Angie Mohr is the Senior Vice President of Growth Strategy & Operations at Archer Education, where she leads go-to-market strategy and oversees partnerships. With nearly two decades of experience in higher education, marketing, and organizational development, Angie helps colleges and universities grow online and non-traditional programs while staying true to their mission through Archer’s Online Growth Enablement approach.
Tell us about your company and the problem it solves, or its benefit to learners or educators.
Most higher ed leaders recognize that adult and non-traditional learners are no longer a niche audience to serve, but a real opportunity for growth. But they often don’t have the internal expertise, experience, capacity – and in some cases, budget, to build and execute a strategy that works in this environment. That’s where we’ve seen institutions feel stuck between two options: partner with an OPM or try to build it themselves.
Archer Education was built around the idea that there’s a very real space in between. We help institutions develop the strategy, infrastructure, and capabilities to grow online and adult programs, without forcing them into an all-or-nothing model. Our goal is to build sustainable programs that institutions can own, not outsource the future.
What is the challenge educators face today that is fixable?
Many institutions embarking on or expanding their online learning programs too quickly jump to execution before aligning on the actual problem they’re trying to solve.
Marketing launches campaigns, admissions adjusts processes, academics explore new programs, but often do so without a shared definition of what success or an understanding of where the real friction exists in the student journey.
The fixable opportunity is to slow down just enough to get cross-functional teams aligned around the “why” before moving to the “how.” What problem are we solving? For which students? And what would better actually look like?
When institutions get to that level of clarity, execution becomes faster, more focused, and significantly more effective.
What is the challenge educators face today that will persist?
The tension between access, affordability, and career outcomes is getting more complex.
The higher ed landscape is shifting faster than it has in decades. Rapid advancements in AI are changing expectations around speed, personalization, and efficiency. At the same time, government funding and regulatory environments remain uncertain. The combination only amplifies the pressures institutions already face to serve more diverse learners, keep costs manageable, and demonstrate clear career value, all at once.
That’s not a temporary challenge. It’s a reality we have to work with and around. The institutions that navigate it well will be the ones that make sharper choices about where they invest and how they define and deliver value to their students.
What are the areas of education or training and workforce development that are being overlooked?
Workforce development is one of the biggest areas of opportunity, and one of the most under-realized.
Many institutions see the need to build career-enhancing programs that align curriculum to market needs, but with limited resources and competing priorities, these efforts often stall before they scale. Meanwhile, employers are getting more vocal about the gap. New research from Pearson and AWS highlighted that more than half of employers say they can’t find graduates with the right AI skills.
The challenge is that institutions can’t always move fast enough to redesign full programs or courses to keep pace. So what can we do instead?
The institutions making progress here are exploring partnerships with employers and tech companies, to launch shorter, more targeted learning experiences that bridge the gap in real time, rather than trying to solve it entirely within traditional structures.
What do you foresee will be a challenge in education in three to five years?
There’s no shortage of conversation about AI, and I don’t want to just be another voice in that discussion. But the reality is this is a defining moment in higher education that we shouldn’t ignore.
Higher ed can’t keep up with the pace of change. By the time a course is designed and launched, parts of it are already outdated. That forces a bigger question: what is the value of education in a world where knowledge and technical expertise are increasingly accessible through AI?
The role of institutions has to evolve: from delivering information to developing judgment. Teaching students how to think critically, apply knowledge in context, and adapt as tools change.
The challenge isn’t AI itself. It’s whether institutions are willing to rethink what they’re preparing students for, and redesign the experience accordingly.