November 30 | 1:00 PM CT
Gorick NgGorick Ng is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right, a book published by Harvard Business Review Press. It is a guide to help early career professionals, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, navigate the school-to-work transition and ascend to positions of leadership, based on 500+ interviews with professionals across geographies, industries, and job types.
The Unspoken Rules has been endorsed by Arianna Huffington, Cal Newport (Author of Deep Work), David Carey (Former Global President of Hearst Magazines), Edith Cooper (Board Director of Slack and Etsy and Former Global Head of Human Capital Management of Goldman Sachs), Ginni Rometty (Former Executive Chairman of IBM), Julie Zhuo (Former VP of Product Design of Facebook), Rich Lesser (CEO of BCG), and Ratan Tata (Former Chairman of Tata Group).
The Unspoken Rules is now used for employee and manager training and diversity and inclusion at companies such as Aon, GE, IBM, Kirkland & Ellis, Charles River Associates, Abiomed, Invesco, and others. It is also used by programs such as Questbridge, Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America, Rewriting the Code, ACE Women’s Collective, SEO, Africa.com, and others. Harvard Business School has also given Gorick’s book to every MBA student to give them an edge in the labor market.
Gorick is a career adviser at Harvard College, specializing in coaching first-generation, low-income students. He has worked in management consulting at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), investment banking at Credit Suisse, and research with the Managing the Future of Work project at Harvard Business School. He has been featured in Forbes, The Today Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed, New York Post, Fast Company, and CNBC. Gorick, a first-generation college student, is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.
December 1 | 8:30 AM CT
As we transition to yet another later stage of the pandemic, PCO units are going to be more important and spending more over the next few years, as they strive to be more competitive for credit-seeking students while building out new audiences of non-credit students. Review the impactful results of this pace-setting survey, and then dive into ramifications that will address perspectives on how practitioners source talent, how they are investing in tools and technology, and what influences decision-making as institutions continue to increase budgets and expectations for their marketing departments.
UPCEA Center for Research and StrategyBruce joined UPCEA in 2014 as a Research Assistant for UPCEA’s Center for Research and Strategy. In October of 2017 he became Project Manager, and in October 2019 he became the Assistant Director of Research and January 2022 became the Director of Research and Consulting.
Bruce is responsible for developing and managing research initiatives for the Center for Research and Strategy and its clients. He graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Sociology and a minor in Sustainability Leadership.
When not in the office, you can find Bruce outside hiking, climbing, biking, or fishing. He has hiked the entirety of the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail, and completed a cross-country bicycle tour.
December 1 | 12:00 PM CT
Sponsored by Education Dynamics
Join this lively, interactive conversation with the recipients of the 2022 MEMS awards and learn about how these innovative leaders navigated upheaval and uncertainty, and helped their institutions pivot from pandemic to proliferation.
Excellence in Enrollment Management Award: Kat Ambrose, Oregon State University
Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in Marketing, Enrollment, and Student Success Award: Janet Athanasiou, American Public University SystemModerators:
December 2 | 8:30 AM CT
As states across the country strive toward postsecondary attainment goals, the demographic cliff that has exacerbated institutional enrollment declines has put adult learners with some college and no degree squarely in the spotlight. Implementing intentional policies and practices that support the success of and meet adult learners where they are can also support institutional enrollment growth, equity and workforce skilled labor needs. In this panel discussion, you will hear from leaders in the state of North Carolina and the United Negro College Fund as they discuss approaches to reengaging stopped out learners across a diversity of institution types and geographic regions.
Julian Thompson, United Negro College Fund
Eric Fotheringham, University of North Carolina System
Kai Drekmeier, InsideTrack
December 2 | 11:00 AM CT
In this dynamic presentation, examine cutting-edge research on the recruitment cycle (including the results of secret shopping) for today’s adult, or “new” learner with regard to alternative credentials. Learn what makes this segment increasingly price-sensitive, discover perceptions of standalone versus in-degree micro-credentials, and consider emergent ways to recruit learners of today at all ages, increase their persistence, and help graduates in the job market.
Andrea Gross, University of Denver