Name: Jim Formosa
Type of Presentation: Lecture/Presentation Preferred Track: 6 - Looking Ahead Abstract: Higher education is truly on the verge of globalization. Competition will come from traditional as well as non-traditional providers. For institutions to grow in the future significant change to the status quo will be required. Many lessons can be learned from how industry is coping with the global economy. This presentation explores required changes beginning with governing boards and working down through the organization to faculty.
Topics covered include the desirability of building learning organizations, the necessity for leadership, funding, reward structures, the new role of faculty, and the increasing necessity for a new conception of professional development. Description: The intent of this presentation is to clearly define present and future competition to traditional higher education and, using examples drawn from industry, elucidate changes that may be required in order to prepare our institutions for the future. Specific examples of existing and potential competition are presented including examples from traditional higher education, international higher education, for-profit institutions, and businesses that either have or are about to enter the market. The learning organization as currently practiced is presented as one alternative to current practices. The key components of the learning organization are outlined. The major differences between existing higher education institutions are compared and contrasted and specific issues preventing our institutions from changing are addressed. The impact of technology and the learning organization on the current practices and necessary changes are discussed in some detail. This section of the presentation makes extensive use of the current literature dealing with cultural change, reward structures, and faculty responsibility and how each will change for institutions to evolve into learning organizations. This presentation draws extensively from the current literature, both on-line and print, to makes its points. Sources cited include Change, Educom Review, Cause, SCUP, and On the Horizon as well as the works of Rowley, et al (1998) and Peterson et al (1997). The work being done by the Asynchronous Learning Network at Vanderbilt is also cited. Length: 90 minutes including time for participant discussion and questions Audience: General, faculty, administrators On-Site Equipment Requirements: Projector, PC with internet connection, white board or chalk board (markers, chalk, and eraser)
Contact Information: Nashville State Tech 120 White Bridge Road Nashville, TN 37209 Phone - 615-353-3420 FAX - 615-353-3428 E-Mail - Formosa_J@nsti.tec.tn.us
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