• Consultants: Who, When and Why?
• Dedicated Sector Advocate: "This is something I really want to do"
• What Makes Certain Questions So Difficult to Answer?
• Creating Service-Learning Opportunities: Curriculum Design and Student Outcomes
• Creating & Motivating a Unique Ability Team
• Breaking the Rules
• Gaining Control of Your Online Brand
• Brand Building in Career Colleges
• Leveling the Playing Field for FY 2005 Cohort Default Rates
• What Is Your School Worth? Pulling Back the Curtain – Bids on Actual Transactions
• Convention 2007: Career College Association Annual Convention and Exposition
• My Perspective: An End-of-Career Interview with David Moore on Work, Family and Career Education
   

Consultants: Who, When and Why? (view PDF)
Knowing how and when to engage a consultant may be less expensive in the long run than finding out too late that a process, procedure or regulatory requirement is not being met. (Published June 2008)

Dedicated Sector Advocate: "This is something I really want to do" (view PDF)
Ron Salmon has become known as a leading advocate for the sector with frequent presentations at national, regional and state association meetings. In this interview, he shares his perspective on recent developments within the sector and comments about those who have helped influence his career. (Published May 2008)

What Makes Certain Questions So Difficult to Answer? (view PDF)
Answering difficult questions in an admissions interview doesn’t need to be hard, if you understand the process and what the prospect is really asking. (Published April 2008)

Creating Service-Learning Opportunities: Curriculum Design and Student Outcomes (view PDF)
Career colleges should and need to be part of integrating service learning in the curriculum of their programs. Dr. Gary Meers outlines the key components of a successful service-learning program and details the possible outcomes for all parties involved. (Published March 2008)

Creating & Motivating a Unique Ability Team (view PDF)
Successful leadership starts with the creation of a unique ability team. Each team member’s complementary ability is key to producing a result that’s bigger than any one member of the team could produce individually. Organizations are best led by example and site visitations as often as possible to provide motivation and to personally check on the operation. (Published February 2008)

Breaking the Rules (view PDF)
Career college admissions sales practices have evolved over the years, attempting to keep pace with a changing marketplace. Today, there is an even greater need to adapt the admissions sales process to match the Internet-driven, information-rich environment in which schools now compete. (Published January 2008)

Gaining Control of Your Online Brand (view PDF)
Now that Internet marketing has become an integral part of the overall marketing strategy for career colleges, savvy managers must develop expertise to deal with the onslaught of questionable online marketing tactics that have become prevalent in this field. (Published December 2007)

Brand Building in Career Colleges (view PDF)
The challenge of an effective educational brand management strategy is that it can only be maximized to the degree that every member of the academic community plays a role in fulfilling the brand promise. (Published November 2007)

Leveling the Playing Field for FY 2005 Cohort Default Rates (view PDF)
The Cohort Default Rates show a very different picture once the playing field is leveled, with the proprietary sector experiencing the largest percent of rates that decreased from over 10 percent for FY 2004 to under 10 percent for FY 2005. (Published October 2007)

What Is Your School Worth? Pulling Back the Curtain – Bids on Actual Transactions (view PDF)
The bids made for the schools in this case history demonstrate that there is a wide range of bids that different prospective buyers will make for the same schools. The varying characteristics of the buyers largely explain these valuation differences. (Published September 2007)

Convention 2007: Career College Association Annual Convention and Exposition (view PDF)
We are excited, once again, to have put together our special convention issue. We have focused our attention on remarks from the state associations and national accrediting agencies, as well as reports and commentary from those well respected in the field of higher education. We plan to feature additional presenters in future issues.

Although some of the breakout sessions and meetings presented serious issues we face as a sector of education, the convention also offered a great time with friends, old and new, as many of our photos and lighthearted comments reflect. Like the convention, we have something of interest for everyone in our sector. (Published August 2007)

My Perspective: An End-of-Career Interview with David Moore on Work, Family and Career Education (view PDF)
In this interview, David reviews his life and development as a career college leader, reflects on the founding of Corinthian Colleges, and offers some observations on the current state of the career college sector. (Published July 2007)

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