Assuring Academic Value through Multiple Perspectives: The Creative Tensions among Home Office, On-Site Dean, and School of RecordForum Annual Conference Friday, March 26, 2010 Charlotte, NC
Presenters • John D. HeylCEA Vice President of Global Education • David P. DauwalderUniversity of New Haven, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs • Scott G. BlairCEA Academic Dean, Paris Global Campus • Monique FecteauResident Director, Tufts in Paris Program
Introduction/Home Office Perspective • A brief history • Basic terms of partnership • Self Studies/Site Visits to date • CEA staff commitments • Role of the CEA Home Office • Supporting Global Campus Deans • Supporting School of Record internationalization as “outsider”
Creative TensionsUNH… NEASC Initial Agreement • Substantive Change • Partnering with For-Profit Enterprise Key Elements • "Control" Over Academic Standards • Commitment to Reinvest Emerging Issue • On-Site Partners
Creative TensionsAcademic Impact… Revenue • Initial View: Desire to Expand Study Abroad • Competing View: Academic Impact vs. Bottom Line • Result: Evolution of Short-Term Experiences
Creative TensionsCampus Politics... Bureaucracy • Faculty Oversight • Initial Concept • Selecting Membership • Building Trust • Site Visitation Team: Who? Why? • Internal "Ownership" of Relationship
Internal TensionsUNH... UNH • Unanticipated Operational Demands • Initially Slow Cost Recovery • Requests for: • Enrollment verification • Student loan deferments • Financial aid advice • Information for medical insurance • Information for auto insurance • Information for 529c plans • Measuring Impacts
Creative TensionsUNH... CEA • Site Visits: "Partner" vs. "Evaluator" • Institutional Foundations: • Non-Profit vs. For-Profit • Collegiate vs. Corporate • Tenure-Track vs. Adjunct • The Future: • School of Record vs. Study-Abroad Partner
Creative TensionsResults • Evolving Shared Interests • Expanding, Developing Partnership
The On-Site Dean Perspective • Value & Institutionalize Resource & Expertise Sharing • Policy Development & Implementation • Instructional Training & Professional Development • IT Support in Classroom Technology
The On-Site Dean Perspective • Widen the SOR Vision Beyond On-Site Assessment: • Necessity of Self Study, Site Visit & Follow-Up Reports • Plan Strategic & Integrated Team Meetings & Projects • Define Communication Channels from the Field to SOR • Emphasize Regional Accreditation Interest & Oversight
Dr. John Heyl Vice President of Global Education CEA Global Education www.GoWithCEA.com/Heyl JohnH@GoWithCEA.com 1-480-375-2773 www.GoWithCEA.com/SchoolofRecord | 1-480-375-2773