LOOKED OUTSIDE.
ANOTHER LOOKED ONLINE.
HOW DO INSTITUTIONS AVOID WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO SCHOOLS LIKE MT.
IDA AND NEWBURY?
>> WE FIND WAYS TO BALANCE YOUR LABOR FORCE, FIND WAYS TO LOWER YOUR COSTS, FIND WAYS TO ENHANCE YOUR REVENUE.
>> WHICH IS PRECISELY THE PATH TAKEN BY LASALLE COLLEGE’S PRESENT -- PRESIDENT.
>> ALL INSTITUTIONS NEED OTHER PATHS OF REVENUE BESIDES TUITION, ROOM, AND BOARD.
>> THEY USED THEIR REAL ESTATE AND BUILD HOUSING ON THEIR LAND FOR NONSTUDENTS.
A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY WHERE RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE 450 HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL COURSEWORK A YEAR.
>> THAT’S MORE THAN AN HOUR A DAY.
THEY ARE BASICALLY IN CLASS OR DOING SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
THE AMOUNT OF INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THESE SENIORS WHO ARE GENERALLY 75 YEARS TO 100 YEARS OLD AND OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS IS TREMENDOUS.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOL HAS DONE TO BE INNOVATIVE AND ATTRACT STUDENTS IN THIS CLIMATE.
>> WE HAVE INSTITUTED A I THINK UNPRECEDENTED PROGRAM.
THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS ARE PAYING, THEY ARE HERE ON CAMPUS DOING THE REGULAR THINGS IN THE SOPHOMORE YEAR, STUDENTS ARE NOT IN RESIDENCE.
THEY ARE LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE, PROBABLY AT HOME, WORKING AT A JOB 16 TO 20 HOURS A WEEK PAID, AND TAKING ONLINE COURSES AT THE SAME TIME.
>> NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS GETTING WORK EXPERIENCE, THEY ARE SAVING MONEY.
>> IN THE SECOND YEAR, TUITION ACTUALLY GOES DOWN $4000.
IN THE 30 YEAR, EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE FOURTH YEAR, $10,000.
WHAT’S MORE, THEY KNOW FROM THE DATE THEY START WHAT THEY WILL PAY.
>> WHEN PAUL LEBLANC BECAME PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN U HANSHIN UNIVERSITY IN 2000 THREE, HIGHER EDUCATION WAS ON A ROLL.
IN MOMENT WAS UP.
CAMPUSES WERE EXPANDING, BUT LEBLANC SAW TROUBLE AHEAD.
>> I KNOW WHAT BIRTHRATES LOOK LIKE.
WE KNOW WHEN THE PREDICTED DID IS COMING.
THERE WAS NOTHIN PRESSING IT ABOUT IT.
THAT DATA WAS AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY.
>> WHILE OTHER INSTITUTIONS SLOWED DOWN DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, S&H YOU LAUNCHED A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
>> IF YOU HAVE A MODEL THAT IS STRUGGLING, THE ANSWER IS NOT TO CONTINUE THE SAME MODEL.
YOU HAVE TO TRY SOME THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE STARTED WORKING DIRECTLY WITH EMPLOYERS AS ANOTHER WAY OF REACHING STUDENTS.
WE RETHOUGHT OUR PROCESSES INTERNALLY.
>> THERE ARE MORE THAN 90,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY TODAY.
>> THE GREAT BULK OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE ONLINE STUDENTS IN >> ANTONIO IS ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS STUDYING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
>> MY EDUCATION WAS KIND OF ROCKY AS FAR AS HIGH SCHOOL WENT.
TOOK A LITTLE HIATUS, JOINED THE MILITARY.
ABOUT SIX YEARS LATER, I TRIED MY FIRST GO AT COLLEGE.
MY DAD CAME HERE BEFORE IT WAS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD E COOL TO HAVE ANOTHER UNIVERSITY COME HERE.
I WAS ABLE TO PICK SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO, AND ONLINE WAS BEST FITTED FOR ME BECAUSE I AM A BUSY PERSON.
>> VIRGINIE WORKS A FULL-TIME JOB AND IS PURSUING HER MASTER’S DEGREE ONLINE.
>> I CAN TAKE WHAT I’M LEARNING WITH SCHOOL, APPLY IT TO WORK, AND VICE VERSA, TAKE WHAT I’M LEARNING AT WORK AND BRING THAT EXPERIENCE TO SCHOOL AS WELL.
I WAS IN A MARKETING POSITION AND WANTED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EVENTUALLY CLIMB THE LADDER.
THEIR PROGRAM HAS WORKED REALLY WELL FOR ME BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU HIT THE DEADLINES THE GIVE YOU, YOU CAN BALANCE OUT YOUR WORK.
>> JOHN MARCUS SAYS MAKING ONLINE EDUCATION SUCCESSFUL IS NOT AS EASY AS IT MAY SOUND.
>> MANY COLLEGES ARE NOT MAKING MONEY IN ONLINE HIGHER EDUCATION.
IT IS EXPENSIVE TO SET UP AND COMPLETION RATES ARE INCREDIBLY LOW.
>> STUDENTS WHO PURSUE THOSE DEGREES TEND TO BE OLDER AND NEED SUPPORT THAT ON-CAMPUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS OFTEN FAIL TO PROVIDE.
>> THEY DO NOT HAVE CHILD CARE.
THEY DO NOT TEACH AT NIGHT AND ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN WORKING ADULTS ARE AVAILABLE TO TAKE CLASSES.
>> S&H YOU -- SNHU HAS HAD TIME TO WORK OUT THE KINKS.
LEBLANC SAYS THE UNIVERSITY WORKS CONTINUOUSLY TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM.
>> 50% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY WOULD STRUGGLE TO COME UP WITH $400 FOR AN UNEXPECTED MEDICAL EXPENSE OR HOME REPAIR.
$400.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A COLLEGE EDUCATION, IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH TO DERAIL PEOPLE.
THE THING THAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF STUDENT SUPPORT IN HIGHER ED.
>> U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY AS NUMBER ONE IN THE MOST INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS AMONG THE REGIONAL UNIVERSITY’S NORTH DIVISION.
IN THE EFFORT TO BE COMPETITIVE, REGIS COLLEGE ANNOUNCED THAT ARE OFFERING A FAST-TRACK PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS CAN EARN A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN JUST THREE YEARS.
UP NEXT, THESE STUDENTS DO NOT