Higher Education Leadership

Leading Change

November 9, 2023

Ready for your next academic portfolio review? See this decision framework first

By Katie Hagan and Charlotte Pierce Colleges and universities often look to their peers for insights and best practice when preparing to launch critical change management initiatives. This is especially…

Richard Staisloff

Sustainable Business Models

September 25, 2023

Stewardship, sustainability, and student success: What we learned in ‘summer school’

Be it the warmth or the reminiscence of childhood, summer naturally lends itself to the feeling of exploration. It is a season well suited to pushing boundaries, learning, and self-revitalization.…

rpk GROUP

Leading Change

July 25, 2023

Higher Education’s Arrival at Strategic Partnerships

John McIntosh, managing partner at SeaChange, joined Rick Staisloff for the April 2023 Wednesday Webinar to discuss higher education’s arrival at strategic partnerships. SeaChange helps nonprofits apply quantitative approaches to…

rpk GROUP

Higher ed leaders discussing financial decisions

Strategic Finance

June 21, 2023

HEERF funding: A lifeline for higher education institutions, but a missed chance for reinvention?

The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on the world, with U.S. higher education institutions significantly affected. In response, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)…

Donna Desrochers

Leading Change

May 31, 2023

State ROI from higher education: The increasing call for systemwide change

Change has arrived in higher education, with a focus on financial sustainability and ROI prompting a new set of questions for leadership.

Richard Staisloff

Leading Change

April 11, 2023

How leaders can move from intent to action in higher ed

Higher education is ready and willing to transform its structures to achieve greater equity and student success. Here's what it's going to take.

Mike Daly

A black rotary phone with the receiver off of its hook

Sustainable Business Models

February 24, 2023

A proactive look at strategic partnerships

As institutions begin considering the benefits of a strategic partnership, leaders should consider these key questions.

Richard Staisloff

Strategic Finance

January 4, 2023

Higher education’s shift to strategic finance

Matthew Crellin, Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently joined rpk’s Rick Staisloff for this latest Mission, Market, and Margin® interview looking at important shifts in the…

rpk GROUP

Strategic Finance

November 16, 2022

8 key lessons from a dozen years of strategic finance

Autumn always presents an important annual milestone for rpk GROUP. We’ve been in the business of learning about strategic finance and sharing our findings for a dozen years now. What…

Richard Staisloff

Leading Change

September 30, 2022

Are we ready to work together?

Higher education institutions have long operated under the premise that each of their programs and services is unique. But this resistance may be starting to break down.

Richard Staisloff