Change tends to be a constant in higher education. Some changes may be relatively narrow in scope, such as shifting the curriculum within a first-year seminar course. Other times, transformational
As an executive coaches with Carnegie Math Pathways at WestEd, we’ve been part of a team that delved into the practices of leaders who effectively managed change required to scale
Change is the name of the leadership game these days in higher education. So much has changed since the pandemic, and the landscape keeps evolving. As post-Covid enrollment and budget
Part one of this two-part series focused on a major game-changer effort at Lehigh University—developing a new College of Health. The article noted that many of
In an academic setting, a game-changer is something that truly changes the way a significant portion of the campus works and, more importantly, how the external world sees your institution
In our previous article, we outlined the critical elements campuses need to be ready for change: trust, skills and capacity. Below, we focus on practical
We have all lived through a change initiative that looked great on paper, but when we tried to implement it, it either didn’t succeed in the ways we’d hoped
Often academic leaders’ responsibilities focus on mobilizing faculty and staff to respond to current and forthcoming institutional challenges. The impact of two years of COVID-19 institutional disruption has created
Way back in the fall of 2020 I published a piece on Medium, “Ten Ways to Promote Culture Change on a University Campus.” I
Higher education leaders are struggling to manage the complex challenges of the moment and identify the right approaches for creating meaningful, transformative, lasting change. The aftermath of the COVID-19
