March 2024 Digest

Inaugural Administrator EdTech Survey

As the headlines will tell you, higher education is grappling with multiple disruptions. Administrators are situated at the center of these shifting demands, responsible for making the types of campus-wide decisions that will determine the institution’s direction into the future.?

To gain insights into how administrators perceive and experience these challenges — and complement the insights obtained from our student and faculty surveys — we launched our first Administrator EdTech Survey. Read the report to learn more about how administrators perceive and make decisions about educational technology, how they view the future of higher education, and how their institutions are approaching new generative AI technologies.?

Month in Review

In February, Western Governors University President Scott Pulsipher authored an article for Higher Ed Dive on the need for deliberate online education strategies that better serve first-generation students, citing research from our latest Student EdTech Survey .?

Our former Accelerator client Protopia was featured in an article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy about leveraging AI to engage alumni and connect them with students at scale.?

We also published two blog posts on our site about debunking common misconceptions about competency-based education and how to customize the CBE model to fit your school’s unique needs.??

On the Horizon

We’ll soon be announcing the winners of our Accelerator Pitch Competition, and can’t wait to get to work supporting another mission-aligned EdTech startup! We’ll also be publishing new content on the impact of student loan debt on borrowers based on our research with Savi .?

What We’re Reading

• CBE growth supports demand for skills-based hiring | Inside Higher Ed ?
• Workers without degrees are not getting as many good job offers as it seems | CNBC ?
• Your employer can now match your student loan repayments as 401(k) contributions | The 19th
• The Edge: Missed opportunities in nondegree credentials | The Chronicle of Higher Education ?
• Advocates Promote Equitable Prison Education Programs Post–Pell Restoration | Inside Higher Ed

Collaboration, diverse perspectives, and ideas that challenge the status quo are critical to solving higher education’s Wicked Problems. We’d love to hear from you. Leave us a comment to let us know what’s on your mind. And consider sharing this newsletter with your network to help us maximize our impact.