Leadership in Lifelong Learning Volume 3, Issue 2 April, 2008

ICCHE NEWSLETTER ILLINOIS COUNCIL ON CONTINUING HIGHER EDUCATION

IN THIS ISSUE: REGIONAL CONFERENCES Regional Conferences 1 SLATED FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 18! Keynote Speaker 1, 6 working luncheon. Keynote Message from President 2 oin colleagues from throughout the state speaker will be Tricia Kro- 2, 4 Presidents’ Panel as the Northern and mer, of Olivet Nazarene Uni- J versity, followed by a panel What’s Happening 3, 5 Southern Regions hold their annual workshops later this discussion. 4 month, on Friday, April 18. For additional information, Charles Evans Grant or to register, contact

Innovative Initiative 5 Northern Region meetings [email protected].

will focus on “Remediation: Progressive Ideas & Best The theme of the Downstate Practices,” how best to Region Workshop will be strengthen adult students’ “Best Practices: Show Me OFFICERS academic skills to prepare the Money (Don’t Be the them for college-level Biggest Loser!” The down- Rick Carter courses and eventual de- state conference will run fast and networking President gree completion. To be held from 10 am to 2 pm at the luncheon. Western Illinois University at the University Center of University of Illinois- Springfield. A key feature Lake County in Grayslake, IL Contact Valerie Thaxton will be a panel discussion. Christopher Wilkerson from 9:30 am to 2 pm, cost for additional information: is $20, which includes conti- Cost will be $15, which will President Elect/Vice [email protected]. nental breakfast and net- include continental break- President ☼ Wright College

Carol Reiseck K EYNOTE SPEAKER Immediate Past President ISSUES CHALLENGE Concordia University Chicago The 2008 Annual Confer- good but an economic neces- other countries have such a ence Keynote Speaker, sity. strong impact on the U.S. Holli Pryor-Harris Roberts T. Jones, President economy, we don’t have a Secretary of Education Workforce He saw his topic, “The Em- system in place to prepare Policy, LLP, knew that his Illinois Institute of ployer’s View: Global Compe- our workforce for global audience was already con- Technology tition and Liberal Education” competition. vinced of the importance as “America’s Challenge in a of continuing higher educa- William Sutton Citing population trends that tion. His message to IC- Changing World.” show developing countries Treasurer CHE was that we need to growing at a far greater rate University of Illinois reposition the discussion According to Jones, much of than the U.S., Jones as- within the political realm America is still mired in out- serted that while we cannot so that legislators under- dated stereotypes of American compete globally on the size stand that support for edu- dominance in a global econ- of our labor force or the cost cation is not just a moral omy. Because we weren’t pre- pared for a world in which (Continued on page 6)

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

It is my honor to offer greet- ICCHE provides us the con- ings to the Illinois Council on tacts and resources necessary Continuing Higher Education to extend our reach through- (ICCHE) members and out the entire state of Illinois friends as the 2008 President. and beyond. We benefit from our participation in ICCHE. The ICCHE organization is unique in the way it brings all I personally encourage all Illinois educational institu- ICCHE members to actively tions (Community Colleges, participate throughout the Private Institutions, and Pub- year by attending the regional lic Universities) together. meetings near you in the ICCHE provides information spring, the membership and for both non-credit programs institutional representative and academic credit degree meeting at Starved Rock in Rick Carter programs. Together, we build the fall, and the Annual IC- Western Illinois University on strengths that only differ- CHE Conference in February. ICCHE President ences can provide, and we form life-time friendships and You are welcome to propose by telephone 309/298-1929. commitments. presentations, participate in “Together we build on workshops and panels, or It is a great honor to serve as As you know, our roles in submit a program nomination strengths that only your president and I look continuing education often for an award. differences can forward to seeing you at the have us working with all 2008 ICCHE events. provide…” branches of our campuses. Feel free to contact me via email ([email protected]) or ☼

