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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

On February 26th at 12 PM EST, the Higher Education Technology Professionals Meetup group met for their ninth virtual roundtable discussion, this time focused on the ERP landscape. Updating legacy ERP systems can often become a game of putting the… [Read More...]

As spring rapidly approaches, it's important to stay on top of everything that's happening within the higher education ecosystem. In this month’s article, our principal consultants highlight some of the articles and publications that have caught… [Read More...]

Like many technology leaders, our past eight months have been consumed with a combination of “COVID crisis” institutional meetings followed by Information Technology (IT) meetings where we tried to determine what the “new normal” would loo… [Read More...]

On January 22nd, the Meetup group met to discuss how CIOs and other IT professionals could prioritize the “right” IT with a reduced department and/or budget. As one of our most engaging virtual discussions yet, there was a lot to take away fro… [Read More...]