We’ve all been there. You are sitting in a meeting with a committee or your supervisor, considering a potential new program, curriculum, or policy to meet a perceived need on campus, when someone says something like, “Let’s start by examining best practices. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel.” Everyone else nods with either enthusiasm or resignation: the next two weeks are going to be spent trying to learn how your institution’s peers, aspirational peers, and competitors have addressed a similar need.
Distinguishing Your University with Teaching Excellence
Colleges and universities do many things to distinguish themselves with excellence, from chasing rankings to highlighting Fulbright research to touting their alumni. But one rarely used tool is to distinguish
Corbin M. Campbell
November 18, 2024
