Strategic planning is essential to any institution’s success, but higher education has often geared its planning towards self-interested developments rather than student success. Placing the student at the center of…
Strategic Planning: Rethinking the Role of Community Outreach
Robert Bruce | Dean of the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Rice University Cathy MarisThese unprecedented times have reshaped the way higher ed thinks. It’s important for institutions to rethink their strategic plans to adapt to today’s modern learner and community needs. Unquestionably, none…
Institutions of higher education cannot deliver on their missions without the money to fund them. It is critical, especially in the current context, for them to aim for financial sustainability…
Fostering Innovative Articulation Agreements to Support Transfer Students
Joseph Allen | Director of Community College Pathways, National University System Kristina PowersAlthough articulation agreements are often considered outdated in higher education, they are a key administrative tool in helping students transfer and transition between schools. Improving your existing articulation agreements bolsters…
Americans’ Shaken Confidence and Shifting Preferences Dominate Higher Ed Heading into 2021
Dave Clayton | Senior Vice President, Strada Education NetworkA Strategic Roadmap for The Next Decade
Rob Westervelt | Vice President for Strategy and Innovation, Lindenwood UniversityTechnology Dissonance: The Digital Transformation in the Face of Budget Cuts
Brett Frazier | Senior Vice President, Kaplan University PartnersGrowing Non-Credit Enrollments at Community Colleges
Kevin E. Drumm | President, SUNY Broome Community CollegeReflections on Leading by Listening
Robert A. Scott | President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus, Adelphi UniversitySurviving in a Student Consumerist World
Joseph Sallustio | Chief Operating Officer, Claremont Lincoln UniversityWill Higher Education Ever Be the Same?
Trenton Hightower | CEO, GradCastThe Role of IT and CIOs During this Time of Uncertainty
Paige Francis | CIO and Vice President for IT, University of TulsaIgnore the Mirage and Follow the Data: Eight Suggestions to Help Us Recover from COVID-19 Enrollment Shock
Tracey Taylor O'Reilly | Assistant Vice President of Continuing Studies, York University
Community and technical colleges serve essential missions. They create pathways to sustainable work for underserved audiences, respond to and fill emerging labor market gaps, and they do this work while…
The Benefits of Financial Modeling for Online Education
Larenda Mielke | Vice President of Higher Education, Kaufman HallWhy financial modeling is important The COVID-19 crisis has forced higher education institutions across the country to deliver remote, distance education. After the crisis, many institutions will want to move…
Here they go again--“they” being the pundits and politicians repeating superficial assertions posing as serious arguments. Assertions include those regarding student debt; the rise in tuition charges; institutions being slow…
Higher Education and Innovation: Strategic Partners or Strange Bedfellows?
Jack Rice | Dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Elizabethtown CollegeIn May of 2017, I was asked to participate in an innovation task force. This group was intended to become a hothouse for ideas that would drive the institution forward.…
Defying the MBA Odds: Conscious Focus on Student Needs Central to Differentiation
Neil Trotta | Assistant Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Fisher CollegeHas Higher Education Become Commoditized?
John Mason | CEO, ACS Distance Education and PublishingBudgets and Budget Models: Can There Be Too Much Transparency?
David Rosowsky | Former Provost, University of VermontChange and Higher Education: Four Simple Observations
Jan Wyatt | Associate Vice President for Business, Nursing and Health Professions, Southern New Hampshire UniversityHow to Thrive in the Face of Budget Cuts: Broadening Access to Higher Education
Cathy Sandeen | Chancellor, University of Alaska-AnchorageStepping Back from the Cliff: Facing New Realities of Changing Student Demographics
Jim Shaeffer | President, Eastern Shore Community CollegeMapping the Transforming Role of Continuing Ed on University Campuses
Kim Scalzo | Executive Director of Open SUNY, State University of New YorkPersonalization and Context Must Be Central to Any Effective College Rating
Nick Ducoff | Founder and CEO, Edmit11 Lessons Higher Ed Can Learn from the Private Sector
Bill Dracos | Chief Business Practice Improvement Officer, Emory University Meredith Swartz
In 2011, as I was picking a topic for my doctoral dissertation, the State of Wisconsin implemented Act 10, which significantly limited the collective bargaining rights of public employees. At…
Effective Scaling Takes Culture, Focus and Awareness
Jason Wingard | Dean of the School of Professional Studies, Columbia UniversityFor every college or university that wants to grow, scaling is critical to ensuring that growth is manageable. After all, broadening access to higher numbers of students without the capacity…
Universities, whether public or private, operate with a publicly granted charter. The university governing board holds the charter in trust, hence the term “trustee.” In governing, the board is obligated…