Higher Ed as a Business
For millennia, higher education institutions have remained relatively unchanged but this is no longer tenable in today’s competitive environment. In order to remain relevant to societal demands and responsive to student needs, colleges and universities must operate more like businesses.
Continuous Improvement and Innovation: They Are Interconnected Through Research
Michael Hites | Chief Information Officer, Southern Methodist UniversityContinuous 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…
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 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…
Creating and Maintaining an Innovative Culture Through Continuing Education
Sandi Pershing | Assistant Vice President of Engagement, University of UtahHigher education is a constantly changing industry, but not all traditional colleges and universities view innovation as a watch-word for success. As Sandi Pershing points out, continuing education is often…
Assessing and Overcoming the 21st Century Challenges of the Modern-Day Conservatory
Brad Mahon | Director of the Conservatory and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Continuing Education, Mount Royal UniversityEach major Canadian city is home to a distinguished conservatory—an institution providing premier performing arts instruction. Many of these conservatories exist under the umbrella of a university or college offering…