Why strategy disappears inside higher education institutions and what system-level moves actually look like.

This is Part 3 in a series on strategy, planning, and organizational design in higher education. Part 1 establishes the distinction between strategy and planning. Part 2 argues that strategi...

Why Thought Partnership Is Not a Luxury in Higher Education Right Now

This is Part 2 in a series on strategy, planning, and organizational design in higher education. Strategy vs. Strategic Planning: Why Winning Requires Deliberate Choice establishes the distinction between strategy and planning th...

If you work in research administration, you already know the truth: the job has expanded, but the resources have not. 

Research administrators are now expected to:

• Track federal policy shifts across multiple branches of government

• Interpret agency guidance that is often incomplete, incons

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Killing Sacred Cows — Part 3 of a series examining the unspoken norms, taboos, and protected assumptions in academic research that are rarely questioned, even when they undermine effectiveness and resilience. This series names those assumptions, puts them up for debate, and asks whether they still d...