Managing an Institution
Innovation Perseverance: Launching Innovative Ideas into the Main Campus Culture
Pam Northrup | Vice President Research and Strategic Innovation and CEO of the UWF Innovation Institute, University of West FloridaUniversities are fantastic proving grounds for new ideas, invention and discovery. It is baked into the academic culture and especially visible in researcher-led laboratories and grant-funded research activity. However, any…
Managing Innovation In Higher Education: Outlining a Few Best Practices
Michael Horn | Principal Consultant, Entangled Solutions & Co-Founder, Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive InnovationInnovation continues to trend across higher education. Colleges and universities are creating innovation offices and chief innovation officer positions, launching various online and competency-based offerings and, in some cases, answering…
Breaking Out of the Status Quo: Creating a Culture of Innovation in Higher Ed
Peter Stokes | Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group Phil Strzalka | Managing Director in the Higher Education Practice and Leader of the People, Strategy & Operations Group, Huron Consulting GroupUniversities are commonly perceived at the apex of innovation—yet as an industry, higher education is notoriously slow to implement new ideas, and is characterized as being averse to change in…
Relevancy: Innovate, Evolve or Perish
Edward Abeyta | Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Director of Pre-Collegiate and Career Preparations Programs, UC San DiegoCharles Darwin once said, “It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive but those who adapt the quickest.” For colleges and universities, this adaptation tends…
Managing Siloes: How Non-Traditional Divisions Can Innovate from the Fringes
Christine Shakespeare | Assistant Vice President of Continuing and Professional Education, Pace UniversityNon-traditional divisions of colleges and universities across the United States and Canada have a critical role to play in creating access to postsecondary programming to audiences that fall outside the…
Conducting Secret Shopping to Keep Vendors Focused on Quality
Maria Jump | Assistant Vice President of Student Services, Colorado State University-Global CampusThird-party vendors and service provider organizations have started playing an increasingly critical role in the management of colleges and universities across North America, given the reality that institutions are managing…
Industry and Community Partnerships Central to Expanding Apprenticeships
Katie Spiker | Senior Federal Policy Analyst, National Skills CoalitionOn February 12, 2018, the President released his principles for infrastructure investment that included a call to expand apprenticeship. The principles focused on how the education system can support this…
Aligning College and Careers: Working With Industry to Shrink the Skills Gap
Jeff Lynn | Vice Chancellor of Workforce and Economic Development, Alabama Community College SystemConsisting of 25 community and technical colleges, the Alabama Community College System is responsible for adult education and workforce development across the state. In this interview, Jeff Lynn discusses the…