Portfolio Whitepaper

Innovation Management

Originally published: Entangled.Solutions | By Michael B. Horn, Terah Crews and Lauen Dibble | April 5, 2018 Innovation has reached buzzword status inside higher education institutions. Colleges and universities are ...

Look at the titles of any of the annual association meetings or their individual sessions these days and it’s likely you’ll see the world “innovation” featured prominently. That’s because innovation is everywhere across higher education. Colleges and universities are increasingly reflecting the trend by creating formal innovation roles—under the provost’s office, within information technology departments, or as free-standing C-suite positions. More than 200 institutions now have senior roles with words such as “innovation” or “digital” in their title, and another 200 schools have online learning roles that are often connected to broader academic innovation efforts, according to our research. At one point in the fall of 2017, a search of online job advertisements showed that more than two dozen institutions were looking to fill top innovation roles. Innovation jobs on campuses have their roots in the aftermath of the Great Recession, when colleges were looking to leverage technology to cut costs. The number and scope of the roles increased substantially after 2011, when Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) were heralded as the invention that would disrupt higher education’s expensive business model, increase access to college, and improve teaching. College and university leaders scrambled to get their courses online and rethink pedagogical methods on their campuses. Teaching and learning centers became popular outlets to test technology and alternative classroom approaches, and new positions were created to oversee academic innovation.

The Rise of the Chief Innovation Officer in Higher Education

Originally published: Entangled Solutions | By Jeffrey J. Selingo | January 2018 The Importance of Managing Change on Campuses Look at the titles of any of the annual association meetings ...

Platform-Centric Skills

Originally published: Entangled Studios | Nov 2017 How a Scaled Education Strategy Can Ignite Platform Growth Read full whitepaper here

Reimagining the Career Center

Originally published: Entangled Solutions | July 2017 Introduction In recent years as the price of college has spiraled ever upward and median family income has remained flat, the ability to ...

Driving Innovation in Education for All Students

Originally published: Entangled Solutions | June 2017 Read full whitepaper here

The Future of Student Aid

Originally published: Entangled Solutions | May 2017 The cost of attendance is going up and low-quality programs persist. Students are defaulting at high rates and parents are over-borrowing. Only students ...

Disrupting Law School Whitepaper

Originally published: Clayton Christensen Institute: Disrupting Law School | By Michele R. Pistone and Michael B. Horn How Disruptive Innovation Will Revolutionize The Legal World. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Facing dramatic declines ...

Accelerating Change: A Guide to the Adult Learning Ed-Tech Market

Originally published: Entangled Solutions | By Amber Laxton, Mike Berlin, and Patti Constantakis | Mar 15, 2016 "The best part of the adult learning market right now is a lack ...