Our human subjects review process has been streamlined, while actually strengthening the assurance that the rights of research subjects are being protected. The Center for Continuous Learning is poised to provide innovative new learning and delivery formats, as well as enrollment management and marketing support to Extended Campus graduate programs. The Trustees have instructed the MnSCU Graduate Council to prepare a detailed report on the feasibility of specific programs for their consideration this Fall. And it is a good thing that we are growing so strong internally, because the external challenges are significant and growing. There are significant new players in the world of higher education.
Business is knowledge, and everyone knows it.
As result, we are losing our monopoly over higher education as the business sector seeks to control a key input into their production process. These shifts are not optional. We need to see ourselves as part of the larger whole and address those larger concerns as well as our own. Nor do I think these changes are unreasonable or even undesirable. In return, our society will pay us to do what we love.