On-Demand Video

Program Growth to Leadership Strategy: Online Learning as an Institutional Imperative

The next wave of online growth will belong to institutions that turn learner insight into intentional design, clearer visibility, and stronger support.

In this on-demand session, we explore how higher education institutions are encountering misalignment between learner needs and institutional realities—and where the greatest opportunities now lie.

Drawing on insights gathered from more than 10,500 online learners and 140 institutional leaders, you’ll gain a high-level, strategic view of:

  • How today’s online learners differ from the audiences institutions were built to serve
  • Why brand visibility, search behavior, and clarity increasingly determine enrollment outcomes
  • How AI is reshaping learner expectations, institutional operations, and the future workforce
  • What presidents can do, practically and realistically, to close these gaps without radical reinvention, regardless of where they find themselves on the online innovation curve (from institutions seeking to launch their first degree, to those looking to scale existing and new programs along with institutions looking to transition from an OPM).

Presenters

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Shankar Prasad
Chief Strategy Officer
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Dr. Mark Lombardi
President Emeritus at Maryville University
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Kate Ledger
Associate Vice President of Strategic Enrollment and Outreach, Old Dominion University
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Angie Kamath
Harvey J. Stedman Dean, School of Professional Studies, New York University

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