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.
Growing Non-Credit Enrollments at Community Colleges
Kevin E. Drumm | President, SUNY Broome Community CollegeWith a decreasing population of traditional-aged students, institutions must make the pivotal shift to creating programming catered to working adult learners. Institutions have taken a hard financial hit due to…
Reflections on Leading by Listening
Robert A. Scott | President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus, Adelphi UniversityLeadership positions in higher education are changing to accommodate a more holistic approach grounded in empathy and listening. Good listening is indivisible from effective leadership. Listening and discernment skills are…
Surviving in a Student Consumerist World
Joseph Sallustio | Chief Operating Officer, Claremont Lincoln UniversityThe effect of COVID-19 on our lives has been significant in every way--how we shop, where we go (or don’t go), the masks we wear, the places we aren’t traveling…
Will Higher Education Ever Be the Same?
Trenton Hightower | CEO, GradCastThe challenges facing higher education, especially the continuing education division, have disrupted the current practice of work and will change the way programming, instruction and operations will be conducted in the future. During…
The Role of IT and CIOs During this Time of Uncertainty
Paige Francis | CIO and Vice President for IT, University of TulsaWorking and learning from home puts a strain on any technical support team. Even getting set up at home can be tricky, which is why institutions need to lay out…
Ignore 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 UniversityInternational travel has stopped, and new international enrollment has all but evaporated. Domestic students have diminished cash flow. Revenue streams are running dry. Across North America, universities are thirsty and…
Delivering Higher Education’s Workforce and Community Access Mission
Mark Mrozinski | Assistant Vice President of Workforce Development and Executive Dean of Community Education, Harper College Kara MonroeCommunity 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…