The future of higher education is intertwined with the future of the economic health of our states and nation.Ā The two are inseparable, and our universities are barometers.Ā We need to face challenges head on. “The problem is not thatā¦
Bankruptcy is a form of renewal available to those who have tried to do something worthwhile but failed.Ā If borrowing power is earned by experience and potential performance thank God for bankruptcyās protection.Ā If borrower or lender enter into aā¦
Standardized measures never capture the essence of anything, although they provide dimensions: length, width, and depth ā descriptions — but not essence.Ā Tests, grades, and performance measures devoid of dreams and desires are gibberish. Measures are frail rhetoric and detrimentalā¦
Clear communication regarding value and cost in higher education is more important than ever.Ā College presidents and financial analysts agree — mission focus is essential. āIn general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offersā¦
Bureaucracies create and sustain a moral perspective. āIf you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won’t.ā Hyman Rickover ___________________________________________________ Effective bureaucracies — vision directed guidelines and processes — areā¦
The loan industry has a dubious impact on higher education.Ā It advocates, unknowingly or deceitfully, that a college degree is always an excellent investment.Ā Ā It helps shift focus to cost as a measure of everything, away from quality, value andā¦
State funding has its place but too much might create organizational laziness, leadership ineffectiveness, and unattainable expectations.Ā Unbridled dependence morphs into a form of gluttony. “The more subsidized it is, the less free it is. What is known as `freeā¦
Increasing college costs and decreasing employment opportunity have produced an avalanche of studies regarding the value of college degrees. Sometimes more information is not better. A āback to basicsā understanding would be valuable to all. āNowadays people know the priceā¦
Real leadership liberates, never limits: it unleashes people to work with passion. Effective universities recognize that strength in academic programs exists on the ground, with engaged faculty, staff, and students working towards common university goals. Good managers empower their employeesā¦
Public university boards, and the presidents or chancellors they appoint, have a delicate line to walk between the political realities of contemporary higher education and the academic realities of effective universities. The nexus of politics and academics is not alwaysā¦
We have begun to hold a readily visible evidence of education, the degree or certification, as valuable in and of itself. But these are emblems too often having little to do with knowing something or having the ability to doā¦
Universities, especially public universities, have a responsibility to leave ideology behind and focus on ideas. This does not mean that ideology is not valuable to individuals, but it should take a back seat to ideas at universities. In too manyā¦
