Workday in Higher Ed—Learn From Other CIOs Who Have Implemented It
On April 21st, 2022, the Higher Ed Technology Professionals Meetup group met to learn from other CIOs who decided to proceed with Workday, those researching the options, and even those who went in a different direction. Our intent was to enable an… [Read More...]
Improving IT Efficiency: Automation & Audit Awareness
On January 27th, 2022, the Higher Ed Technology Professionals Meetup group gathered for the third part of our virtual Meetup series on IT efficiency in higher education. We were joined by Tim Winders, Vice-Chancellor Information Services at Purdue… [Read More...]
Improving IT Efficiency: Higher Education Personnel
On November 11th, 2021, the Higher Ed Technology Professionals Meetup group gathered for the second part of our virtual Meetup series on IT efficiency in higher education. We were joined by Tim Winders, Vice-Chancellor Information Services at Purd… [Read More...]
Improving IT Efficiency: Knowing Your Environment & Communicating Your Strategy
Going from good to great is hard. Going from “not so good” to great is even harder. Improving your institution’s IT function can be a daunting task, but with the right tools, knowledge, and expertise, it should be possible to create a better… [Read More...]
Developing an Institutional Value Proposition
We have argued here and elsewhere that developing institutional consensus on a value proposition is critical to success. This consensus should drive both the assessment of current programming and the development of program growth. Competition in h… [Read More...]
A Lesson for Higher Ed from Industry—Smaller is Better, and More Sustainable
As educators, we often think of the flow of learning as from us outwards—to our students, to practitioners, etc. While this is no doubt often the case, it is not always so. Sometimes there are important lessons for us that emanate from our stude… [Read More...]
Benchmarking for Aligning Non-academic Staffing with Institutional Needs
Institutional efficiency in higher education has never been more important than in our present and often turbulent environment. Indeed, the news is replete with stories of institutional rollbacks and the elimination of academic programs. Perhaps m… [Read More...]
Partnership, Merger, and Acquisition Are Not Dirty Words
This past month, another New England college announced it was closing at the end of the academic year. The announcement came as a great surprise to most people. The only external indication that the college was in trouble was an announcement about… [Read More...]
Assessing Your Higher Ed Institution’s Strategic Positioning
The challenges facing higher education institutions are monumental. It is clear that academic business models are struggling to keep up with the enrollment declines and cost escalations that have resulted in severe financial pressures. The global … [Read More...]
Where Are All the Campus Closures?
With the passage of the CARES Act ($40 Billion of aid to colleges and universities) and the apparent reprieve in cuts from state governments (again thanks largely to the CARES Act), the prospects for AY 21 and AY 22 are beginning to look less blea… [Read More...]