IACBE Annual Conference
and Assembly Meeting
April 10, 2014
Roundtable Discussion
Facilitated by Dr. Ross Wirth &
Professor Janet Staker Woerner
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Provide a high-level overview of challenges
before us in Business Education
Introduce Trends and Challenges in Business
Education (TCBE Project)
Opportunity to discuss and add perspective
to guide our next steps
Draft an agenda for online & future face-to-face
(F2F) meetings
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“Fifteen years from now more than half
of the universities will be in bankruptcy,
including the state schools.”
-Clayton Christensen
Speaking Feb. 6, 2013 at the
Startup Grind conference
Author of
Retrieved from
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/02/07/
disruption-guru-christensen-why.html?page=all
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Diminishing ability to pay for college education
Even more going down-market for lower tuition
Value of a degree being publicly questioned
Increased focus on “buying into a career path”
Number of high school graduates is shrinking
Non-traditional students still an opportunity
Transient students increasingly common
Message control moving online to social media
Data analytics enabling personalized learning
MOOCs starting to move toward transfer credit
Lawlor Intelligent Marketing Solutions for Educators, 2013. Retrieved from
http://www.sumsem.com/testing/2013_trends.pdf
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How can we keep up with
what is happening?
Logos retrieved from Google Images
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Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., Freeman, A. (2014). NMC Horizon Report:
2014 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.
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Western Governors University
◦ Zero to 40,000+ students in 18 years
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Southern New Hampshire University
◦ Enrollment grew from 2000 to 34,000 in five years
◦ Targeting 350,000 College for America enrollment
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Saylor Foundation – NCCRS or CLEP credit
MOOCs moving toward ACE credit (slowly)
StraighterLine, University of the People,
Peer-to-peer University
Udemy, Skillshare, CreativeLIVE, Lynda
SNHU information retrieved from
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/01/southern_new_hampshire_univer
sity_how_paul_leblanc_s_tiny_school_has_become.html
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Incremental Change (transactional)
◦ Any Centers of Excellence to leverage?
◦ Productivity & process improvement?
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Disruptive Change (transformative)
◦ New Business Models?
 Possible within current structure?
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What scenarios are we considering?
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As a school of business –
What is our role in leading change on campus?
As an assembly of schools of business –
What role might IACBE play in collaboration?
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Recent articles in BizEd magazine
◦ “Rethinking the Business Model for Business
Schools”
◦ “How business schools must change to survive”
◦ “The 21st Century Business School Dean”
◦ “Online delivery systems will revolutionize
education”
◦ “Next steps for online education”
◦ “What MOOCs could mean for higher education”
◦ “Competing for faculty in a changing
environment”
plus newsletters, webinars, workshops, & discussion boards
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Meetings underway to discuss
◦ Collaboration among Division Heads
◦ Sharing Faculty Development opportunities
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Networking faculty within a discipline
Cross-listing low-enrollment courses
Sharing learning resources
Sharing curriculum (Center of Excellence)
The Power to Convene
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The IACBE will serve as a:
◦ Communications Hub for connecting members
◦ Distribution of Information
◦ Professional Development & Thought Leadership
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Focus will be on:
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Discussing Trends in Business Education
Participatory conversations
Addressing challenges facing member institutions
Developing solutions to these challenges
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Convene IACBE member schools to
◦ Collaborate to develop ways to address
the challenging issues facing our
institutions
◦ Contribute to our common goal of
excellence in business education
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Serve as a platform for researching technology
◦ Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn . . . .
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Blog – issue clarification & discussion
F2F sessions - National & Regional Assemblies,
IACBE Summer Institute
Special Interest Working Groups
◦ In-depth investigation of a problem or opportunity
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Knowledge repository for sharing
◦ Learning Resources
◦ Best Practices
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Webinars – Continuing Education and/or live
discussion
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How can you play a role?
◦ Blogging & discussion
◦ Testing technology
◦ Other?
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How can other IACBE members be invited in?
◦ Looking for ideas for next steps
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Summer Institute & Regional Assemblies
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Opportunity to Check-in
◦ Virtual Conference connected to F2F session
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What topics should be on the agenda?
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Who would like to participate in the planning?
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What needs to be done between now & then?
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We need your ideas & help
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Please provide your contact information
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Dr. Ross Wirth, Franklin University
ross.wirth@franklin.edu
Prof. Janet Staker Woerner, Herzing University
jstakerwoerner@herzing.edu
http://www.iacbe.org/si-tcbe-project.asp
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Stages of Collaboration
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Raising awareness of issues
Clarification of issues
Sharing and identification of expertise & capabilities
Transition to an “asking” culture
Challenges
◦ Moving first to “sharing” – then to “asking”
◦ Balancing benefits across institutions
◦ Clarifying policies & procedures
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High
Impact
Scenario
Planning
Low
Impact
Low
Probability
High
Probability
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