Got a Plan? What does the college do when no one shows up in September?

I have not seen anything addressing the following issue, so here I go. This is college/university acceptance season. The plan over the next month or

Bad Methods Yield Non-Actionable Answers

Originally published June 2017 Having drunk the KoolAid of rubrics and assessment, many the untrained academic administrator epitomizes that old saw about a knowing just

Managing the Wrong Problem

Originally published June 2017 We have a revenue problem, not a cost problem. Imagine an educational institution that finds itself running a budget deficit –

Ten Reflections from the Fall Semester

Notes from this semester. Each semester I jot down observations about organizational practices, usually inspired by events at my place of employment.  Every now and

Two from IHE on Mistakes Deans Make

Abridgements of two from Insider Higher Education.  Full articles here and here. 5 Mistakes of Rookie Deans July 24, 2015 By Eli Jones Welcome to

Who’s a Cost Center? : The Higher Ed Work Force Report

The Delta Cost Project, a research group under the American Institutes for Research (AIR) that looks at higher education costs, has released a report titled