Transformation as a Path to Surviving & Thriving in Hyper-Change World
Among other findings, they will describe how these career colleges with mediocre student outcomes, uninspired faculty and irrelevant programs were transformed into thriving institutions by carefully re-thinking their market, developing a linked product strategy, building non-Title IV revenue streams and delivering a compelling value proposition. English and Pond will further explore the leadership imperatives required to transform institutions that were struggling before the pandemic and now confront persistent challenges to their existence.
Little Things Like This’: What MacKenzie Scott’s Millions Have Meant to HBCUs
“The utility of unrestricted funds cannot be overstressed,” said Kayla Elliott, director of higher-education policy at the Education Trust. She added that putting some of the funding towards supporting faculty indirectly supports students. “Oftentimes institutions have to make investments into faculty, investments into infrastructure, investments into indirect costs that don’t go directly to students in order to support students,” she said.
High inflation, large unfilled need for workers, soft college enrollment: Opportunity in the nexus?
The future of apprenticeships in the U.S. is worthy of sustained attention and discourse among the PSE sectors. As organizations such as the Urban Institute develop occupational frameworks and related technical instruction outlines for new occupations, colleges interested in participating would do well to develop curricula whose scope, sequence and content align with new, related technical instruction outlines that will be published in a few years. (https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/center-labor-human-services-and-population)
Reimagining Higher Ed: Three Principles To Embrace For The Future
Higher education’s purpose is to promote academic and intellectual excellence. But in a changing world, we can all benefit from digging deeper into the “why” behind this goal. In the education sector, our “why” is simple: to serve students and communities.
NHGs versus SCNCs: Pivot or transformation?
At minimum, a quick pivot seems in order. But what if the underlying disconnect between institutional mission/purpose/operations and sustainable growth/success is not a hairline fracture but a gaping chasm? Which institutions have the capacity to transform key indicators without engaging in deliberate organizational and operational transformation?
Are College Leaders in Denial?
In the same survey, two thirds of presidents claim that their institutions have the capacity to meet the mental health needs of their students, yet another national 2022 survey found that nine out of 10 students report that their campus is in the midst of a full blown mental health crisis! Can both be true?
On the matter of ‘inflections’ in Higher Education
Is higher education at an inflection point or will business as usual suffice post-Covid?