Leaders are needed more than ever. There’s a leader demand at work for the field of lifelong learning and continuing education. Your leadership is also welcome for the community and your off-work time with community organizations, efforts, tasks and groups.

March 2024 will see two in-person conferences. Both are focused on a more intimate setting ideal for networking and face-to-face interaction and discussion.

Will the human race end soon due to climate change? In the first ever poll of professionals in the field, here is what you say. And what LERN plans to do.

Exciting new professional development opportunities for fall are led by our new LERN C.E. Model Institute that premiered this spring.

Vaccinations for your program participations has created a huge issue for the field. The two major topics: 1.Whether to mandate vaccinations for in-person class participants; and 2.Coping with the resulting revenue problems for programs accepting non-vaccinated people for in-person classes.

Your Must-Read article this month is “Blow Up the Silos,” the new Recommendation from LERN that was created by your fellow LERN leaders and colleagues.

Find out how relocating even a few courses in your print brochure can generate tens of thousands of dollars in additional revenue and profit. No-cost tips on the right pages and page locations to place your best classes to optimize registrations.

Here’s the latest from your colleagues around North America, from just-held LERN Leader meetings.

Answers to one of the most popular questions LERN members ask: How Many Responses Do I Need to a Survey?

“Integrated Marketing Certificate” leads off the new LERN/UGotClass Courses premiering in September.

Tell us what’s on your mind. Find out what your colleagues are thinking about.

Here’s our latest LERN heroine story.

You must have a strategic plan supported by a one-year business plan.

A wave of in-person registrations is expected for lifelong learning programs. But many programs, having just had cutbacks and fewer resources, are not prepared.

Two big new events are taking place in April. Check em out.