{"id":107,"date":"2017-01-20T18:58:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T18:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/?p=107"},"modified":"2020-03-19T06:39:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T06:39:34","slug":"president-cheng-discusses-innovation-in-education-during-cetys-anniversary-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/president-cheng-discusses-innovation-in-education-during-cetys-anniversary-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"President Cheng discusses innovation in education during CETYS anniversary seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">President Cheng discusses innovation in education during CETYS anniversary seminar<\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-info post_date\"><span class=\"date time published\" title=\"12:03 pm\">September 20, 2016<\/span>0 Comments<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"fimagwithcaption alignright\">\n<div id=\"attachment_40169\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/cheng-cetys-anniversary\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40169\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-400x276 size-400x276 wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/NAUCETYS.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/NAUCETYS.jpg 958w, http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/NAUCETYS-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/NAUCETYS-768x511.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-feature-caption-text\">President Rita Cheng and Tom Cheng meet with CETYS President Fernando Le\u00f3n Garc\u00eda, center, during the 55th anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postcontent\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">President <strong>Rita Cheng<\/strong>\u00a0attended the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cetysinnovationseminar.com\/\">International Seminar on Innovation in Higher Education<\/a> as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cetysinnovationseminar.com\/about\">CETYS University<\/a> 55th Anniversary in Mexico this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Northern Arizona University recently entered a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/nau-signs-mou-cetys-cross-border-education\/#.V-FVWpMrLOR\">partnership with CETYS<\/a> to advance educational pathways for students at both institutions including a 4+1 pathway to a master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNAU has\u00a0invested significantly in agreements with many partner institutions, including CETYS University, to ensure it is\u00a0providing a pathway to higher education that students of all ages and in many locations want\u2013a pathway that is flexible, affordable and aligned with their lifestyle and location,\u201d Cheng said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During the event, Cheng also participated in a panel session entitled\u00a0Innovation: Alternative Education Models and Technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt is impossible to recruit and retain students using only the methods of the past. Students need and expect more fluidity in how they make their decisions, and NAU has evaluated new technology and innovative education delivery models for decades,\u201d Cheng said during the panel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added that it isn\u2019t just about connectivity. \u201cPrograms and services must evolve in a similar manner. That\u2019s why we continue to develop programs that are on the cutting-edge of change, and build faculty and support programs to enhance the student experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Other panel participants\u00a0included\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Diego Mazo, President, CEIPA Business School Columbia,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Aimin Guo, Vice President Academic Affairs, SIAS International University, China, and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Arturo Cherbowski Lask, Director, Universia\/Santander Universidades, Mexico\/Iberoamerica.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/cheng-cetys-anniversary\/#.WIJdaPl95Pa\">NAU news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cheng discusses innovation in education during CETYS anniversary seminar September 20, 20160 Comments President Rita Cheng and Tom Cheng meet with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cetys.mx\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}