HEat Index, Issue 41 – Demographic Cliff Update, Ethics and AI, and a CDO Conversation

by Allen Taylor | Dec 12, 2024 | HEat Index

A new report from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) offers a more nuanced perspective on enrollment as we approach the demographic cliff, which, in reality, feels more like a slow, steady decline. In this week’s issue, we’ll take a deeper...

HEat Index, Issue 40 – College Completion, Student Privacy, and EdTech Conferences

by Allen Taylor | Dec 6, 2024 | HEat Index

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a wonderful and rejuvenating Thanksgiving break with family and friends and feel recharged to wrap up the fall semester strong. In this week’s issue, we celebrate the positive momentum behind rising six-year completion rates, now at...

HEat Index, Issue 39 – Change Management, International Enrollment, and the Potential New Education Secretary

by Allen Taylor | Nov 21, 2024 | HEat Index

Change is hard. Anyone who works in higher education knows just how true that statement is, especially when the process requires collaboration and agreement across multiple campus stakeholders. In this week’s issue, we explore strategies for managing change fatigue...

HEat Index, Issue 38 – FAFSA Enrollment Impacts, Skills Over Degrees, and Experiential Learning Programs

by Allen Taylor | Nov 14, 2024 | HEat Index

While the Department of Education is working to ensure that this year’s FAFSA runs smoothly, we examine the impacts that last year’s challenges had on fall enrollments in this week’s issue. (Spoiler alert: institutions struggled to fill their first-year classes.)...

HEat Index, Issue 37 – Using AI for Reporting, LMS & Lifelong Learning, and Remedial Education Reform

by Allen Taylor | Nov 8, 2024 | HEat Index

As generative AI remains a hot topic of discussion in IT professional circles and on campuses, it is more important than ever to cut through some of the hype surrounding this technology. That’s why our first featured article this week provides a realistic look at how...

HEat Index, Issue 36 – Student Success, Middle Class Financial Aid, and Microcredential Growth

by Allen Taylor | Oct 31, 2024 | HEat Index

Student success remains a key initiative at almost every institution and is especially important in today’s higher education climate. It’s fitting, then, that this week’s issue looks at Inside Higher Ed’s inaugural survey of student success leaders to see how we’re...