S1 E1 | Re-imagining Affordability & Accessibility in Higher Ed – with Paul LeBlanc

Todd Zipper, EVP and GM of Wiley University Services and Talent Development, welcomes Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). They discuss how SNHU reimagined affordability and accessibility to drive quality outcomes for more learners. Topics Discussed:•Implementing systems and processes that work specifically for the online learner•Rethinking the delivery of programs to be more experiential and project-based •Using competency-based education to deliver learning in equitable ways•Building a learning ecosystem that accommodates true lifelong learning•Creating short, affordable, skills-based offerings applicable to in-demand jobsGuest BioDr. Paul J. LeBlanc is President of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). Since 2003, under Paul’s leadership, SNHU has grown from 2,800 students to over 170,000 learners and is the largest nonprofit provider of online higher education in the country. Forbes Magazine has listed LeBlanc as one of its 15 “Classroom Revolutionaries” and one of the “most influential people in higher education.” Washington Monthly named him one of America’s ten most innovative university presidents. His book, Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education will be available later this year.