General Education Reconsidered

DAVID SCHEJBAL is vice president and chief of digital learning at Marquette University. He was previously dean of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning at the University of Wisconsin–Extension. Schejbal writes and speaks broadly about the future of higher education and how that future is shaped by social, economic, technological, and political forces. In 2012, he was one of the founding members of C-BEN: The Competency-Based Education Network: A National Consortium for the Development of Higher Education Models. He currently serves on the governing board of that group. Schejbal's academic interests focus on issues of higher education, sustainability, and the environment. His academic background is in philosophy, and he received his doctorate from the University of Connecticut. He was president of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association from 2015 to 2016. Presently, he is vice chair of the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Army War College.