Episode 183: No Lemmings! Avoid the Enrollment Cliff with a Values-Driven Strategy

Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss how institutions can avoid the enrollment cliff by embracing a values-driven strategy in online higher education. Learn key insights to navigate demographic shifts, economic pressures, and the evolving digital learning landscape.

Content Links

• Case Study Items from this Episode
  • [In Yale Daily News] “Yale Pushes for Largely In-Person Courses, Discourages Asynchronous Course Requests”
  • [From UICToday] “UIC’s Online Initiative Expands Access and Opportunity in Online Learning”
  • [Resource Guide] “Strategies for Building Online Learning at Regional Universities” (by Jeff Selingo)
• [On Wyoming Catholic College’s Website] “WCC Announces Partnership Between COR Expeditions and Hallow App” (articulating unique value proposition of institution)
• [OLC Innovate 2022 Keynote Plenary] “Let’s Not Romanticize 2019 for Online Learning” (Hill and Moreau. edited transcript and video on OnEdTech blog)
• Related Past TOPcast Episodes
  • #182: “When Is Good Teaching Just ‘Good Teaching’?”
  • #181: “Help in Grasping ‘Good Online Course’”

Just-for-Fun Pop Culture Link

• [Hosted by the University of Kansas] “History of American Journalism – 1930s” (including Edward R. Murrow, Walter Winchell, and other iconic figures)
• [From Ripley’s Believe It Or Not] “Or Not: Do Lemmings Jump Off Cliffs?”

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of This Episode!