Lisa Sharpe

About me

Dr. Lisa Sharpe has two decades of experience in higher education, both as a professor and as an administrator. She has developed multiple new courses, certificate programs, bachelor's and master's degrees in a career schools environment. Dr. Sharpe's doctoral work and research interests are centered on faculty development, particularly adjunct faculty development. As a professor and chair at the university level, she facilitated faculty development and taught in the areas of strategic planning and student development. As an administrator, her interests center on instructional design and assessment, particularly authentic assessment. Dr. Sharpe is also a graphic and multimedia designer with extensive experience practicing and teaching in the design field. She has spent her entire career working with career students and the faculty who teach them. She considers teaching an honor, and loves to help administrators and faculty succeed and better their professional development.

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Using Research Effectively

Lena, That's where data-driven research can really help! Lisa Sharpe

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Using Research Effectively

Lena, The importance of patience cannot be overstated. It takes time to develop and nurture a new program, and so many things comeinto play -- advertising, research, recruiting, and old fashioned stubbornness. Sometimes a new program does not take off as expected! I've had this experience many times. At a for-profit institution, many times management will want to see immediate results, not realizing that results and reputation take time to build. Lisa Sharpe

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Gathering Competitive Data

Lena, It can be difficult to compete price-wise with public schools and community colleges. Do you have data to support those decisions? Lisa Sharpe

Lisa Sharpe

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Using Available Data

Lena, That's a great practice. I like the idea of adding a checklist -- to fuel their imagination about what potential careers might be! Lisa Sharpe

Lisa Sharpe

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Graduate Placement Data

Thanks for a thoughtful post! I find that faculty are an excellent course of leads for new employment; I'm sure you'll agree that tapping the potential of your adjunct faculty is a tremendous admissions resource!

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Freshman Retention Through Experiential Learning

As educators and administrators, we know that retention in the first three terms is critical. There are many issues that cause freshmen to drop out; difficult transitions, lack of preparedness, financial issues... the list goes on. There are also many strategies that faculty in career colleges can use to improve retention. I'd like to share one that worked for my institution.

Typically, students in career colleges are not especially excited about general education coursework. They want to jump right in and get started doing what they love, be it fashion design or IT. Therefore, it becomes business-critical to engage freshmen… >>>

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Using Planning Tools Effectively

What kinds of planning tools are already used by your institution? How much of the existing planning tools will you use? What new planning tools will you bring to the project?

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Using Research Effectively

How prepared are you to conduct research to determine what new training programs to offer? What else do you feel you still need to know?

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Gathering Competitive Data

List all the training centers in your community. What discoveries have you made in terms of serious competition to your institution and ideas for new programs to offer?

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New Program Data

List all the new continuing education courses offered in your community or elsewhere. What discoveries have you made and what ideas do you have for new courses to offer?

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