Delivering Measurable Results
Happy Spring! When I haven't been worrying about collapsing ceilings and wet basements, I have been watching the new pressures from Washington sweep over higher education. America's approach to higher...
View ArticleA Formula for Success
The best thing about these blog posts is that I have the opportunity to talk about whatever is on my mind. I have just finished reading the latest Thomas Friedman book, That Used to Be Us, which he...
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Mark your calendars for October 27! The Charter Oak State College Foundation is sponsoring its annual Shea Lecture, which is FREE and open to the public. This yearly event is offered in memory of the...
View ArticleServing Our Nation's Finest
Charter Oak State College is dedicated to educating adults. All our services are designed with working adults in mind, and our success is measured by their ability to finish their degree and improve...
View ArticleThoughts on 2012 and beyond
Let me begin by wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year. I am taking advantage of some quiet time to share my thoughts about 2012 with you. As President, it is part of my job to keep an eye out...
View ArticleOnline learning and the 21st century workplace
I get asked how Charter Oak State College is preparing students for the workforce at every meeting I attend, and my answer is one I enjoy giving time and time again. I shared it at a meeting in...
View ArticleWhat does Charter Oak mean to you?
Recently John Ebersole, President of Excelsior College, published a book called Courageous Learning: Finding a New Path through Higher Education(Hudson-Whitman Press). The book highlights some of the...
View ArticleHigher Education and Consumer Demand
Higher Education is facing a challenge that will require it to re-think its essential value proposition. For generations, we have provided the degrees—think tickets—that were required for entry into...
View ArticleCongratulations to the Class of 2012
We were proud to host our 2012 commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 3, in Welte Auditorium at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. Below are some thoughts I shared with the...
View ArticleBack to the Future
I’ve just returned from a panel presentation in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Lumina and GatesFoundations. They asked me to be part of a small panel of institutions that are working to offer...
View ArticleHealth Information Management: Charter Oak's first major
After two years of research and planning, we were thrilled to have launched our first major, an online Bachelor of Science degree in Health Information Management (HIM), on September 27. Just three...
View ArticleHere We Go Again
This holiday season, I have been thinking about the things for which I am grateful. Certainly I would include health, family, my job, and our students in my list. But I would include something else as...
View ArticleCharter Oak needs your feedback
Every time I make a purchase, the merchant wants to know about my experience. Repair persons and installers ask for a high rating when the inevitable survey arrives. Stores put surveys on the back of...
View ArticleThank you for your feedback!
Two weeks ago, I asked students to share with me what was working for you as a Charter Oak student – and what was not working. I was extremely pleased by the large turnout of responses I received. Your...
View ArticleLowering the cost of a college degree: Charter Oak expands exam-for-credit...
We recently made the following announcement: Charter Oak State College has partnered with the non-profit Excelsior College to expand credit-by-examination options for Charter Oak students. Through an...
View ArticleWeathering the Storm
We were proud to host our 2013 commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 2, in Welte Auditorium at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. Below are some thoughts I shared with the Class...
View ArticleCharter Oak's First Effort at the Master's Level
We have been working toward our first Master's Degree in Organizational Effectiveness for a long time (a very long time). This week we actually launched our first effort at this level and how that...
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Charter Oak Receives Next Generation Grant
I have just returned from a wonderful three-day working meeting in Seattle held at the Gates Foundation headquarters. Charter Oak has been named a Next Generation Learning Challenge school, and we were...
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Distance Learning: Planning for a Disrupted Industry
Recently I had the pleasure of testifying before Connecticut's Higher Education Planning Commission. The topic was Distance Learning: Planning for a Disrupted Industry. I wanted to share my thoughts...
View ArticleMore Feedback Please
This is a continuation of my previous blog that focused on your experiences with Charter Oak. We received some interesting and useful student feedback about courses, enrollment processes, and lots...
View ArticleWhat Does the New Year Hold?
As I begin preparing for the New Year, there are a variety of items I want to share with you. The most important item has to do with the challenges facing the entire higher education landscape. As I...
View ArticleKeeping Charter Oak at the Leading Edge of Higher Education
[This article originally appeared in the Winter/Spring 2014 edition of Connections, the Charter Oak State College Newsletter]With the beginning of another new year there are a variety of items I want...
View ArticleCharter Oak Rising: Fall 2014
Another new semester begins, and for Charter Oak this is one for the record books. I have written in this blog about the Go Back to Get Ahead program that the Governor and the System asked us to run....
View ArticleWelcome, new Go Back to Get Ahead students!
This new semester begins with the largest Charter Oak student body in our history. Our enrollment is up 30%, and many of those new students arrived here as part of the state's Go Back to Get Ahead...
View ArticleDoris Cassiday
This is a special edition of my blog that centers on an individual who was central to the creation and success of this College. For those of you who have not met Doris, she is the longest serving of...
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