DI: Could you envision a situation where you could partner with a Black or Hispanic-serving college?
JE: I’m absolutely a believer in joint programs, and I would absolutely welcome the opportunity to bring our expertise in online learning and outcome assessment to a more traditional institution. So if there was interest on the part of a traditional institution to work with us in that way, we would be receptive.
DI: There is this tremendous opportunity for profiteering because of all of the money that’s going into homeland security and cybersecurity. What are some of the barometers that you use in terms of deciding which of these opportunities you are going to go after?
JE: I want to bring good business principles to the delivery of quality higher education. I want our new programs to be preceded by objective third-party market assessment. I want to make sure that just because a group of faculty think this is a good idea that there’s really a need in the marketplace for what it is we’re offering, and that we include those particular aspects of our education that are really addressing needs in the marketplace. I want to make sure that we don’t discount the cost of marketing. It’s one thing to have the most wonderful program in the world, but if nobody knows you have it, what good is it?
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