New and Innovative Market Opportunities
As higher education’s traditional market of high school graduates shrinks, college and university leaders need to become more creative in finding markets to serve. Identifying new and innovative revenue streams and adapting to serve them well will also ensure institutions are not reliant on the continued strength of a single demographic.
Testing Centers: Solving Common Challenges for Students and the Community
Steve Saladin, Ph.D. | Director of Testing and Assessment, University of IdahoGenerating new sources of revenue, promoting the institutional brand, simplifying the student experience and supporting the regional community: These are all priorities institutional and divisional leaders are grappling with every…
The Benefits of an Innovative Culture at Smaller Colleges
Shane Garrison | Vice President of Enrollment, Campbellsville UniversitySmaller colleges and universities across the United States are facing some of the most challenging market conditions in the history of the American postsecondary industry. Facing an array of challenges—including…
Evolving Traditional Fundraising: Scaling, Collaboration and Relationship-Building
Brian Gawor | Vice President of Research, Ruffalo Noel LevitzA common feature of every college or university across the United States and Canada, regardless of status, is an office of advancement. Pursuing donations is a fixture of the modern…
On Your Time: Creating Flexible and Diverse Pathways to Degree Completion at USC
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick | Vice President for System Planning and Carolina Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of South CarolinaA critical problem facing public higher education today is the time it takes a student to finish an undergraduate degree, and at USC we turned to our students for advice.…
Mapping Higher Education’s Future: Reflecting on the Year of Living Innovatively
Dave King | Associate Provost (Retired), Oregon State UniversityThis is the third and final part of the series we started almost a year ago, chronicling a unique approach to innovative and future thinking at Oregon State University. To…
Navigating the CBE Frontier: The University of Wisconsin Flexible Option Case Study Website
Aaron Brower | Provost, University of Wisconsin-ExtensionSince fall 2015, the Navigating the CBE frontier series has provided an opportunity to answer questions based on the UW Flexible Option experience, such as: How do you develop a…
Continuing Education and Alumni Engagement: Evolving the Lasting Alma Mater Relationship
Emily Joy Bembeneck | Associate Director of Pedagogical Innovation in the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies, University of ChicagoFrequently, I see headlines talking about how continuing education units are perfectly positioned to become houses of innovation on campus, how lifelong learning is the new way to think of…