Association for Higher Education Effectiveness
As we close out Black History Month in the United States of America this year, I wanted to share some insights regarding the effectiveness of HBCUs. It has been such a treasure to observe increased discussion about HBCUs during recent months and to see narratives on how these institutions are key players in supporting the …
As I have been sitting through endless video meetings, my mind started to wonder. What am I going to write for this blog? So, as I started writing I realized that my mind was full of disconnected and random thoughts that I had not yet processed. Therefore, this is going to be one massive cerebral …
Read moreThe Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman by Dr. Robert Wilkinson
I am willing to bet few people wish to see 2020 last any longer than it must- and we are all instead looking to the optimism of a new year, a new time for government, and the rollout of a vaccine. We’ve changed our personal and professional lives more in one year than many do …
Read more“Our true ability to rise to the occasion…” by Dr. Melissa Williams
(The views expressed herein belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AHEE Board.) Who would have thought we would be here in 2020? A robust economy and healthy institutions are now struggling to survive. The best planners couldn’t see this coming. What have we learned from all this, and …
I found myself reflecting on the recent nationwide events and how each has impacted the higher education landscape. The ongoing pandemic and racial injustice crises have brought to the forefront, the educational, social, and economic inequalities that have permeated among middle- and lower-income adults and minority student populations for centuries. Higher education, like other industries, …
Read moreThe Paradigm Shift in Higher Education by Jerald Henderson, Ph.D., AHEE Board President
SCUP is offering a free three-part series in the academic planning area coming up next week. Here is the series name followed by the three programs: Integrated Planning to Build a Thriving Academic Program Portfolio This three-part program series will help you build a strategic and sustainable program portfolio that is mission-centered, data-informed, student-centered, and focused on growth opportunities. …
An analysis of job titles with the term “effectiveness” such as Vice Chancellor for Planning and Institutional Effectiveness or Dean of Institution Effectiveness was illustrated in Institutional Effectiveness Fieldbook: Creating Coherence in Colleges and Universities in 2018 (Seymour and Bourgeois). By reviewing the Higher Education Directory, it noted that positions with “effectiveness” in the titles …
Read moreTrends of “Effectiveness” Positions in Colleges and Universities by Daniel Seymour
Dr. Kenneth Gonzalez, Vice President of Student and Enrollment Services at El Paso Community College, has prepared an informative video on his institution’s preparations for reopening in the fall. Click on the following to view the video: https://youtu.be/DA6O8lqVT74 . After viewing the video, please provide comments and feedback on how integrative institutional effectiveness leaders can …
The Society for College and University Planning, in partnership with AHEE, produced a set of interviews with a few of our members discussing our institutional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Access the interviews
Six months ago, we could not have imagined this. It reads like a trailer for a cheap science fiction movie: “A global pandemic shuts down the world economy, and people are left to take shelter for an indefinite period of time. There is nowhere to hide. No one can escape the effects of the VIRUS.” …