Lisa Sharpe

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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What surveys does your institution have in place? How can you use the current data? What new surveys and other research techniques do you have to put in place to gather data to make informed decisions about program development?
Who on staff has information about the companies that currently hire your graduates and companies that do not? How can you work together to gather missing company information?
Module 1 starts the process of gathering information to make effective program decisions. What information do you already have? How will you gather the additional information?
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An Advisory Board or committee is very important for program decision-making. Who will you have on your board and what is their affiliation with your institution?

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