President Downs and VP Jackson featured in January Prairie Business magazine
President Tim Downs and VP of Academic and Student Affairs Arrick Jackson are among several higher education leaders featured in the January 2024 Prairie Business Magazine. In the issue, leaders discuss the strategic decisions being made to reshape higher education for the long term – everything from financial, enrollment and marketing challenges to addressing mental health and equity needs to sustain a resilient and welcoming place to learn.
“The process of education is go in and start to take your general education, liberal arts, and core, then sample what you think you’re interested in,” Downs said “One of the things we’re trying to do is to get students to breathe and just look around and see where their skills match – the content areas, knowledge areas – and that leads to jobs. Then it will articulate into one or more degree programs as being viable for that student’s pathway of interest.”
The story, Higher Ed Adapts Strategic Plans to Address Challenges, begins on page 18.