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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Becky Takeda-Tinker, President of Colorado State University Global Campus (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: The other trend that I have noticed is that there is a lot of online education going on in healthcare, for example in nursing training and medical technician training. Becky Takeda-Tinker: I think technology has advanced where you can create 3D and 4D images. Sramana Mitra: We have a company in our portfolio that
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Becky Takeda-Tinker, President of Colorado State University Global Campus (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: You believe that the formal higher education process is worth it? Becky Takeda-Tinker: I think it suits some of the population in the US. I don’t believe that it serves all. There must be different pathways for different interests. The world has changed so much from when the baby boomers came. We are
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Becky Takeda-Tinker, President of Colorado State University Global Campus (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: It sounds like one of the factors that you’re optimizing on is the cost of getting a degree. Is this an across-the-board trend that you’re observing in your peer group of institutions running online degree programs. Becky Takeda-Tinker: No. As a public non-profit state university, our only mission is student success in the workplace
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Becky Takeda-Tinker, President of Colorado State University Global Campus (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: What can you share about the demographics and psychographics of your student body? Who are these people? Becky Takeda-Tinker: Interestingly, 40% are the first in their families to attend college. 27% are from underserved population – Latino, African-American, Asian, and Native American. 15% of our students are military affiliated. About 50% are male
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Becky Takeda-Tinker, President of Colorado State University Global Campus (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: I’d like to ask you some questions. Help me understand what is the size of the student body and how that splits into different areas that you’re talking about. You talked about seven areas of IT certification. It sounds like they’re well-tuned to job prospects. How big is that in your student body?
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Becky Takeda-Tinker, President of Colorado State University Global Campus (Part 1)
This discussion is about CSU’s online program that caters to 17,000 students. Many online higher education trends are discussed at length. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as your activities at Colorado State. Becky Takeda-Tinker: I’m the President of Colorado State University Global Campus. We are the nation’s only
