Efficiency or Irrelevancy: The Time is Now to Choose
Given the current postsecondary climate, higher education institutions need to improve their...
Efficiency: The Secret Top Schools Already Know
By creating a solid and smooth-running back end, colleges and universities can improve the customer...
High-Touch, High-Tech: The Future of Postsecondary Efficiency
By introducing tools that allow staff to focus on high-touch tasks, institutions can improve their...
Staff Effectiveness and the Modern Efficient Institution
By focusing on staff competency and training, UNC Charlotte was able to become more effective and...
Efficiency Central to Innovation and Growth, Despite Upfront Cost
Though critics of efficiency will point to upfront costs and task reduction, these changes are...
Economies of Scale and Higher Ed: What Postsecondary Leaders Can Learn from Industry
By taking advantage of economies of scale and putting effort into learning more about their...
Shared Services: Bringing Efficiency from NASA to Higher Education
Moving toward a shared services model can reap major rewards for higher education institutions...
How To Get Institution-Wide Buy-In for Major Changes
IT leaders can get institution-wide buy-in for major efficiency-creating projects by tying those...
Patience and Understanding Critical to Successful Transitions
Resistance to change around major efficiency-creating projects is to be expected, but leaders need...
The Hidden Cost of Efficiency-Related Change
Efficiency-related changes, caused by the commoditization of the postsecondary space, may offer...
Efficiency Through Expansion Is the Key to Success
While efficiency-related changes can sometimes lead to layoffs, the most successful institutions...
Differentiating “Efficiency” and “Downsizing”
Efficiency-related changes often don’t translate to downsizing, but simply a different way of doing...
