This year, i embarked on a rethink school tour where we visited learning environments and institutions that are taking creative approaches to education for students of all ages. I continue to travel the country to see the great work thats being done, and i have been inspired by the innovative educators and administrators ive met thus far. But theres still not enough. We need more like them and like you. The reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education, and washington, d. C. , does not have all the answers. Government is not the best at finding new solutions to tough problems. Government isnt the best thing at being isnt the best at being flexible or adaptable to a constantly changing environment. And government certainly isnt the best at questioning the status quo. But government can be good at bringing people together to highlight their creative thinking and new approaches. So today, weve brought education leaders and entrepreneurs from ac
Future work force. So were going to go into our third group of presenters under the rubric of breaking the mold. We are going to start with blakely polietto followed by michael rourke, followed by will zimpf. If we can have blakely. Thank you. So good morning and thank you for the opportunity to be here. We are going to talk about university of Maryland University college, which is the public Online University that is designed here we go designed from the ground up to provide affordable, accessible, quality and career relevant education for adult learners and especially for military learners. To understand who we are, i need to tell you the story of umuc. We were established in 1947 at the university of maryland as a department that was charged with serving adult students, particularly those who were returning gis from world war ii. In 1949, we became the First University to send faculty overseas to teach our troops stationed in germany, and this was the beginning of umucs global reach
Gives hirs state of the Union Address to congress and the nation. Join cspan for a preview of the evening starting at 8 eastern. And then the state of the union speech live at 9 00 p. M. And following the speech, the democratic response, also hear your reaction and comments from members of congress. President trumps state of the Union Address tuesday night live on cspan. Listen live with the radio app and on demand on your desk phone or tablet at cspan. Org. Education senator betsy devos took part in the rethink School Summit here in washington. Over the next hour 15 minutes, stakeholders from across the country discuss ideas for educating and training americas future workforce. So we are going to go into our third group of presenters. Under the rubric of breaking the mold. We are going to start with blakely pal el owe followed by Michael Roark and wrap up by jeff. If we could have blakely. Thank you. So good morning and thank you for the opportunity to be here. We are going to talk ab
Blakley, and michael and wrap up by jeff. We can have blakley. Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to be here. Were going to talk about university of marylanded and University College which is a public Online University designed from the ground up to provide affordable, accessible skbalt career relevant education for adult learners and especially for military learners. And to understand who we are i need to tell you the story of umuc. We were established in 1947 at the university of maryland as a department that was charged with serving adult students particularly returning gis from world war ii t. In 1949 we became the First University to send faculty overseas to teach our troops stationed in germany and this was the beginning of umucs global reach. By 1956 we had establishes divisioneds to deliver Higher Education in europe and asia and in 1963 we became the first u. S. University to send faculty into a war zone in vietnam. In 1970 we became an independent fully acredited
Thanks so much, kathleen, and welcome, everyone. Its great to see you all this morning. Thank you for attending todays first of two summits on innovation in education. And a special thanks to all of you who are going to present this morning. Were excited and grateful to have so much knowledge and expertise in one room, and i know were eager to hear from all of you. I want to say a quick word about the focus on innovation. This year, i embarked on a rethink school tour where we visited learning environments and institution that are taking creative approaches to education for students of all ages. I continue to travel the country to see the great work thats being done, and ive been inspired by the innovative educators and administrators ive met thus far, but theres still not enough. We need more like them and like you. The reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education, and washington, d. C. , does not have all the answers. Government is not th