February!? When did it become February? Well - you know what that means. Winter is wrapping up and spring is on the way. Spring IPEDS, that is. Spring into Action The IPEDS winter data collection closes soon, very soon -- Wednesday, February 12, 2020, to be exact....
Promoting student success at colleges and universities is a goal that almost always requires leaders with cross-functional team management skills. Improving student graduation rates can involve almost every area of the institution. So, it's important--if not necessary--to get the buy-in of a broad group of...
It still feels like 2020 snuck up out of nowhere. And here it is already February. Last year, around this time, we discussed some strategies for planning to succeed. So it makes sense to check in a year later with more strategic planning strategies. Shouldn't...
Have you started to notice “Cross-functional team management skills" required on recent job postings or asked about in interviews? I certainly have. But what does that really mean? It sounds like a clever way of saying ‘you’ll need to manage a group of people who...
Let's talk accreditation. There are nearly 100 accrediting bodies recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the U.S. Department of Education – including regional, faith-related, career, and programmatic entities. Colleges and universities often elect to participate in multiple accrediting bodies, both regional and...
In Be an Innovator: Part I, we noted that Thomas Edison, one of America's most prolific inventors once said, “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." But let’s be honest . . . if you want leaders to view you...
We are all busy. Super busy. But somehow we make time for the things that matter to us – paying bills on time to avoid a penalty, stopping for a coffee or tea, hitting the snooze button for just 5 more minutes. Instead, we prioritize...
Did you ever wonder why there’s so much emphasis on First-time, Full-time (FTFT) student success? Why do first-timers get so much more attention than transfers? What about part-time students? Adult learners? Online students? Not paying equal attention to these other student groups doesn’t make a whole lot...
“What gets measured, gets managed.” We’ve all heard this phrase (written by Peter Drucker in 1954). Some 65+ years later it has been used a TON—and misused almost as often. Some folks have taken it as a license to ‘add one more metric’ that should...
Last week, InsideHigherEd published an OpEd of predictions for what the 2020s have in store for higher education (Will Higher Education Roar in the 2020s by John Katzman). In his opinion piece, Mr. Katzman makes a series of interesting observations and predictions. At the IEHE,...
