Dear President:
I have been where you are, and I know that at times the future can be a frightening place for a private of higher education institution . In a 1990 work entitled Power Shift, Alvin Toffler predicted that the 21st century would bring an explosion of educational options, riding the wave of technology innovation. Toffler's prediction has already come true with the advent of Internet-based distance education and other computer-driven competitive options that your students, and potential students, find highly attractive.
- Will your institution sustain its ability to attract students and compete in the 21st century?
- Will your institution find additional revenue streams based on technologically expanded delivery of your unique mission?
- Will your institution benefit from the bold, visionary leadership necessary to survive in the 21st Century?
Dr. C. Wayne Freeberg, Executive Director of Florida's former State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities (SBICU), observed that "To survive in the 21st Century, colleges and universities must SHIFT from being geographically specific and program diversified to being program specific and geographically diversified..." This dramatic shift will not involve bricks and mortar. Rather, geographic expansion frequently occurs through the development of a fully integrated virtual campus on the World Wide Web.
The Electronic Learning Institute (ELI) provides fully integrated, worldwide Internet solutions for colleges and universities with a low cost - high return program designed specifically for private institutions that aspire to a high quality, high visibility Web presence that secures an additional revenue stream for the institution.
To acquaint you further with our services, ELI will, at no cost or obligation, provide to you and selected staff and faculty a two-hour professional development seminar entitled "Educational Success in the New Millennium."
This learning opportunity:
A. details the three (3) most influential educational changes taking place in response to technology.
B. outlines five (5) essential institutional elements for technological success and,
C. warns of the three (3) biggest institutional pitfalls in doing business on the Internet.
The presentation also provides a starting point for thinking about a fully integrated Internet solution for your institution. We will encourage dialogue on questions like the following:
- What essential characteristics of my institution must be highlighted to capture its unique nature in its World Wide Web presence?
- What programs and services will we offer on the Web to achieve a fully integrated system?
- What does our Web site need to become a fully integrated, fully functional virtual campus?
- How will we attract new students and other new clients to our Web site and to our expanded educational programs and services?
- How will we assure quality in our programs and services?
As a teacher, administrator, consultant, and corporate officer, I have contributed technology expertise for more than 30 years to organizations, including school systems, private colleges and universities, corporations, and Florida's State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities.
My colleagues within the Electronic Learning Institute bring an array of rich backgrounds in private higher education administration and teaching. Together we stand as a team ready to enrich your institution and to work as your partner dedicated to optimizing your technological success.
Sincerely,
Larry D. Moulds
Larry D. Moulds, Ph.D., President
Electronic Learning Institute is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the mission of assisting organizations and individuals in the achievement of their goals in the areas of institutional accreditation and educational applications of technology.