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Meg Benke is Provost at SUNY Empire State College. Benke’s work is dedicated to
increasing access to higher education for adult learners through online education, and
she advises universities on student services in online education programs. Benke is
particularly focused on increasing employability of graduates and working to ensure
that the outcomes of online and blended education match traditional education. Alan
Davisis President of SUNY Empire State College. He has held academic leadership positions
in a variety of traditional, online, and adult-focused institutions. He is president
of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, a member of the Board
of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, and serves on the Commission for
Lifelong Learning for the American Council on Education. Nan L. Travers,Director of
the Office of Collegewide Academic Review, oversees self-designed degrees, prior learning
assessment (PLA), and ePortfolios. She serves on the board for LearningCounts.
org and Prior Learning International Research Centre, and is the founding co-editor of
PLA Inside Out: An International Journal on the Theory, Research, and Practice in Prior
Learning Assessment.
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