In addition to his role as an advocate for distance learning at Temple, Alley said he will look for ways to establish alliances with other institutions in the region, such as community colleges. Potential alliances also may exist with employers in the region and with other providers of distance learning. Alley also hopes to help Temple coordinate its internal efforts on distance learning. We have to learn about the synergies among our multiple distance education initiatives on campus. Finally, Temple needs to align its services with the community to ensure that what the University offers meshes with what students request, Alley said.
Distance education transcends distance and time.
If we can use distance education to align the topics, place and time . . . Alley is an internationally known expert on distance learning with broad experience in the worlds of higher education and the private sector. In addition to his service at KPMG, Alley was associate vice-president in academic affairs and adjunct professor in the University of Wisconsin system. He also served for five years as assistant vice president in academic affairs at Arizona State University, where he developed institutional strategies and support services for management systems and learning technologies. Before his appointment at Arizona, Alley was associate vice president in finance and administration at Southern Methodist University and adjunct professor of business in SMU's Edwin L. Cox School of Business.