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.
The Organizational Structure of Professional and Continuing Education Units
Terry Rawls | Executive Director of the Division of Educational Outreach and Summer Programs, Appalachian State UniversityIn 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.…
From the Backroom to the Top of Mind: The Evolving Role of the Strategic CIO
Russell Battista Jr. | System Office Chief Information Officer, University System of New HampshireA number of years ago, when all technology services were considered back-office operations (and mostly sat in back offices), the acronym CIO was kiddingly defined as “Career Is Over.” It…
Are You Ready To Go Online? Key Considerations for New Online Education Initiatives
Aleksandar (Sasha) Tomic | Associate Dean for Strategy, Innovation and Technology in the Woods College of Advancing Studies, Boston CollegeThe changing fortunes of higher education is nothing new. The shifting landscape is well documented and there is much (very justified) hand wringing over the fate of higher education, especially…
3 C’s To Help Innovative Leaders Advance Beyond the Status Quo
Julia Jackson-Newsom | Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategy and Policy, University of North Carolina at GreensboroI’ve been asked many a time why organizations that are centered around learning and knowledge generation, have a wealth of talent across a wide range of areas, and serve an…
“Change?”: How to Drive Continuous Improvement on a University Campus
Chaouki Abdallah | Acting President, University of New Mexico“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…
How to Circumnavigate Common Roadblocks in Changing the Status Quo: Some Guidance from Experimental Psychology
Alexandra Logue | Research Professor in the Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNYThere is much existing advice on what higher education leaders should do to change the status quo: Find a faculty champion, compromise, wait, etc. Here I provide some other specific…
Leading Beyond the Status Quo to Create a Culture of Innovation in Higher Education
Susan Aldridge | President of Drexel University Online, Drexel UniversityAlthough higher education is often cited as an institutional culture that is slow to move beyond the status quo, it is really no different from any other when it comes…