MOOCs, badges and credentials, competency-based degrees, new business models, “disruptions” at every turn – the changes and challenges seem to come at warp speed. Which ones are fads, and which ones will have real staying power? And how do all these developments connect with WASC expectations and the 2013 Handbook of Accreditation?

The 2013 WASC Academic Resource Conference (ARC) will focus on questions like these. We’ll explore the ways we can adapt current practice and use innovations most effectively right now, even as we prepare for higher education’s next horizon.

Join us at the western region’s pre-eminent meeting place for vision, values, and networking as we explore innovations, share results, and plan for the future.

2013 ARC PLENARY AND FEATURED SPEAKERS

  • The Online Revolution: Education at Scale
    Daphne Koller
  • Beyond Seat-Time: Competency-Based Programs as the “Coin of the Realm”
    Mike Offerman
  • The New Culture of Learning
    Douglas Thomas
  • Capstones and Core Competencies: Student Experiences and Lessons Learned
    Panel Presentation
  • The Window of Opportunity for Public Higher Education
    Peggy Maki
  • Diversity and students’ development
    Sylvia Hurtado
  • The Roads We’ve Taken, the Roads that Beckon
    Ralph Wolff