About Episode 153

As a follow-up to the pre-2024 call-in show, hosts Tom and Kelvin talk through the need to re-examine, challenge, and change existing institutional structures as we seek to serve learners better – both existing students and a wider variety of potential new students.

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Coffee Links 

• Single-Origin Coffees from Swiss Mountain Coffee (Zion, Illinois)
• Coffee Creations, LLC (Charlestown, Indiana)                                                        
• “Rose Garden Collection” (coffee blends created by Rose Meurer; money flows differently)

Content Links 

• From UPCEA: “Predictions 2024: Insights for Online and Professional Education”
• From Ithaka S+R: “University Budget Models and Indirect Costs: A Primer”
• The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) Project
• Past TOPcast Episodes
  • TOPcast Episode #116: “3Fold Gains and the Improvement of Higher Ed” (with Dr. Steve Ehrmann)
  • TOPcast Episode #126: “COLOs, Context, and Community” (with Dr. Jocelyn Widmer) 
  • TOPcast Episode #151: “‘What a Year [of Disruption] It Has Been! […But] 2024 Is Upon Us!’” (2023 Call-In Show)

Just-for-Fun Pop Culture Links

• Florida’s “Tervis Tumblers”

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of This Episode!