presented by:
	Dr. Janet K. Poley President, ADEC Distance Education Consortium

1. Public Service and Outreach: Corporate America Looks at Higher Education

2. Renaissance Reflections
   • Marvelous Achievements
   • Large Remaining Gaps
   • Importance of Education
   • Learning Opportunities Must Be Everywhere
   • Learning Must Be Lifelong

3. Corporate America
   • Sees Adult Education as a Big Opportunity
   • Teaching-Learning - Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
   • Global Pent-Up Demand for Higher Education
   • Knowledge Explosion - Re-Tooling

4. Mega-Universities and Niche Markets
   • No More Boundaries
   • Competition and Cooperation
   • Cherry Picking and Cream Skimming
   • Follow the Money
   • Follow the Demographics
   • Public Service/Outreach - Safety Nets

5. Examples
   • The University of Phoenix
   • Western Governors University
   • Jones Knowledge Company
   • The United States Open University
   • Courses on the Web
   • Digital Revolution - Old and New Forms

6. Issues
   • Workforce and Workplace
   • Salary Gaps
   • Job Security
   • Access - Rural Areas, Underserved
   • Internet Time
   • Blurring between Work/Family Life

7. Importance of Public Interest
   • L.G. Universities - New AND Old Ways to Do Business
   • Importance of Technology and Education to the Economy - the Development Challenge
   • Must Get Smarter - Digital Core - Teams - Intellectual Property - New Skills - More Organizational Flexibility

8. Examples
   • More People Have Televisions Than Telephones
   • Radio Still Preferred
   • DBS Public Interest Opportunity
   • Radio - Low Wattage & Satellite
   • Internet Growth Will Continue
   • Meetings of All Types Decline

9. New Strategies
   • Identify Strengths
   • Partnership - Consortia - Public/Private
   • Creative Financing - Know Real Costs
   • Meet People Where They Are
   • Define Communities of Interest
   • Outreach and Public Service - Greater Investment - Not an Add On - Alums

10. Corporate Value Added
    • IBM CEO 1998 Annual Salary: $9.4 Million
    • 1998 PC Business Lost: $1 Billion
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Consolidations and Lay-Offs
    • We Must Have a Vibrant Educational Sector

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