Once the campaign planning committee has identified exemplars among your faculty, staff, and students, who can speak to the opportunities this campaign could fund for your institution, the next critical step is to prepare venues and vehicles for those ambassadors of your institution to tell their stories. For advice, we turned to Santa Ono, provost […]
The previous article made the point that a whole-campus campaign leads to a successful campaign. It follows that the campaign planning or steering needs to seek input from the whole campus, as well as external stakeholders (business leaders and key donors). If the campaign goals are set in a conversation that only involves a few […]
Often, institutions miss opportunities to invite the investment of local business and community leaders by not doing enough to invite and cultivate that investment before the campaign even begins. Mark Jones, vice president of external relations at Hollins University, frames the issue in this way: “There are two ways to approach to business and community […]
At Academic Impressions, we had the opportunity recently to speak with Mary Hinton when she served as the vice president for planning and assessment at Mount Saint Mary College. Hinton advocates adopting a more holistic perspective on campus diversity — specifically, moving beyond a focus on demographics of incoming students. We wanted to learn more […]
Too often, board involvement in the campaign is limited to what are essentially tactical assignments — making the ask to their contacts, raising certain quantities. What’s missed in these cases are opportunities to engage the board in what board members do best — big-picture thinking, advocacy, and getting key messages out to the community. Jim Langley, founder and […]
The federal government’s attention to the state authorization rule — requiring colleges and universities delivering online education to obtain authorization in states from which they enroll students — has received a lot of attention over the past couple of years. Yet the level of urgency required from postsecondary institutions and the potential liabilities involved have […]
Too often, board involvement in the campaign is limited to what are essentially tactical assignments — making the ask to their contacts, raising certain quantities. What’s missed in these cases are opportunities to engage the board in what board members do best — big-picture thinking, advocacy, and getting key messages out to the community. Jim Langley, founder and […]
This article offers critical tips gleaned from two of the earliest and successful college stop-out re-enrollment programs – the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s 49er ReAdmits and 49er Finishers, and Harper College’s Completion Concierge. It is a must-read if you are thinking of starting your first stop-out program. Looking to boost completion rates, more […]
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Earlier this month, we surveyed the institutions planning to attend an Academic Impressions webcast on rethinking and prioritizing physical campus improvements. We asked questions about their balance of new capital projects and replacement and renewal, how they were handling issues with limited space capacity, and their level of commitment to addressing the deferred maintenance backlog. […]