P RESIDENT’ S PANEL SPARKS LIVELY EXCHANGE

The Presidents’ Panel is a changing demographics of World Report’s 2008 Top cornerstone of the ICCHE the Illinois student body, Baccalaureate Colleges Annual Conference. This the dynamic changes in (Midwest), began the dis- year’s panelists included technology, and the chang- cussion. Chester S. Gardner, CEO of ing needs of employers; the University of Illinois and 2) what his institution James Mannoia, Jr. stressed Global Campus; V. James was doing to address the the need for collaboration in Mannoia, Jr, President of fact that Illinois is a net the wake of a rapidly- Greenville College; and IC- exporter of graduates. Pan- changing marketplace. CHE stalwart Christopher elists were also invited to Greenville College estab- Wilkerson of Wright College, share personal thoughts on lished an Office of Strategic pressed into service when continuing higher educa- Innovation because he has City Colleges of Chicago tion. found that markets change Chancellor Wayne Watson so fast that unless an insti- was detained on college Moderator Charles Evans tution is poised for rapid business. invited the panel to speak response, the window can in the order of their institu- close by the time they have Each panelist had been tion’s founding, so Presi- developed a program plan asked to reflect on two dent Mannoia, expressing and a business, and se- questions—1) how his insti- pride in Greenville’s 1855 cured the appropriate ac- tution was providing educa- beginning (as Elmira Col- creditation. lege) and its current place tional access in light of the (Continued on page 4) on the list of US News &

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WHAT’S HAPPENING—around the State

Eastern Illinois University Year award. The award recognizes excep- tional contributions to NSLS and its member The Academy of Lifetime Learning libraries. NSLS is an organization of more (ALL) provides low-cost, high-quality, than 650 academic, public, school and spe- non-credit, short courses to mature cial libraries in north suburban Cook, Kane, learners in the area. It provides an Lake, and McHenry counties. opportunity for retired and semi- retired persons to enjoy a lifetime of Oakton will also host “Global Legacies of learning in a relaxed atmosphere, Non-Violence: From Mahatma Gandhi to Mar- without the strain of having to do out- tin Luther King, Jr., “ Apr. 17-18 at its Skokie side study, write papers, or take campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave. The 2-day aca- tests. Courses are taught by current demic conference is funded by a grant from and retired EIU faculty and staff. the U.S. Dept. of Education. The 6-7:30 PM While all of the courses to date have keynote by Dr. Clayborne Carson, Stanford U., been held in the Charleston/Mattoon is free and open to the public. area, ALL looks forward with anticipa- tion to regional expansion in the com- University of Illinois—Chicago ing semester. ALL is proud to an- External Education at UIC will offer “Writing a nounce that 25 courses are being of- Successful Research Grant Application: fered in the spring semester of 2008. Strategies for Research Investigators,” one of The Academy of Lifetime Learning many courses in the UIC Writers Series. This works in collaboration with the Coles 5-week course is offered entirely online. County Council on Aging and the Uni- Grant Writing for Research will benefit first- versity of Illinois Extension program. time funding seekers and those with previous research grant experience. Elmhurst College UIC Online announces 3 new online certifi- Elmhurst College will welcome Nobel cates: Advanced Practice Forensic Nursing Peace Prize winner and global policy Campus Certificate, Basic Community Public expert Dr. Adil Najim of Boston Univer- Health Practice Campus Certificate and Ad- sity, to speak on Sunday, April 13 at 7 vanced Community Public Health Practice PM on “Democracy and the Muslim Campus Certificate. These courses will pro- World.” Admission is free and the public vide further training and education on current is invited. For more information, call trends, topics and emerging fields. Visit 630-617-3033. www.uiconline.uic.edu for more information.

