What are our chances for accreditation reaffirmation success? This is probably THE top question that presidents have asked me over my nearly 15 years of deep accreditation work that I have done with numerous four-year institutions. And – it is a tricky question to answer. What...
Senior Leader: What is a good retention or graduation rate goal? Me: When is your accreditation report due? Senior Leader: Wow! How did you know we are in the middle of an accreditation cycle? Me: This is an extremely common question. So much so, you’ll be pleased to...
Uh oh. The accreditor wants to get an official update in the form of a special report, monitoring report, interim report, or some other report name that means another official report is due. That is going to take you and your team time to produce....
It’s accreditation season – or at least is seems like it always is. Accreditation liaisons are either planning for the next accreditation report, preparing for the on-site visit, or getting some much-needed rest and relaxation after completing an accreditation cycle. You’re essentially serving as an...
In this definitive guide, we’ll discuss the organizations that currently collect and/or analyze financial health data, what that means for institutions, and what’s likely to come next (hint -- IPEDS Financial Health data)....
This article shares information about the data that are collected on graduate student graduation and completion rates at the national level....
In this article, I share how to make the most of virtual conferences in a pandemic. As you’ll see, many of the strategies for managing in-person conferences also translate to virtual ones. With a few caveats and twists....
I should have done it a long time ago. I wish I had made the change from side hustle to full-time consulting years before I did it. I had a ‘side-hustle’ consulting business for a long time - more than 15 years. It took me that...
I’ve been reading, observing, synthesizing, and writing more during this time. To get out of this circular rut, we need Forward Thinking about the things that we do know and the things we can control. We need actionable, realistic ideas that move the needle....
The COVID-19 impact on higher education has been, and is going to be tough. Really tough. And solutions will be challenging to find -- we need to even reengineer solutions....
