Organizational Development

College Matters, Management Consulting

A schools’ ability to increase institutional effectiveness rests in its ability to create an institutional culture in which planning, reflective practice, and self-improvement are evident. The role of organizational development is to provide an intentional opportunity...

Enrollment Management

College Matters

Enrollment Management covers the broad operational areas that affect the total numbers of enrolled students and graduates. Admissions and student retention, marketing and sales, and financial aid are all areas addressed under the umbrella of Enrollment Management....

Professional Development

Academics, College Matters, Management Consulting

Training that better prepares individuals in the functional task related to their roles is professional development. Faculty can benefit from ongoing professional development to hone their classroom management skills, introduce them to new concepts in student...

Campus Activities

College Matters

Student engagement is the primary reason to have activities that draw students into the college and into the learning community. Clubs, activities, study groups, sports, the arts, and a myriad of other campus activities can be used to engage students and keep them...

Career Services / Placement

College Matters

There has been a huge shift even in Liberal Arts Colleges toward measuring the effectiveness of a college degree by increasing earning power. Whether or not you agree with this philosophically, research is telling us that students will use that test to measure how...

Learning Assessment

College Matters

The latest buzzword in institutional effectiveness—and the featured topic of many accreditation conferences—learning assessment is a multifaceted process that requires diligent attention to details including documentation. Each institution’s outcomes are different and...