Millikin University The deadline for admission to the MS in Health Informatics is 5/1/08, and 5/15/08 Millikin’s 2008 James W. Moore lecture for the Health Informatics and Admin. Nurs- will feature author, fisherman, teacher, ing Leadership IBHE Certificate and Public filmmaker, and advocate John Cronin, Health Informatics Campus Certificate. who will explore the human, political and moral dimensions in today’s envi- University of Illinois— Urbana Champaign ronmental headlines. His presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22 at The College of Agricultural, Consumer and 7:30 PM. Tickets are free, but registra- Environmental Sciences at the University of tion is required. Contact 217-424-6318 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is working on a collaborative initiative with Illinois Community for tickets. Colleges to offer several introductory agricul- Oakton Community College ture foundation courses. This initiative is de- signed to assist community colleges that can- Jane Malik, Asst. Prof. of Library Ser- not support enough full-time faculty to teach vices at Oakton is the winner of the much needed agriculture courses, but would North Suburban Library System (NSLS) Academic Library Staff Member of the (Continued on page 5)

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C HARLES V. E VANS RESEARCH GRANT WINNERS Warm congratulations to Gayla sented at the 2009 ICCHE Research Grant, Perspec- Stoner, Division of Continuing conference. tive of Selected Family Education at SIU Carbondale, Literacy Programming the 2008 Charles V. Evans At this year’s 2008 confer- Staff in Illinois. Research Grant winner! ence, Vicki S. Cook, Ph.D., Educational Leadership The grant is named in honor The research resulting from Program at the University of Evans, long time sup- her winning proposal, Student of Illinois at Springfield, porter of ICCHE and higher Demand, Faculty Recruitment, presented the results of education throughout the and Faculty Preparation for her research from the state. ☼ Online Courses, will be pre- 2007 Charles V. Evans

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(Continued from page 2) ket-focused. While other when at all possible. This online programs may have allows participating employ- Over the past ten years, been developed based on ees (who are able to pass Greenville has partnered faculty interest, the Global industry exams) to gain with a variety of community Campus strives to focus on credit they can carry with colleges, including Lewis & high-demand programs and them throughout their ca- Clark, Parkland, and respond to students’ demand reer. He came to his cur- Kaskaskia, and concen- for flexible, convenient access rent job after working as a trates on filling niches not and affordability. Its aca- corporate trainer and was occupied by public four- demic term is eight weeks, surprised to discover that year schools. Although which allows programs to the K-12 school system was Greenville is the first col- scale up as the need in- not well articulated with lege to be totally wireless, it creases. The Global Campus higher education. He advo- is still firmly rooted in per- projects offering thirty pro- cated involving more busi- sonal interaction. Mission grams within three years and ness leaders in the K-16 drives the technology, stu- forty within five years. Initial conversation. dent need drives the pro- faculty apprehension seems grams and services, and to have dissipated, observed The panelists also re- collaborations between Gardner. sponded to questions from schools are built on per- “You need one throat to the audience. Gardner sonal relationships be- Christopher Wilkerson serves choke if it all goes as the Executive Director of quipped that one of the tween presidents. transferrable project man- wrong.” Business & Industry Services for Wright College. His depart- agement skills he learned in Chet Gardner provided the ment trains corporate and implementing the Global audience with a quick over- business employees and deliv- Campus was “You need one view of the U of I system ers programs in English, Span- throat to choke if it all goes and more details about the ish, and Polish that are tai- wrong.” When asked about University of Illinois Global lored to the culture not just online courses, Mannoia Campus which was the vocabulary of the speak- observed that his institution launched in January of ers of those languages. Be- found an “incarnational de- 2008. The Global Campus cause he believes (as Roberts livery system” to be more in initiative was prompted by Jones does) that continuing keeping with Greenville’s President B. Joseph Wright, education should be portable, evangelical Christian mis- who took office in 2005. It he makes sure that Wright sion. At yet another ICCHE is distinct from the many programs are based on indus- conference, hearing the fine online programs al- try standards and lead to in- presidential perspective ready run by UIC, UIS, and dustry-specific certifications triggered lively discussion. UIUC, in that it is more mar- ☼

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2008 INNOVATIVE INITIATIVE AWARD WINNER

Each year, the Illinois Council on Continuing The success of their education model is re- Higher Education recognizes an outstanding flected in the numbers—with completion rates academic initiative, either credit or non- averaging more than 90% as of Fall 2007. credit, which is innovative, effective, and represents the ideals of the ICCHE organiza- This program has received numerous honors in tion. The 2008 honor has been awarded to addition to the ICCHE award, including the 2007 Carreras En Salud (Healthcare Careers): a National Exemplary Program in Workforce Devel- Chicago Bilingual Healthcare Partnership opment Award by the National Council for Con- sponsored by Humboldt Park Vocational tinuing Education and Training, and has been Education Center of Wilbur Wright College, cited as one of the top six Career Pathway Mod- one of the City Colleges of Chicago, along els by both the Aspen Institute and the US Dept. with the Instituto Del Progreso Latino, Asso- of Education. ciation House of Chicago, and the National Council of La Raza. Kudos to Wilbur Wright College and its partners!

