By Rebecca Wyke - EvoLLLution. Across the United States, public university systems are being forced to re-evaluate their traditional approaches to doing business. Significant shifts in market forces have made this critical to the long-term viability of public institutions. In the first installment of this two-part series, Rebecca Wyke shared her thoughts on the importance of business model transformations for public higher education and discussed some of the barriers that stand in the way of these changes. In this conclusion, Wyke outlines some of the approaches her System is taking to overcome these challenges and set up for long-term viability. More...
Searching for New Markets and Sustained Growth: Transforming the Faculty of Education
By Elisabeth Rees Johnstone - EvoLLLution. Across the higher education space, leaders are searching for ways to reinvent their divisions and to serve new markets. There are few faculties on any campus quite as entrenched in a single industry as faculties of education, colloquially known as Teachers’ College. Traditionally focused on educating K-12 teachers, market shifts are prompting faculty of education leaders to reconsider their mission. More...