Thomas State Edison Conference By Catrina Roitman 6/15/2011 Thomas State Edison Conference By Catrina Roitman 6/15/2011

Founded in 1978 as a private, non-profit institution and regionally accredited in 1980 In 1995, WIU was acquired by Apollo Group Inc. In 2010, WIU became part of Apollo Global, a consolidated subsidiary of Apollo Group, and joined with sister schools in the United Kingdom, Chile, and Mexico

Essays and portfolios Credit for West courses Before admitted Workshops and seminars Online Face-to-face At corporations

Strategy Process Faculty Research and Benchmarking Communication and Marketing Plan Discussion

Support from management Assess systems Create a process Set a launch date

Training and Hiring Challenges Recommended Books Hart & Hickerson (2009) Fiddler, Marienau, & Whitaker (2006) Zucker, Johnson, & Flint (1999) Communication and update training plan Calibrating Faculty each quarter or as needed

Data and Industry Standards CAEL Discussion board/ Contact List Find a Mentor CAEL Books

Training Developing materials Create a plan Regular schedule Newsletters Faculty training Student orientations

Community colleges Human resource departments Websites Student Workshops

Discussion Table Group Exercise

Fiddler, M., Marienau, C., & Whitaker, U. (2006). Assessing learning: Standards, principles & procedures. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning: Chicago. Hart, D., & Hickerson, J. (2009). Prior learning portfolios: A representative collection. Chicago: Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. Nonaka, I., & Nishiguchi, T. (Eds.). (2001). Knowledge emergence: Social, technical, and evolutionary dimensions of knowledge creation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Zucker, B., Johnson, C., & Flint, T. (1999). Prior Learning Assessment: A guidebook to American institutional practices. CAEL Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.