Carreras en Salud was “created with the purpose of building a customized career pathway in nursing occupations in order to assist employers to meet the demand for a bilingual workforce that satisfies the needs of the region’s burgeoning Hispanic popula- tion.” Unique to the program are its effective partnership network, the career pathway that seamlessly moves students from their studies onto the job, the bridge pre-college curriculum that takes students from wher- ever they start academically and builds on their skills, and the strong and constant aca- “This initiative.. demic and non-academic support services provided to program participants. ..provides a Carerras En Saulud program participants unique distance education WHAT’S HAPPENING—around the State, Cont’d opportunity…”

(Continued from page 3) Waubonsee Community College still like to provide the opportunity to their students. The initiative will be available to Waubonsee Community College is offering free all community colleges. This initiative will discussions and refreshments in their 2008 Earth pool resources and student numbers and Series. On Thursday, April 17, 7-9 pm, the topic will provide a unique distance education will be “Waterworld: Global Oceans, Ice and Cli- opportunity, including interaction with uni- mate Change.” The discussion continues on versity faculty. Students will take courses Thursday, May 1, 7-9 pm with “Slowing Climate mainly through online technologies such Change: Our Responsibility, Our Options.” as “Elluminate” as well as one or two trips Waubonsee also announces its second annual during the semester to the UIUC campus Renewable Energy Fair slated for Saturday, Octo- This initiative is mainly geared toward stu- ber 18, 2008, from 9 am to 6 pm. The Fair will fea- dents at community colleges interested in ture workshops and exhibits emphasizing renew- transferring to a 4-year institution such as able energy and sustainable living, and offers fun the University of Illinois. For more informa- for the entire family. tion, contact Heather Miller, program di- rector at [email protected] or 217-265- ☼ 6568.

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Illinois Council on MISSION: ICCHE is a comprehensive organization of continuing higher Continuing Higher education representing all regions of the state of Illinois. Founded in 1975, ICCHE is the only organization in Illinois whose membership includes two Education and four year colleges and universities, both public and private.

MEMBERSHIP: If you are not already a member, consider joining ICCHE Leadership in Lifelong today! The $75 annual fee includes membership for an institutional repre- Learning sentative and up to ten professionals from the same institution.

K EYNOTE SPEAKER, CONT’ D

(Continued from page 1) Be sure to check out the cated for the creation of tary of Labor under Presi- great information at: of our labor, we can and “Lifelong Learning Ac- dent Reagan and again should compete on the counts” that would in- under President Bush, as Illinois Board of Higher quality of the workforce. clude contributions from President and CEO of the Education (IBHE) To do that we need to man- the employer, the em- National Alliance of Busi- www.ibhe.org age education so that the ployee, and the govern- ness, and served on the process produces equal ment, and would allow the board of many organiza- and outcomes for the entire employee to retrain to tions. He has “been en- potential labor force not meet the changing de- gaged personally in every Illinois Community College just equal opportunity. mands of the labor mar- major piece of education, Board (ICCB) This will require strength- ket. training and workforce www.iccb.state.il.us/ ening the K-12 system, legislation for the past 40 remediating current high Mr. Jones is President of years.” school graduates who are Education and Workforce not fully prepared for col- Policy, LLC, “a consulting A downloadable copy of lege, and building stronger firm whose singular focus his keynote presentation feedback loops between is the advancement of is available at http:// higher education and the education, training and www.icche.org/2008_Con workforce policy.” He has employers who hire college ference_Recap.html. graduates. He also advo- served as the Asst. Secre- ☼ We’re on the Web! www.icche.org Comments/Questions/Input??

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