Questions

Q: I was just wondering if you could refer me to some information regarding pricing per student. We run a Continuing Education program here and I have an instructor who teaches Yoga. Her class meets once per week for one hour for 7 to 8 weeks. She has an existing class and then..

Q: We are planning to include morning and afternoon snacks and lunch in the price of our public classes and need to increase our prices. Two questions:1.What is LERN’s position on including food in public workshops?2.When increasing prices, are there guidelines for communicating..

Q: Do you also have possible interview questions that can be used for a Program Coordinator position?A: Here are some general questions that are useful in an interview. Be aware that today's young applicants are very interview-savvy. Most of them prep for the interview, and..

Q: I am interested in finding out what College’s in the US are leaders in developing online certificate programming? And what certificates they have created?A: Based on a LERN Survey, following are the top ten most offered certificate programs for 2012. I will ask one of our..

Q: One of the areas we have a mandate to move into is the development of certificate programs, specifically 10-week credit certificate programs. Do you have an information on schools that have had any success doing this? The idea is to provide people with skills that will make..

Q: How do you handle high dollar purchases of equipment for an industrial program? For example, we recently spent approximately $80K for some CNC machining equipment. Does this expense need to be absorbed by the department, or division, in one year? I’ve read the article on..

Q: I am trying to figure out what my Professional and Community learners want in terms of online educational opportunities.I thought of sending out a survey instrument via Constant Contact….introducing myself but also ask both the Business Community and the Community at large..

Q: Question for you:What does your research and expertise tell you about the effectiveness of mailing guides to all residents? We currently do the following each quarter:a.       Mail guide to past 5 quarters worth of customersb. Insert guide into our local paper with distribution of..

Q: We are looking at launching some online programs at CE … and would like some information on any benchmarks you have on instructor pay.Based on CE programs nationwide, and your UGC program, can you offer some thoughts on the following approaches to online pay?1. Pay on a..

Q: Our non-credit schedule is my responsibility here at Carroll, and we know we need to make some changes going in to fall. As members of LERN, we thought we’d take advantage your expertise.We currently produce three schedules annually: Fall (Aug. – Dec.); Winter/Spring (Jan. –..