Shriner selected inaugural leader of digital, online learning | Nebraska Today

Kevin Shriner has been appointed the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s inaugural assistant vice chancellor for electronic and online learning.

He will formally presume the posture Feb. 1. Katherine Ankerson, govt vice chancellor, manufactured the announcement on Jan. 12.

“I am enthusiastic to welcome Dr. Shriner to Nebraska,” Ankerson mentioned. “He delivers 25 many years of expertise in increased schooling, with deep expertise in online systems a passion for earning better instruction obtainable to all college students and a genuinely collaborative technique to his work.

“I search ahead to his management as the college will take the subsequent step in our loaded background of online and distance education.”

Shriner will come to the university from EAB, an training organization targeted on ideal observe investigate, technological innovation providers, and enrollment products and services for non-financial gain establishments, the place he is senior director of enrollment method. In this part, Shriner consulted with far more than 800 establishments, which includes Large Ten institutions, in all 50 states to utilize enrollment techniques, advertising insights, and sector information on building, launching, and strategically arranging educational systems to fulfill the academic prerequisites of pupils and supply pathways to workforce results. He is the primary strategist, marketing consultant, and topic make a difference qualified to hundreds of schools and universities in search of to increase advertising, recruitment, and student results for grownup degree learners and graduate learners, with a concentration in online programs.

He formerly served as affiliate dean for institutional success and affiliate dean for student achievements at Florida Southwestern University. In the course of his tenure, he collaborated with faculty to build a to start with-year experience method and streamline method assessment and basic education assessment.

“I am honored to champion Nebraska’s flagship university as it reaffirms its commitment to expansion in on line plans,” Shriner mentioned. “I glimpse ahead to elevating UNL’s already effective distance schooling packages and producing new, accessible on line instructional possibilities for all pupils that will contribute to the progress and prosperity of our communities.”

As assistant vice chancellor, Shriner will direct the development, integration, and implementation of a in depth, transformative, and inclusive method for on the net and electronic education and learning, reflective of the goals and aims in the N2025 Strategic Strategy. He will report to the executive vice chancellor and work intently with her leadership workforce and the schools to establish campus-wide strategic priorities, a eyesight for on the web programming, and chart and put into practice a system for achievement. Shriner will provide experience, leadership, and coordination on functions and initiatives that advance and assistance digital and online learning.

Shriner holds a Bachelor of Science in park resource management from Kansas Condition College. He also holds a Master of Arts in history, with an emphasis in African-American record, and a Master of Training in higher instruction from the College of Arkansas. His doctorate in higher training management is from Nova Southeastern University.