What does your institution need to improve to ensure you are providing the best ROI for students and in turn, financial stability for your institution?
With an estimated $16 Billion in additional annual revenue from College Sports, leaders need to prioritize financial solutions to fulfill the recently adopted NCAA holistic model and to more fully support college athletes’ education, health, safety, well-being, and equity.
Discover how Illinois Institute of Technology has achieved remarkable success by implementing student-centered strategies, including experiential learning and tailored pathways for higher education. Learn how their innovative approach fosters inclusion, affordability, and empowers learners, making them a notable leader in higher education.
In this episode, Dr.s McNaughton and Ingle discuss Framework Leadership, aligning an institution for sustained growth, appreciative inquiry, Sigmoid Curves, SEU’s approach to avoiding organizational decline, and how Southeastern University saved itself from bankruptcy.
In this episode of Changing Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Larry Large, president of LD Large Consulting and president emeritus of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, as well as a veteran higher ed administrator, discuss the six most pressing disruptions in higher ed today and how presidents and other leaders can think about and manage them.
A U.S. Army veteran, Large brings more than four decades of senior higher ed experience, including serving as president of Oglethorpe University and interim president of Sierra Nevada College and of Willamette University. He also has executive experience with the University of Oregon, the Oregon University System, and Reed College. He also was the founding president of the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities.
In this episode of Changing Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Rick Beyer discuss innovative approaches and success strategies for struggling small to medium-sized colleges and universities.
Rick shares his perspective on the use of shared services in Higher Education, and how it can drive innovation and efficiency, both strategically and tactically to strengthen smaller schools while enabling them to remain independent.
In this episode of the Changing Higher Ed podcast, Drumm McNaughton engages in conversation with the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, whose recent article presents a strong argument for optimism despite fewer students enrolling in traditional colleges and universities.
The downward enrollment trend has induced panic among many in the higher education industry, but Petrilli offers data-based evidence suggesting the trend is neither surprising nor a cause for despair. The Upside of the Downward Trend in College Enrollment is a thorough and encouraging analysis of the factors behind this decline, the implications for students and institutions, and the necessary changes higher education institutions must make to improve students’ odds of success.
The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has issued its new report that will have an impact on shaping college curriculum for student workforce success. The report, “On the Same Page? Administrator and Faculty Views on What Shapes College Learning and Student Success”, focuses on the needed outcomes that shape undergraduate education and the practices guiding faculty and other stakeholders in the work they’re doing on campuses to support student learning and success.
Some of the questions we’ll answer are:
How do colleges and universities define and articulate learning outcomes, provide access to engaging learning experiences, and assess student success?
What defines a credential’s value for students to achieve professional and personal success?
What practices of accountability for assessment, improvement, and equity are campuses undertaking to ensure all students graduate with similar levels of value?
In this episode of Changing Higher Ed Podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton shares a conversation with Dr. Stephen Standifird, the President of Bradley University, where they discuss successful turnaround strategies and innovative changes that have created a path for longevity, success, and sustainability for Bradley.
Maryville University’s commitment to innovation is paying dividends for the institution. Maryville has grown to over 10,000 students and is on track to have multi-million-dollar surpluses for more than 12 consecutive years.
The institution is completing its second strategic planning process, which has set in place initiatives that have laid the path for this positive trajectory, even during the pandemic. In Fall 2021, Maryville was named the fourth-fastest growing private university in the United States by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
We have seen some impressive higher ed innovation brought on by the pandemic that otherwise may have never happened. Brown University is a case study in innovation, transformation, and risk planning in the way they involved the board and stakeholders in navigating the crisis.
Strategic management and planning are critical parts of a Higher Ed leader’s tool kit to deal with disruptions — and 5 reasons to throw yours out.