Staying relevant in the higher education marketplace means integrating smart data and positioning the learner at the center of your mission. Learner expectations have radically changed over the last decade,…
Technology Dissonance: The Digital Transformation in the Face of Budget Cuts
Brett Frazier | Senior Vice President, Kaplan University PartnersAs postsecondary institutions are still reeling from the pandemic’s disruptions—and its significant economic impacts—they would do well to study the business approach to integrating rapidly shifting technologies. The global pandemic…
With 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 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 UniversityDelivering 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 MonroeThe Benefits of Financial Modeling for Online Education
Larenda Mielke | Vice President of Higher Education, Kaufman HallDesign or Disruption: Change in the Higher Education Business Model
Robert A. Scott | President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus, Adelphi UniversityHigher Education and Innovation: Strategic Partners or Strange Bedfellows?
Jack Rice | Dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Elizabethtown CollegeDefying the MBA Odds: Conscious Focus on Student Needs Central to Differentiation
Neil Trotta | Assistant Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Fisher College
Commoditization is a process whereby difference is eroded and competition becomes solely price based. Commoditization occurs when diversity decreases between competing products or services. It happens with food, furniture and…
Budgets and Budget Models: Can There Be Too Much Transparency?
David Rosowsky | Former Provost, University of VermontAs universities increasingly face fiscal challenges and concerns over long-term financial sustainability, they are looking at their budget models to incent behaviors or capture previously unrealized opportunities and revenue. These…
I work for an organization that moves at the speed of thought. While maintaining a clear and unwavering focus on our mission, we are constantly working scores of initiatives within…
How to Thrive in the Face of Budget Cuts: Broadening Access to Higher Education
Cathy Sandeen | Chancellor, University of Alaska-AnchoragePublic postsecondary institutions are finding creative ways to overcome state funding cuts, while still managing to expand access. In this interview, Cathy Sandeen discusses on the implications of these funding…
Stepping 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 SwartzHow Senior Leaders Can Drive Organizational Change Through Challenging Times
Laurie Borowicz | President, Kishwaukee CollegeEffective Scaling Takes Culture, Focus and Awareness
Jason Wingard | Dean of the School of Professional Studies, Columbia UniversityDonors and Covenants: Universities as the Guardians of Assets
Robert A. Scott | President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus, Adelphi UniversityReflections on Non-Traditional Higher Ed in Canada (Part Two): Supporting Collegiality and Community
Heather McRae | Vice Provost and Dean of the School of Continuing Education, MacEwan University Carolyn Young, Ian AllenLeading in a Fast-Moving World: Four Characteristics You Need at the Edge of Change in Higher Education
Larenda Mielke | Vice President of Higher Education, Kaufman Hall
A leader on campus must finds ways to listen—walk the halls and pathways, attend events—always looking for opportunities to ask, “What is going well? What do you wish had been…
Reflections on 30 Years as a University President (Part One): The Constant Pursuit of Quality
Robert A. Scott | President Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus, Adelphi UniversityThe goal of a university president is to bring together people, ideas and resources in order to help shape an environment that fosters advancement in knowledge, skills, abilities and values…
News headlines, such as “US IEP sector experiences second year of declines,” and “With international student enrollment declining in the US, intensive English programs feel the pinch,” give an ominous…