Our original blog articles cover a wide range of topics, from higher education news to information technology or strategy insights.
“Digital Transformation” Won’t Save Higher Education
Before 2020, higher education was faced with increasing financial challenges caused by declining demographics, a dwindling international student base, and numerous other issues. The COVID-19… [Read More]
Canvas Implementation Best Practices & Pitfalls
As the higher education industry and the rest of the world are in the process of transitioning their face-to-face operations to remote, one thing is… [Read More]
Higher Education: What Will It Look Like in Five Years? – Revisited!
In April 2019, I published an article with ESI attempting a prognostication on the future of US higher education. Little did I know that 2020 would be… [Read More]
Managing the Digital Divide During and After the COVID-19 Crisis
At this point, few in academe are unaware of the digital divide—minority, low-income, and rural students and their families are severely restricted in their access… [Read More]
Dynamic Modeling for Higher Education Planning
Thoughtful planning has never been more critical for higher education institutions. The COVID-19 crisis coupled with the already difficult enrollment and financial challenges facing higher… [Read More]
Effective Strategic Planning in a Time of Crisis
Early this year, we at Optimal Campus began thinking about posting a series of blogs focused on what many perceived as a crisis in higher… [Read More]
Maintaining the Relevance of Regional Public Universities in the Post-Coronavirus World
Existential crises are not new to regional public universities. Three years ago, an article entitled “Public Regional Colleges Never Die. Can They Be Saved?” suggested that, while regional public… [Read More]
Planning and Budgeting Post COVID-19
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, most higher education institutions were well into their budgeting processes for the next academic year (2020-21). The… [Read More]
What Happens If Students Cannot Return in September?—Defending the Value Proposition of Small Colleges
When colleges expanded spring breaks and then closed campuses for the remainder of the spring term, they felt that this response would get them past… [Read More]
“Digital Transformation” Won’t Save Higher Education
Before 2020, higher education was faced with increasing financial challenges caused by declining demographics, a dwindling international student base, and numerous other issues. The COVID-19… [Read More]
Canvas Implementation Best Practices & Pitfalls
As the higher education industry and the rest of the world are in the process of transitioning their face-to-face operations to remote, one thing is… [Read More]
Higher Education: What Will It Look Like in Five Years? – Revisited!
In April 2019, I published an article with ESI attempting a prognostication on the future of US higher education. Little did I know that 2020 would be… [Read More]
Managing the Digital Divide During and After the COVID-19 Crisis
At this point, few in academe are unaware of the digital divide—minority, low-income, and rural students and their families are severely restricted in their access… [Read More]
Dynamic Modeling for Higher Education Planning
Thoughtful planning has never been more critical for higher education institutions. The COVID-19 crisis coupled with the already difficult enrollment and financial challenges facing higher… [Read More]
Effective Strategic Planning in a Time of Crisis
Early this year, we at Optimal Campus began thinking about posting a series of blogs focused on what many perceived as a crisis in higher… [Read More]
Maintaining the Relevance of Regional Public Universities in the Post-Coronavirus World
Existential crises are not new to regional public universities. Three years ago, an article entitled “Public Regional Colleges Never Die. Can They Be Saved?” suggested that, while regional public… [Read More]
Planning and Budgeting Post COVID-19
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, most higher education institutions were well into their budgeting processes for the next academic year (2020-21). The… [Read More]
What Happens If Students Cannot Return in September?—Defending the Value Proposition of Small Colleges
When colleges expanded spring breaks and then closed campuses for the remainder of the spring term, they felt that this response would get them past… [Read More]