HESA is proud to introduce the inaugural edition of The Global Higher Education Strategy Monitor. The Monitor’s mission is to tell the story of how higher education leaders – primarily at the institutional level, but also at the national level – are using strategy to improve their institutions and systems. We complement existing day-to-day news sources by taking a longer view, focusing on how institutions and governments choose to leverage particular strengths or make targeted investments to drive long-term innovations and quality improvement in higher education.