Robert Pearl Starks

Steve Gunderson discusses his background and how he came to APSCU. He also discusses the mission of APSCU and the role the organization is playing in reaching out across different sectors of education to build bridges as a vital component to solving the skills gap and the opportunity gap.

 

Steve Gunderson, President of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU), offers some reflective thoughts on 2012 and advice for what needs to be done in 2013 and beyond.

Bill Pepicello (President of University of Phoenix) and Barry Feierstein (Chief Business Operating Officer of University of Phoenix) discuss one of the university's newest classroom environments and how the University of Phoenix is attempting to reinvent higher education for working adults.

Ryan Busch, Publisher of Today's Campus Magazine, Interviews Bill Pepicello and Barry Feierstein of University of Phoenix from Today's Campus Magazine on Vimeo.

 

When an employee's job performance does not meet your expectations, training may or may not help.  It is important to analyze the discrepancy between desired performance and actual performance before taking action.  Analysis may show that training can help.  However, poor performance may be due to many other causes. One factor that has a significant effect on performance is how you manage your employees.  Even experienced managers can forget the basic do’s and don’ts of management. For example, here is a fundamental managerial technique that seems to be ignored by many supervisors and managers when managing inexperienced employees.

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C-Span featured a discussion about massive open online courses or MOOCs increasingly used as alternative classrooms at colleges and universities. The discussion focuses on the operation of the programs, how they might change access to higher education, and the future of higher education.