How Can We Convince the Public That a College Degree is Still Worth It?
The Wall Street Journal and The Economist recently treated us to dueling perspectives on the value of higher education. The Wall Street Journal reported on a recent poll (in conjunction with NORC) revealing that 56% of Americans think a 4-year col… [Read More...]
How to Innovate Effectively Within Higher Ed IT
The last three years have inflicted unprecedented costs on American higher education institutions, resulting in campus closures, refunded student fees, and a rapid shift to online learning—all as declining state support continues to undermine bu… [Read More...]
Saving Millions of Dollars by a Thousand Cuts
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, higher education, particularly at public and/or smaller institutions, faced serious challenges, including declining enrollments, increased costs, expanding alternatives, and decreasing confidence in the value of … [Read More...]
How to Evaluate the Potential of New Programs
It can be difficult to develop budgets for new programs that reflect actual revenues and expenses due to the complexities of including retention rates, discounting and how students progress through a program. Optimal will describe a self-contained… [Read More...]
Data-Based Program Analysis
Challenges to the viability of the US higher education model have grown significantly during the last 5 years. Demographic change especially in the Northeast and the upper Midwest has resulted in enrollment declines that pose serious challenges to… [Read More...]
Decreasing Faculty Workload Without Increasing Instructional Costs
Among the numerous ways for reducing faculty course load responsibility without increasing instructional costs include two approaches: Adopting 4-credit hour course programs and focusing on student credit production rather than course credit gener… [Read More...]
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...]