The COVID-19 pandemic has been heartbreaking in so many ways, especially in the loss of life and our way of life. Yet amid the heartbreak and fear, we have seen …
Is Accreditation the Enemy of Innovation?
Put simply: accreditation isn’t the enemy of innovation. At least it doesn’t have to be. This is the core argument Dr. Barbara Gellman-Danley, president of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), …
Your Change is Working
As the New Year kicks off, the stories about higher education enrollment declines and student success challenges keep coming. Indeed, clickbait catastrophe-predicting stories continue to fuel edu-news-site traffic and increasing …
The Rise of Co-Curricular Innovation in Student Success Work: The Student Transformative Learning Record
College is more than a collection of classes. Indeed, at its best, a student’s time in a college or university is about engaging an array of transformative experiences that includes …
Students Need Us to Do the Math
Each year, millions of students face a major challenge on their pathways through higher education: Doing the Math. Of course, many majors require mastery of advanced algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. …
Journeys of Transformation: Dr. Marcia Ballinger on Moving Toward a ‘Student-Ready’ College
Over the last ten years, Lorain County Community College (LCCC) leaders—administrative, faculty, staff and student—have rolled up their sleeves and worked hard on a series of large-scale strategic initiatives. From …
Healthy Change in Higher Education Care Strategies: A Conversation with Chris Hester
Sitting down with Chris Hester, Civitas Learning’s new CEO, means you’ll soon be sharing the passions of a tech leader with a penchant for social-purpose companies. You can read much …
The Tao of Data in Higher Education: Conversations on Governance, Strategy, and the Culture of Care
As part of an ongoing set of conversations here, we’ve been exploring how the approach to data in higher education is changing, and how our institutional governance, systems, and cultures …
Impact and the Move from Ingredients to Recipes in Student Success
Barb Bichelmeyer, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), and Julianna Frisch, Assistant to the President, Strategic Initiatives at Monroe Community College (MCC), have a …
Closing Equity Gaps, Hitting Historic Highs in Student Outcomes, and Reaching Preeminence: Reflections on the Leadership Journey at USF
After a conversation on the student success journey of the University of South Florida (USF) with their president, Dr. Judy Genshaft, and vice president for student success, Paul Dosal, I …