Author: Higher Education Strategy Associates

The Fifteen: October 25, 2024

Welcome back to the fourth edition of The Fifteen As usual, we’re taking a trip around the world of higher education to check in on the trends and stories that are shaping the sector. We’re heavy on US stories this week, but still some interesting tidbits from places as far afield as Chile, China, Spain and Norway. Enjoy!

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The Fifteen: October 11, 2024

Welcome back to another edition of The Fifteen, with a new list of ongoing and developing stories from around the world of higher education. The ongoing internationalization controversy, increasingly commercial education offerings and a tightening funding environment are not unique to Canada, and by tracking global trends in higher ed we’re hoping to deliver a global perspective on the sector. This edition picks up the trail in Canada as usual, looks at the response to continuing demographic shifts in China

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The Fifteen: September 27

Welcome back to the second edition of The Fifteen, where we’re bringing you the most relevant stories from around the world of higher education every two weeks. From edition to edition, we’ll highlight a mix of breaking news stories and revisit old threads as they continue to develop. This time, we’ve got five new studies and ten stories from nine countries on four continents. Strap in and enjoy your trip! Tying up that last thread: tickets for the AI-CADEMY: Canada

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The Friday Fifteen: September 13

Welcome to the first edition of The Friday Fifteen, bringing you fifteen interesting stories from around the world of higher education. This week, we’re checking out a new government in Bangladesh and ending on a rock band, with stops in New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, and the Netherlands along the way. Enjoy!

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Strategy Should Hurt: Ways to Make it Bearable

Long-time readers will know my views about the difference between strategies and strategic plans.  A strategy is a course of action, a set of beliefs about how to succeed.  A plan is, above all else, a list of goals to achieve over a given period.  One does not require the other.  Sometimes plans can change from one edition to the other with no change in actual strategy (though bits of meta-strategy – vision, mission, etc. – get some light editing

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