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In the shifting, highly competitive landscape of higher education today, many institutions are turning to their Professional and Continuing Education (PCE) units to increase revenue, expand reach, and improve productivity.…

Today’s students expect their entire experience with an institution to mirror what they see from major online retailers and service providers; personalized, supportive and flexible. However, institutions are having to…

“Trump University! That’s what you get when you approach higher education from a business perspective, and we all know how that worked out.” This is the response one tends to…

In this series we’re exploring the lessons that traditional institutions and successful for-profit institutions can share with each other. I’ve had a few requests to take a closer look at…

In 2006, after 15 years at a public institution in Michigan where I went from assistant professor to dean, I decided it was time to move on. Maybe a bit…

Leaders across the higher education space are under more pressure than ever before to do more with less. After all, student expectations and needs are growing, as are external expectations…

We speak a lot about quality in higher education, but it’s not clear what it is or how we assure it. Quality assurance is “the maintenance of a desired level…

“In a personalized world where students have agency, we have to let go of our mental model of a linear, conveyor belt model. We need to think about adaptive systems.…

The demand for graduate education is growing steadily, and higher education institutions are responding by developing a wide range of new programs in a variety of subject areas. But is…

This is the conclusion of a two-part series by Terry Rawls, building on a previously-published article by David Collis, exploring the lessons higher education can learn from the healthcare industry.…

I was very interested in a recent The EvoLLLution article by David Collis of Harvard University, “What Can Higher Education Learn from Healthcare?” He raises the possibility that lessons from…

As the cost of delivering higher education continues to skyrocket, and institutional operating budgets continue to decline, many colleges and universities are turning to service partnerships with vendors to help…

While higher education costs are skyrocketing and government support for postsecondary institutions is dwindling, individuals are constantly being reminded of the importance of earning a credential for their viability in…

The following interview is with Terry Rawls, president of Patten University. Patten’s main mission is to make higher education accessible for everyone, especially adult students, and to that end, they…

In June 2013, The EvoLLLution dedicated a Special Feature to Commoditization and Competition in Higher Education. The past decade has seen sweeping changes in the higher education space, the most…

Software firm unites top higher education thought leaders in an online forum, provoking collaboration and community to progress higher education TORONTO, January 17, 2012 – Destiny Solutions, the leading innovator…

Higher education has changed—and so too has our understanding of what learning is and how we should engage with it. It’s 2012, nearly 40 percent of today’s students are over…

Back in my Healthcare career, about 100 years ago, I came to understand the concept of a Continuum of Healthcare Services. Here’s an example of how that works: I was…