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Process improvement is more than an exciting concept used in the manufacturing space. When done correctly, it sets the foundation for a cultural shift that drives efficiency and effectiveness throughout…

Strategic leadership in education is critical to success in an ever-changing market. This message is increasingly popular in articles and at conferences geared toward education professionals. Earlier this year, I…

As universities suddenly pivot to online teaching in response to COVID-19, administrators and faculty may wonder if this is the catalyst they needed to stimulate the development of truly online…

For many postsecondary divisions—even continuing education and professional development divisions—it takes declining enrollments and persistent warning flags to trigger a program review. But is this the best method to ensure…

Continuous improvement helps fix broken business processes and inefficient services. To these ends, innovation in administrative process is sometimes perceived as using fancy, new software to automate business processes or…

The higher education marketplace is not for the faint of heart. The demands of students and employers are rapidly and constantly evolving. The resources institutions have at their disposal are…

“When the winds of change blow, some build walls, others build windmills.” - Ancient Proverb There is a joke making the rounds of Academia recently: Question: How many faculty members…

One of the most frequent conversations we have at our institution focuses on increasing our accountability to both our students and future employers. Now, more than ever, there is a…

In today’s higher education environment of declining enrollments and only half of entering students actually completing their programs, institutions that seek to be viable in the long run must be…

This is the first installment of a three-part series that will explore why you might take on a major project, reflect on who needs to be involved (and when/how), and…

In two recent articles written for The EvoLLLution (found here and here) on semester-length, fully-online college coursework, I discussed the challenges many community colleges students face in an online learning…

Picture this: higher education ten years ago. The university environment. The role of the Chief Information Officer. Unlike today, someone traversing the path of the university CIO was more than…

Raise your hand if you know how to run a college in a global pandemic. No hands raised? Over the years, we have learned how to support students and partners…

—Co-written with Laura Fingerson | Interim Director of Institutional Research, Capella University— The first installment of this series, Personalization at Scale: Two Institutional Journeys, described the similarities and differences between two…

With an increase of non-traditional* and adult students** in the education system, beyond streamlined administrative and support services, how teaching is conducted is of primary importance for improved student, course…

—Co-written with Despoina Goutou | MSc student in International Management, Exeter University and Assistant Researcher, e-DEKA Educational Organization— It is accepted that three issues have been the dominating concern over…

As the story goes, the Greek mathematician and measurement guru Archimedes, upon discovering the best measurement to evaluate the purity of a gold crown, exclaimed Eureka! Having previously served as…

The campaign underway to promote the “15 to Finish” concept of encouraging college students to earn at least 15 credits each semester is gaining interest among a number of public…

This is the conclusion of a two-part series by Bonnie Anderson discussing the 5 D’s Framework to support collaboration. The 5 D’s are Discovery, Design, Development, Delivery and Debrief. Anderson…

In December 2018, Miami Dade College (MDC) launched a certificate program in partnership with Facebook to help train students, small business owners, entrepreneurs and others in digital marketing. This partnership…

Anderson University (S.C.) is a comprehensive university with a combination of professional and liberal arts programs serving about 3,500 students with a growing online population and a residential emphasis on…

In March 2018, the EdPlus Action Lab at Arizona State University released Making Digital Learning Work: Success Strategies from Six Leading Universities and Community Colleges. The comprehensive study, conducted in…

In every workplace, opportunities for improvement and innovation abound, but how does one get started? What seems to be the problem or opportunity? What are potential solutions and outcomes? Who…

The conditions in the two-year college environment have changed significantly in recent years. Many of these colleges are open-enrollment institutions, however their goalposts for success have shifted from access to…

How much flexibility exists within higher education institutions to react to change and alter organizational models? In art, primary colors are mixed together to get secondary colors and even secondary…

Fayetteville State University’s $10,000 (or $10K) Degree Pathway—unveiled by Chancellor James A. Anderson in August 2018—launches a new chapter in this North Carolina public HBCU’s expansion of its mission through…

Community colleges play a critical role in the health of a community. Providing individuals—often from traditionally-underserved demographics—with an entry point into postsecondary learning and opportunities for upskilling and reskilling, all…

Ongoing learning presents a number of advantages for professionals in today’s labor market, but some employers tend to be concerned that investing in ongoing education will lead employees to gain…

The case study of quality management in LLL is based on the project DAETE (daete.up.pt). This was a project funded by the European Commission and by the United States of…

The biggest workplace hurdle to identifying and assessing development and training needs is lack of a “learning culture.” Organizational culture is defined as the values, assumptions, beliefs, behaviors, and norms…