Course Description: Strong partnerships and community engagement are essential to expanding educational opportunity and ensuring colleges and remain responsive to the evolving needs of learners, employers, and the communities they serve. This course explores strategies for developing collaborative partnerships, designing community-responsive programs, and creating educational pathways that support workforce development, lifelong learning, and institutional mission.
Participants will examine how online and professional education units identify community needs, engage internal and external stakeholders, and build sustainable partnerships that create value for learners and institutions alike. Through practical examples and collaborative discussions, learners will explore approaches to program planning, market analysis, outreach, and partnership development that strengthen community impact while supporting organizational sustainability.
Designed for professionals involved in workforce development, community engagement, partnership development, and program innovation, this course provides practical tools for creating educational initiatives that expand opportunity and respond to changing community and workforce needs.
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UPCEA is the online and professional education association. Our members positively impact millions of lives by continuously reinventing higher education. We advance the professional field through cutting edge research, professional development, networking and mentorship, conferences and seminars, and stakeholder advocacy. Our collaborative, entrepreneurial community brings together decision makers and influencers in education, industry, research, and policy interested in improving educational access and outcomes.
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