Telling Our Stories: The Impact of Independent Colleges/Universities
The higher education industry has adopted vocabulary from the US military to describe the numerous challenges and changing environment faced by private colleges and universities: VUCA. Volatility: the speed of change is swift, immediate, explosive, and overnight. Uncertainty: we don’t know what we don’t know; best practices are yesterday’s solutions. Complexity: we test ten to 15 ideas in the hope that one or two of them will be successful. Ambiguity: clarity is elusive and there are multiple plausible interpretations of the same data. Amid these challenges, our industry continues to do transformative work. In this session, panelists will share inspiring stories about their impact on students and the communities that they serve.