In the most recent episode of EdUp PCO, Western University Executive Director of Continuing Studies Amrit Ahluwalia and Academica President Julie Peters discuss the changing world of Professional, Continuing & Online Education (PCO) and the postsecondary education more broadly. Peters shares some of the key challenges and trends currently influencing higher education, before turning the conversation to PCO. Ahluwalia and Peters discuss the evolution of and growing focus on the PCO unit, the difficulties around building awareness and understanding of PCO within the institution, and the potential for PCO units to act as a hub that amplifies an institution’s offerings to a larger community. “What excites me is […] this movement toward thinking more deeply about what continuing education units can uniquely offer [and] what role they can serve within an institution,” commented Peters.
