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M&A In Higher Ed
The higher ed sector has been relatively immune (or perhaps resistant?) to change since its inception, but in the past 10-15 years, and especially since the Great Recession, multiple things have changed, forcing changes on it. We now are seeing market forces...
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Sexual Abuse in Academe
Three years ago the Association of American Universities added kindling to a smoldering fire when it released a report that found that 25 percent of female undergraduate students experience sexual assault or misconduct during their time at university. The study...
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The Changing Face of Higher Education Part 10: The Changing Face of Students
Despite the focus by many on research and publications, institutions of higher education wouldn’t be what they are without students. Yet in this current world, the traditional student that many higher education institutions have come to depend on is no longer in sight...
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The Changing Face of Higher Education Part 9: The Growth of Online Education
Technology continues to make its mark on college campuses across the nation. With the rapid changes in what’s available in devices and software, leaders of higher education institutions and faculty are being forced to think creatively about how to utilize and even...
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The Changing Face of Higher Education Part 8: The Future Role of Faculty Part 2
Perhaps no one is more affected by the changes roiling higher education than faculty members. The professorship of old where the sage on the stage pontificated for hours on end has been replaced by the need to be flexible academically and adapt to the “audience.”...
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The Changing Face of Higher Education Part 7: The Future Role of Faculty
Colleges and universities are not known for making rapid changes, although many who work in higher education – especially faculty members -- have strong feelings about the ways others need to change. Yet with change happening so quickly and in so many ways, the role...
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The Changing Face of Higher Education Part 6: The Future of Public Funding of Higher Ed
Higher education’s financial freefall began four decades ago (e.g., California’s Proposition 13), but it really took root three decades ago, as declining appropriations, soaring tuition, and broken partnerships started to become the norm. The aftermath has led to...
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The Future of Higher Education: Part 5: Operations and Facilities
The Future of Higher Education Part 5: Operations and Facilities Ivy-covered walls and red-brick buildings boasting large windows overlooking commons represent the idealized perception of higher education. However, higher education leaders are finding that the beauty...
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Higher Ed 2028 Part 4: Student Issues
To successfully enroll and keep students, colleges and universities will need to look at a variety of factors as they move into the future. We at the Change Leader believe these factors include the changing demographics on campus, students’ prospects for future...
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Higher Education 2028 Part 3: Improving Higher Ed Governance
Higher education continues to be in the hot seat. Institutional leaders are dealing with pressing challenges such as declining enrollments, unreliable federal and state funding, an aging faculty and public discontent about higher education. In addition, many trends...
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