Bay Path University

www.baypath.edu With rapid change and widespread closings more imminent than ever, some may be tempted to imagine a dystopia of empty campuses and lectures by laptop, but Morriss-Olson remains steadfastly committed to preserving the diversity and range within America's higher ed system. "As a first-gen college student who could have never imagined when I was 18 years old the professional trajectory that I have been so fortunate to have, I believe strongly in the need for a place like Bay Path," she explains. "But," she ponders, "maybe today's students don't need to be in a traditional classroom for three to four hours a week, for 15 weeks, with a professor at the front of the room?" 11 Academic Entrepreneurship: The Art and Science of Creating the Right Academic Programs, authored by Dr. Melissa Morriss- Olson, was published (January 2020) by Academic Impressions and is available on Amazon. "Change is ongoing, always happening, and not something we typically take the time to understand, especially when we are in the midst of it." Dr. Melissa Morriss-Olson Academic Entrepreneurship: The Art and Science of Creating the Right Academic Programs 13 percent of presidents could see their own institutions closing or merging within the next five years, according to a recent survey by Inside Higher Education. Academic Entrepreneurship, p. 23 Discussion was lively at the October gathering of HELOS. "Maybe, rather than having students in residence for four consecutive years, we have them spend their first year at home online, shadowing and getting some hands-on experience," she proposes. "And then, they come to campus and have an on-campus experience that may, or may not, look different than what we're used to. "Then your third and fourth years are how you design them, or maybe it's not even four years; the whole thing is unbundled in such a way that they get what they need as they need it, according to whatever career trajectory they're on—and it could be extended over the course of an entire lifetime." She adds knowingly, "Now, I'm really out there. But I think five years from now, that may be where we're headed."

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