Course Description: Online and professional education units operate in fast-moving environments shaped by enrollment pressures, workforce demand, evolving learner expectations, and emerging technologies. This course helps professionals and leaders translate strategy into pedagogical and technological delivery while navigating the realities of institutional priorities, organizational capacity, and shared governance.
Participants will explore approaches to strategic planning, innovation, organizational change, and data-informed decision-making within academic environments. Learners will develop a focused, realistic action plan for an aspect of an academic portfolio, supported by a practical logic model that communicates intended outcomes and measures success.
Designed for administrative professionals responsible for strategic initiatives, organizational planning, and academic innovation, this course provides practical frameworks for leading change, responding to emerging opportunities, and turning strategic ideas into meaningful institutional action.
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