Is Higher Education Ready for Its Learners?

Vaidya recognized that a lengthy planning time and ongoing debate about the direction of the strategic planning could delay the university's response to sweeping student demographic shifts in the higher education landscape. Public higher education is ruled by the principles of shared governance. [...]within a campuswide strategic planning process, NKU purposefully involved the entire campus community. Activities are directed at setting goals, career planning, networking, building a résumé, financial literacy, and providing engagement opportunities in high-impact practices such as internships and student research. To develop challenging goals that would remove obstacles to student success, NKU needed to create a culture of delivering student services or performing institutional operations that were faster, smarter, cheaper, and in collaboration with regional partners.