The Kodak Moments Higher Ed Can’t Afford to Miss
Embracing measured risk, thinking long-term, and using foresight all depend on leaders prepared to take action. Yet the ability to navigate uncertainty rarely appears on lists of qualities we associate with good leadership. We value decisiveness, operational competence, and command of the present. Those all matter. But leaders also need the capacity to anticipate change, to act without waiting for 100% certainty, and to help their teams explore what the future might require.
Why I Love Chairing My Campus Self-Study (Yes, Really)
Higher ed folks hear the word "accreditation" and back off quickly. For most people I worked with, self-study was something you did willingly in the therapist's office, but otherwise fell in the "root canal" or "new transmission for your car" category as something to avoid whenever possible.
“Yes, Chef!” Putting AI in its Station in Higher Ed
Think about what actually makes a meal (or an academic program) memorable. It isn't the efficiency of the operation, though efficiency certainly helps. It’s the synergy of every component and decision purposefully designed to create a transformative experience for the person on the receiving end. The goal is human connection. A transfer of knowledge, passion, and insight.
Can AI Replace Your Higher Ed Consultant? A Post-Conference Reality Check
Higher ed has too much sameness already. The institutions leading the way in ten years are the ones that get specific now. The real work of figuring out who you are and what makes your institution worth choosing requires a human doing the thinking. It doesn't have to be us. It can be your provost, your faculty, your board, or another consultant entirely. But it should be someone who knows your institution well enough to make creative calls, ask uncomfortable questions, and push back.
Accreditation Is in the Air (And We Will Be Too!)
This week, EduCred Services is heading to Washington D.C., and we are proud to be attending as the Diamond Sponsor of the Centennial Gala and 100th Annual Conference. The institutions we have had the opportunity to work with over the years, many of them members of the DEAC community, have shaped how we think about this work. They've trusted us with their most complicated challenges, let us into their processes, and pushed us to be better consultants.
Before the Blueprint: Women Who Built Higher Education
There is no version of modern higher education that doesn't trace at least some of its DNA back to the women in this post. The fight for access. The insistence on rigor. The understanding that cost matters, that student support matters, that missions must be more than a marketing slogan; these ideas weren't handed down from on high. They were argued for, built from scratch, and in many cases, dragged into existence by people who had no particular reason to believe the institution would ever welcome them.