Accelerating change: strategic direction and evolving practices for flexible learning

In higher education institutions (HEIs), online course delivery has been steadily increasing over the past couple of decades. However, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly accelerated this trend with some HEIs being better prepared than others. This case study explores how an open admission, regional university in the United States developed a robust infrastructure for flexible learning delivery before the COVID-19 pandemic. This infrastructure enabled the acceleration of flexible learning modalities during the pandemic. Aspects of the framework are examined along with pre- and post-COVID data. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Perspectives: Policy & Practice in Higher Education is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)