CAPACITY GAP

While this may seem like an "everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" list, remember that our focus is understanding best practices in these areas with respect to digital learning only and helping you identify gaps that currently exist in those areas. For example, one of the more obvious deficits that many institutions will identify is funding. So many university leaders will start here. How do I pay for this? they might ask themselves. The universe of potential options is finite and the choice of a path has large strategic implications. One option is to fund the creation of an online program through a deal with an Online Program Manager ("OPM"), many of which will provide a technology platform, course creation capabilities, and student sourcing (a.k.a., marketing) in return for a majority share of the revenue the program generates over an extended period of time. Another option is to dip into the endowment and get something going until that "something" is self-sustaining. Some institutions..