Preplanning for Organic Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) involves preparing for the transition to an organic, systematically-coordinated, and structured SEM approach that includes key elements of change management and change leadership. Four key elements of Organic SEM?--?efforts, to connect and effect enrollment, through linkages, and…

The organizational change framework is a tool for understanding and facilitating organizational change and success, grounded in the principles of design thinking and the foundational leadership and organizational wellness (FLOW) model. This article dives into the components of the organizational change framework--collect the information, connect…

The age-old debate about the relation between science and society has, in the last two decades, materialized in novel forms at many universities. In this article, we follow the reconfiguration of relevance at one institute of higher education that aspires to become an impact-driven university. We employ a socio-technical instrumentation…

The transitioning of Teacher Training Colleges into Colleges of Education as tertiary institutions by Act 847 is significant for ensuring strategic management change. This research investigated the strategic management of Dambai College of Education in the transitional change. The study adapted the methodological framework of the "Theory of…

Pedagogical support in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is often based on individually designed methods, although the most relevant support is the building up of organisational culture as part of the activities of all children and the whole institution. Constructing this kind of socioemotional and behavioural support practice can be…

Businesses face growing instability due to disruptive innovative technologies and economic crises arising from stressed supply chains or rising price uncertainty. An ambidextrous approach to resilience helps companies to prepare for and manage this uncertainty to become steadfast against crises. However, resilience can be achieved on multiple…

Appreciative inquiry has become increasingly popular as a method for facilitating organisational or systemic change through focusing on the positive aspects and 'life giving properties of a system' as opposed to traditional 'deficit-based' approaches. However, there has been criticism that this process could invalidate negative experiences of…

Amid a challenging political climate increasingly seeking to curtail DEI efforts, Latish C. Reed introduces the innovative Equity Empowerment Continuum (EEC), an introspective and systematic approach to understanding and addressing the complexities of equity in any organization. Dr. Reed offers personal insights and practical tools, demonstrating…

Organizational leadership is pivotal to defining an organization's culture, driving team morale, and achieving success. This framework sheds light on empowering leadership of change management for sustainability in high-performance educational organizations. A mixed-method study, which includes qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey,…

Amid mounting institutional pressures and a rapidly changing higher education landscape, leadership churn at colleges and universities represents a major roadblock to institutional success. In "Leading across the Arc of Time," college president Mark L. Putnam presents a vital road map for navigating the complex dynamics of managing…

Feeling the exhaustion of multiple disability-related violations occurring in the classroom, staff from the Office of Disability Access at Heneton College have begun to feel isolated and hopeless. When the opportunity for collaborative, college-wide disability-centered training becomes available, it is met with mixed reviews and lots of opinions…

To leverage the research development expertise of its members and address the national inequity in funding between the top 150 institutions of higher education (IHEs by total research expenditures) and the broader cohort of IHEs, including all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), emerging research institutions (ERIs), and other…

State-level postsecondary education governance has experienced a lull in successful reform efforts since the turn of the century. However, in 2020, the Utah System of Higher Education and Utah System of Technical Colleges were formally merged following a multi-year effort by state legislators and higher education officials. Framed by the theory of…

Drawing on the crisis management cycle (CMC) framework, this study examines the organizational adjustments made by school systems in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the implementation of high-impact tutoring (HIT) to address the pandemic's academic impacts. Analyzing 112 interviews across 10 local education agencies, we identify…

Change always catalyzes organizational members to challenge, reframe, and revisit the assumptions that preside over the work they do. But how do recent changes affect individual and collective organizational transformations? More fundamentally, how can we think about learning and transformation in an organizational environment in perpetual…