How Higher Ed CIOs Can Support Student Success Initiatives
Although many higher education institutions have for years sought to improve student success (increasingly known as student experience), the visible struggle of many students during COVID-19 renewed the urgency around institutions getting it right—right now. More schools are professionalizing advising, creating new student success divisions, and restructuring student and academic affairs to streamline oversight and […]
How Higher Education IT Leaders Contribute to Humanized Learning
For the last year, humanized learning has been top of mind at many higher education institutions. As I’ve written previously, it is not a new concept. The teaching and learning literature is brimming with resources, ranging from philosophical treatises to practical guides. Historically and currently, most educators and campus leaders use humanized learning to describe […]
Adopting Recruitment and Admissions Solutions
Introduction Over the past ten years, there has been significant interest and growth in the adoption of best-of-breed recruitment and admissions (R&A) solutions to augment standard student system functionality. There is also a growing expectation that the constituent relationship management (CRM) that is inherent to R&A solutions should extend into other areas of the student […]
Experiential Learning
Dr. Mordecai Brownlee, Vice President for Student Success at St. Philip’s College, discusses the benefits of experiential learning with host Katelyn Ilkani of The Tambellini Group. Dr. Brownlee shares thoughts on helping college students prepare to enter the workforce, emphasizing the role of experiential learning in career exposure. Topics include student engagement and success, the […]
Teaching Continuity in a Remote Setting: Expectations Are Key to Faculty and Student Success
As colleges and universities send their students, faculty, and staff home to teach, learn and work, what does it mean to move your face to face engaged classrooms to an online environment, and how do you support them best? This reminds me of the early days of using a learning management system (LMS). When I […]
Student Success, Continuing Education, and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education
As institutions focus on lifelong learning and as employers focus on retooling their workforce, there is a need to reimagine the methods they use to connect students throughout their life—from first contact with an institution until retirement and beyond—to meet their ongoing educational requirements. The changes are driven by students, institutional goals, and businesses that […]
Student Success Expertise and Insights Infographic
The Tambellini Group is the world’s leading independent technology research and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to higher education. A key focus for Tambellini in 2020 is to expand our research on student success. Key expertise and insights can assist institutions in achieving mission-critical student success initiatives. Subscribe to Tambellini’s Top of Mind, a weekly podcast […]
Expanding the Definition of Technology and Student Success
Student success is to the beginning of this decade what MOOCs were to the beginning of the last one. Talk about student success is inescapable. Legislators, regulatory bodies, journalists, education institutions, technology providers—everyone is talking about student success. There’s no question that student success is also top of mind for higher education technology professionals. Two […]
Student Success, Continuing the Transformation Journey
Co-Columnist: Dave Kieffer, Vice President, Research, Large Enterprise Systems, The Tambellini Group Increased and Changing External Pressures Pressures outside an institution’s control—beyond accreditation, compliance, and regulation—continue to expand. Diversification and the shrinking size of student populations, and student expectations for a personalized educational experience (when, where, and how they want to experience learning) are growing […]
Tambellini Cloud Summit 2019
The Tambellini Cloud Transformation Summit took place December 4–6 in the greater Boston area. On the heels of a snowstorm, more than 80 attendees shared best practices, participated in workshops, and learned from their peers how and why institutions are moving to the cloud. The Tambellini Group hosted three world-class keynote speakers who started each […]
