{"id":48514,"date":"2015-01-09T11:31:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T16:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=48514"},"modified":"2015-01-13T08:23:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T13:23:17","slug":"how-to-keep-your-universitys-doors-open-ahluwalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/01\/09\/how-to-keep-your-universitys-doors-open-ahluwalia\/","title":{"rendered":"How to keep your university&#8217;s doors open [Ahluwalia]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/what-itll-take-keep-your-universitys-doors-open-10-years-ahluwalia\" target=\"_blank\">Post #1:\u00a0 How to keep your university&#8217;s doors open<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; from linkedin.com by Amrit Ahluwalia<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over the course of this three-part series, I will address three foundational questions that lay the groundwork for any discussion around improving operational efficiency in higher ed:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Why is efficiency critical for today\u2019s colleges and universities?<\/li>\n<li>What is efficiency and what are its impacts?<\/li>\n<li>How can institutions become more efficient?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So, first things first: why should postsecondary administrators even be thinking about efficiency?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/how-keep-your-universitys-doors-open-2-amrit-ahluwalia\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Post #2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The benefits to making these kinds of changes are innumerable. As a starting point, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>improving operational efficiency helps colleges and universities transform into nimble and responsive organizations, facilitating their expansion into new marketplaces.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/how-keep-your-universitys-doors-open-3-amrit-ahluwalia\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Post #3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Despite the tendency for higher education to be slow-moving, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>today\u2019s market realities demand action, change and transformation.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nCreating a roadmap to improving efficiency can be a challenge, though. From my perspective, what\u2019s needed is<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> a culture change that permeates every level of the institution.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44303\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TheTrimtabInHigherEducation-DanielChristian.jpg\" alt=\"TheTrimtabInHigherEducation-DanielChristian\" width=\"409\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TheTrimtabInHigherEducation-DanielChristian.jpg 409w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TheTrimtabInHigherEducation-DanielChristian-66x150.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Addendum on 1\/12\/15:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From DSC:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnicethat.com\/articles\/thomas-browning-rose\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We\/you don&#8217;t want to be looking like this!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thomas Browning Rose captures a bleak, abandoned college<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnicethat.com\/articles\/thomas-browning-rose\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/asset1.itsnicethat.com\/system\/files\/012015\/54ae71065c3e3c65ea004402\/img_col_main\/108994-8547471-untitled-1224.png?1420718510\" alt=\"108994-8547471-untitled-1224\" width=\"595\" height=\"397\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThomas Browning Rose: Rolle College<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/asset1.itsnicethat.com\/system\/files\/012015\/54ae708b5c3e3c62e901c23e\/img_col_main\/108994-8547308-untitled-1149-2.png?1420718508\" alt=\"108994-8547308-untitled-1149-2\" width=\"595\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/asset2.itsnicethat.com\/system\/files\/012015\/54ae70915c3e3c62e901c262\/img_col_main\/108994-8547426-untitled-1194-2.png?1420718508\" alt=\"108994-8547426-untitled-1194-2\" width=\"595\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post #1:\u00a0 How to keep your university&#8217;s doors open &#8212; from linkedin.com by Amrit Ahluwalia Excerpt: Over the course of this three-part series, I will address three foundational questions that lay the groundwork for any discussion around improving operational efficiency in higher ed: Why is efficiency critical for today\u2019s colleges and universities? 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