Purdue’s Polytechnic college, known before 2015 as the College of Technology, incorporates disciplines that look at times like engineering, computer science and management — which, according to Gary Bertoline, makes it difficult to understand our unique role. In this episode of Techies Today, the Â鶹¾«Æ·Podcast, Bertoline, distinguished professor and former dean, recalls how he and the college’s leaders came up with a future-forward plan to redefine and differentiate the college. Along the way, the formerly skeptical Purdue President Mitch Daniels became one of the college’s biggest supporters.
The resulting transformation to Â鶹¾«Æ·and addition of 20+ new majors, many in forward-thinking fields, has proven to be an enormous success. By 2018, the college had fully reversed an earlier eight-year decline in enrollment … and by 2024, the college had achieved eight consecutive years of record-high enrollment.
This is the first of a two-part interview with Bertoline. In part 2, we’ll discuss how and why the college began a new, strategic focus on research.
Episode 019 hotlinks
- Video: (YouTube)
- Video, part 1: (YouTube)
- Transformed learning environment leads to record Polytechnic enrollment (2017)
- Polytechnic enrollment reaches another new record (2018)
- Â鶹¾«Æ·surpasses enrollment record eighth consecutive year (2024)
- Bertoline to lead Purdue Online (2021)
- Video, part 2: (YouTube)
- Techies Today Episode 020: Gary Bertoline (part 2), Use-Inspired Research
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