Roundtable discussion at the Fall 2012 ICCHE/ICCET Combined Conference

1. ICCET/ICCHE Fall Conference 2012 • September 26 & 27, Utica, IL • Roundtable Discussion Notes
Topic: CE Programming 101
How do universities and community colleges avoid competing with each other?
 Establish partnerships with each other
 Alternate schedules if offering the same programs (ie: university offer in Spring; community
college offer in Fall)
 University focus on higher level professional courses and community colleges focus on leisure
learning
 Co-advertise each other’s programs in catalogs
Ideas for new program coordinators:
 Create a statewide instructor database to enable the sharing of instructors between institutions
in the same geographic area
 Use Craigslist (professional services tab) to find new instructors
 Collaborate with other colleges, community business/subject matter experts, vendors to offer
new programs
 Keep your office open for walk-in visitors who have ideas for courses
 Explore online or blended coursework
 Offer events with special speakers that could do workshops; when attending events consider if
the presenter could do a workshop for your institution
 Create a statewide mentor/mentee program for ICCET members