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Performance Tied to Strategy: Indiana Gets It Right

I’m much encouraged by the post in Inside HIgherEd this morning on Indiana’s decision to be strategic in making budget cuts in higher education. Would that other states have this courage in hard times.

The usual approach is to treat all institutions “about” the same. That is, fund them all equally in good times [...]

Mid East and North Africa Report

…despite the newness of western-style higher education in this ancient land, most of the MENA attendees were seasoned [...]

How Do We Know We’re Doing Great?

Of course, if you don’t know what the old way of doing business costs, you’ll never know the value of the new way. I’ve shaken my head many a time at the disconnect between being innovative and knowing–with actual cost data–that we’re dong [...]

South Africa and Rick’s Rubricks

“Separate the operational from the strategic. Most institutional managers get hung up here by thinking that their day-to-day activities are strategic when, in fact, they are usually [...]