Eastern Iowa Colleges Expect Shift Toward Career Focus
Area college leaders forecast higher enrollment in career related programs with older and more diverse students. Institutions like Cornell Coe Central College University of Dubuque Wartburg Clarke Mount Mercy Luther and Loras aim to raise admission standards expand computer and business courses and redefine liberal arts amid relocation and faculty adjustments.
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Central College
University of Dubuque
Wartburg
Luther
Glenn Nelson
William Penn College
Gus Turbeville
Secor
Donald Ruthenberg
Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Clarke
Dubuque
Mount Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Eastern
Leo Nussbaum
Coe College
Thomas Feld
Ruthenberg
One Course at a Time reshapes Cornell College year
Cornell College in Mount Vernon runs eight courses from September to June, one course per month. President Philip Secor and academic dean Robert Lewis praise the plan as a winner boosting enrollment, with language study and off campus programs highlighted. Critics say it hinders transfers, but administrators dispute this.
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Philip Secor
John Brown
Lewis and Clark College
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Colorado Springs
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Mexico
Japan
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