From Appetizers to Accreditors: Serving Up Quality
Higher education institutions that see accreditation as an obstacle to innovation or as a necessary means to an end tend to experience more (and, often, avoidable) challenges. Conversely, institutions that embrace the accreditation process as a chance to better serve their students tend to thrive.
A Grape Resiliency
A big part of students’ success depends on how well they connect with faculty and their peers, but it also hinges on having an environment where there is freedom to make mistakes, form opinions, and engage in debate without judgment. Sometimes breaking with tradition means that we thoughtfully set the table for the students, not the other way around.
Generative AI Will Be Exactly as Scary as Higher Education Makes It
I’m sorry to be the one to tell you, but AI isn’t going anywhere. Adapting to this technology will require learning something new. It will require rethinking how we teach writing. It will require revisiting plagiarism policies. But it’s worth it. Chat GPT is an opportunity for your department/institution to be early adopters. Don’t be the last school still using carrier pigeons.
What Should Student Success Outcomes Mean to Us?
I will be one of the first ones to tell you that student outcomes matter, but with an increasingly narrow focus on them, is higher education missing the bigger picture in defining graduates’ success? Based on the 27/73% split in the statistic above and how institutions are required to report outcomes, I am not a “success”.
Your Website's First Impression is Critical for Success: How To Make It Count
His resume makes him seem like the perfect fit for your institution on paper, but when he arrives for his meeting with the President and the Dean, he is dressed only in a tie-dyed tank top and diamond-encrusted short-shorts. Do you hire him? Or do you, maybe, infer a little bit about the book based on the cover?
Lessons from Disney for Higher Education: The Magic of Success
Much to many parents’ dismay (you can only hear “Let It Go” so many times while remaining sane), Disney’s meticulous and intentional approach ensures their relevance, generation after generation. So how can higher ed follow Disney’s lead?