Operations and Efficiency
Meeting heightened student demands with plummeting operational budgets in a competitive and commoditized environment is no easy task for higher education leaders. Long-term viability and success require operational effectiveness and efficiency that is somewhat foreign to post-secondary management.
Five Things I Didn’t Know About Being a University President (Until I Became One)
Martha Saunders | President, University of West FloridaI thought I was ready to be a president. After all, I had decades of involvement in higher education. My Curriculum Vitae purely sparkled with the work assignments, titles and…
MoWINs: Creating Win-Wins through Partnerships
Dawn Busick-Drinkard | MoWINs Project Director, Missouri Community College AssociationBeginning in 2011, Missouri’s community and technical colleges banded together to apply for three rounds of the Department of Labor’s TAACCCT grant program. Since the consortium was formed, thousands of…
Guiding Philosophies for Launching an Online Education Office
Robert Griffiths | Associate Vice President of Distance Education and eLearning, Ohio State UniversityIn an earlier post about the strategies I used to grow an online education office and weave online practices into the fabric of Ohio State University, I mentioned that how…
Overcoming Siloes: Promoting More Collegial Collaboration Within Postsecondary Institutions
Angela Baldasare | Senior Strategic Consultant, Civitas LearningWhy can’t we all just get along? One of my favorite things about working at a university is being surrounded by smart, dedicated colleagues who share the same goals of…
Evolving Into a Data-Driven Organization: Understanding the Roadblocks and Identifying the Benefits
Travis Carter | Manager of Enrollment Information Systems for Continuing and Professional Education, Virginia TechThe effective collection, storage and analysis of data is critical to the success not only of our continuing education department here at Virginia Tech, but to any modern organization or…
How Collaborating Across and Beyond the University Supports Relevance, Effectiveness and Efficiency
Patrick Guilfoile | Provost, University of Wisconsin-StoutThe University of Wisconsin-Stout is a regional comprehensive and polytechnic university, located in western Wisconsin about an hour east of the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. UW-Stout…
Ensuring Success in Online Programs By Centralizing Support
Mike Scheuermann | Associate Vice President of Instructional Technology and Support (Retired), Drexel UniversityRunning effective and valuable online programs for students is challenging for any university, college, or other institution today. Not unlike face-to-face (F2F) delivery, there are many dimensions to consider and…