May 2022 Insights
AGB Search
HR Transformation at the University of California: Levers and Strategies
AGB Search and Mercer continue their series Leadership Connections in Higher Education by discussing prevalent issues in higher education human resources. In a recent Connections event, presenters explored the large-scale project underway to transform the University of California’s systemwide human resources (SWHR) department. HR Transformation at the University of California: Levers and Strategies details the goals for the project along with the strategies used to provide service to the entire system while ensuring the needs of each individual campus are met.
Deloitte
A Higher Education CHRO’s guide to thriving post-pandemic (PDF)
Deloitte identified eight key areas for higher education HR and university leaders to consider for their institutions to emerge from the pandemic with greater agility, strength, and resiliency.
April 2022 Insights
Blue Moon Consulting Group
Higher Education: Crisis Management| A Proactive & Strategic Approach to Managing Reputational Risk (PDF)
As Warren Buffett is famous for saying, "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." With that in mind, how confident are you in your school’s readiness to respond should a significant issue or crisis occur? At Blue Moon Consulting Group, we don’t believe that reputational damage should be interpreted as the inevitable outcome of a crisis. In our Higher Ed Crisis Management whitepaper,
A Proactive & Strategic Approach to Managing Reputational Risk, we discuss the four components critical to effective crisis management. In an increasingly competitive higher ed marketplace where universities spend millions in building their brand, shouldn’t there be more focus on protecting it?
Deloitte
Student Success Benchmarking in Higher Education
Improving student outcomes starts with understanding what motivates different types of learners and what their unique needs are. With the learning needs of many college students changing, how well do US colleges and universities serve different learner segments—in college and beyond?
March 2022 Insights
Civitas Learning
Data-Activated Email Campaigns Boost Retention at the University of Central Oklahoma
Explore how UCO's intentional use of email campaigns resulted in 321 students persisting who would have otherwise withdrawn and an additional $1.2 million in net tuition revenue cumulatively.
February 2022 Insights
Blue Moon Consulting Group
Leadership in Crisis: A Guide to Preparing for and Preventing Crises on Your Watch
(PDF)
Higher education leaders are supporting increasingly sophisticated and expensive branding campaigns to differentiate their institutions. Yet, all that work, time, and money has the potential to be undone by one major crisis. As a leader at your school, you are the steward of your institution’s reputation. It is imperative you give at least half as much focus and time to reputational risk management—essentially protecting your school’s reputation—as you do to building its brand.
Huron
Sandhills Community College Expands Student Impact With High-Touch IT Service
Sandhills Community College, founded in 1963, is a member of the North Carolina Community College System. As the first community college to offer a transfer program in the state, Sandhills has a rich legacy of preparing all members of its diverse student body to meet their future goals. To improve accessibility and strategic alignment specifically with its information technology (IT) and e-learning divisions, Sandhills collaborated with Huron through Huron’s social alliance program.
January 2022 Insights
Deloitte
Significant risks facing higher education: Volume 2
(PDF)
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and accelerated many of the longer-term challenges existing in the higher education sector. Institutions that utilize an enterprise-level approach to risk management may be better positioned to proactively respond to the evolving risk landscape.