Higher Education has historically been reluctant to engage in strategic partnerships, based in large part on a mistaken belief that all programs and services must be directly delivered by an institution in service to a unique mission, culture and student population. That resistance is beginning to erode, however, as institutions recognize the potential for both cost savings and expansion of programs and services under strategic partnership models.
Join us on April 19 as rpk’s Founder Rick Staisloff discusses the shift toward strategic partnerships with John MacIntosh, Managing Partner at SeaChange. SeaChange helps nonprofits apply quantitative approaches to current challenges – including grant-making in support of mergers and sustained collaboration.
Rick and John will engage around these key topics:
- Where does higher education’s historic reluctance to consider strategic partnerships come from, and what’s driving the current openness to these partnerships?
- What are some common factors behind successful partnerships, and what pitfalls should be avoided?
- How might leadership begin a conversation around strategic partnerships with their senior teams and boards?
Across all of these topics, John and Rick will share from rpk’s and SeaChange’s use cases in supporting institutions with a move toward strategic partnerships.