Mark McCoy, Ph.D., was president of DePauw University from March 2016 through July 2020, having served previously as dean of the DePauw University School of Music from 2011-2016. A first generation college student and the son of a coal miner, Dr. McCoy was committed to making DePauw an even greater place to learn, live, and work, with an emphasis…

Enrollment management, the authors suggested in earlier essays, is a deliberate process of achieving an institution's preferred enrollment profile, starting by identifying the strategic purposes and mission of the institution, and then orchestrating the marketing, recruitment, admissions, pricing and aid, retention programs, academic support…

Highlights the realities of what constitutes a productive school-industry alliance in improving the education-to-work process. (Author)

Discusses how companies can benefit from cooperative education (lower labor and recruitment costs; improved employee retention and work performance), types of jobs appropriate for co-op (assistant; project work; trainee); types of structures available, and how to establish a cooperative education program. (JOW)

Discusses the importance of industry/education cooperation when planning vocational programs. The gap between what is happening in industry and in most technical programs must be eliminated. (JOW)

Friends University in Kansas turned its program around by offering more programs during the evening. Success of the adult programming is attributed to business-industry support, pioneering attitudes of faculty and administrators, and adult-learner population needing flexible scheduling. (JOW)

Focuses on three aspects of vocational education vis-a-vis business and industry: the need for strong, innovative, business-responsive programs meeting individual, industrial, and national needs; community college programs related to new teaching/learning experiences and/or new approaches to the traditional flow between education and work; and…

Discusses the National Education and Training Task Force for Minority Business Enterprise, its message for vocational education, its recommendations, the potential of small business, the building of local systems, evaluation of present programs, postsecondary emphasis, and the Youth Enterprise Project as a catalyst. (CT)

Identifies issues to be considered in deciding whether a community college should become involved in industrial training (e.g., local needs and attitudes, faculty attitudes, and personnel implications). Suggests an organizational model for delivering customized job training. Identifies program benefits and potential problems. (DMM)

Discusses the benefits of college/industry partnerships. Warns colleges to ensure that the partnerships make good business sense; i.e., that they supplement the college's current programs and expertise or put the institution in a new market position. Identifies criteria for choosing the right business partners. (DMM)

Outlines the similarities and differences between traditional degree programs and industrial training programs and offers suggestions for colleges initiating industrial training efforts, covering areas such as administrative responses, the target group, internal communication, faculty, instructional implications, program delivery, finances,…

This article discusses concerns associated with cooperative education placements in sport management and offers a model for revision of sport management internship programs based on analysis of the organizational needs of the employer, the experiential and career aspirations of the student, and the academic needs of the institution. (IAH)

This interview with the executive director of the National Association for Gifted Children documents responses to questions about gifted program advocacy, including opposition to differentiated education for gifted students, effective lobbying techniques, and relationships with legislators and the business community. (DB)

This paper presents ideas for creating, replicating, and improving the quality of business-school partnerships. Information is derived from an in-depth case study of the Adopt-A-School program in Memphis, Tennessee, and related data collected from Chicago, New York, Salt Lake City, and Boston. An introduction analyzes negative and positive…

Because of the critical importance of education to the productivity and competitiveness of business, the Ad Hoc Committee on Education, comprised of senior executives from major corporations, was established in November 1987 to identify actions the Business Roundtable could take to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education in the…