Feedback is essential for students’ academic growth. Researchers conclude that feedback is among the most positive influences on achievement (Hattie & Clarke, 2019). In higher education, however, feedback does not always command the same focus that teaching and research receive. With administrative validation and support, faculty can be encouraged to allocate more time for feedback in their classes, and a culture of feedback on campus can be nurtured—thereby enhancing students’ motivation and performance.
Beyond the Credential Factory: Why Higher Education Must Shift from Management to Flourishing
For decades, higher education leadership has obsessed over “student success” as a purely operational metric. We track retention and graduation rates and postgraduation outcomes with the same linear precision that
Yoshitaka Iwasaki
August 3, 2026
