Driving Culture Change in Higher Education
PART 1
Mapping the Current Culture
Read Mapping the Current Culture to gain essential insights into understanding higher education’s organizational dynamics before attempting transformation. This comprehensive guide presents:
- A systematic approach to identifying your institution’s cultural DNA and current state
- A practical framework revealing four distinct university culture archetypes
- Strategic assessment tools to evaluate consensus on institutional goals and execution
- Real-world examples from leaders who successfully navigated cultural transformation
Learn why mapping current culture is the critical first step toward meaningful change in today’s challenging higher education landscape.
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PART 2
Building Your Coalition Culture
Too often, campus leaders try to drive transformation through strategy and mission alone—without fully understanding the cultures that determine how work actually gets done. In Part 2 of this five-part series, Jeff Selingo and Lisa Camp explore how higher ed institutions can move from cultural awareness to cultural alignment.
This paper helps leaders identify the multiple, sometimes conflicting, cultures that coexist on their campuses and provides three frameworks for uniting them through intentional coalition-building. You’ll learn how colleges like UC Irvine and William & Mary have broken down silos and built shared ownership of innovation—resulting in faster implementation, more creative problem solving, and lasting change.
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- Understand how coalitions accelerate strategy
- Learn to identify key change agents across your campus
- Explore three frameworks for using culture as a lever for change
Whether you’re driving digital transformation, launching new academic programs, or responding to shifting demographics, this paper offers actionable insights to build coalitions that can carry your institution forward.
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PART 3
Designing Intentional Change
Higher ed leaders often focus on vision and strategy—but overlook the operating systems of culture that bring those plans to life. In Part 3 of this five-part series, Jeff Selingo explores how institutions can go beyond broad aspirations to deliberately design the cultural conditions that make innovation stick.
This paper introduces the idea of a cultural “master plan” and outlines five essential steps for shaping behaviors, systems, and feedback loops to align with institutional goals. With examples from Northeastern, the University of Michigan, and Maryville University, it shows how leaders can build cultures that are agile, inclusive, and purpose-driven.
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- Discover how to turn vague calls for innovation into tangible design principles
- Learn how to identify and activate the levers of cultural influence
- Explore how to prototype change before prescribing it campus-wide
Whether you’re reimagining advising, integrating new technologies, or fostering cross-campus collaboration, this paper offers a practical blueprint for making culture a strategic asset—not a passive barrier.
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Paper 2
Building the Foundation of the Digital Campus
Read Building the Foundation of the Digital Campus to gain insight on how cloud computing is allowing colleges, no matter their size, to access big tech capabilities. In this paper, uncover:
- How to conduct a readiness test to determine if your institution can reap the benefits of its investments;
- The strategy for moving to the cloud from developing a business case to assessing talent; and
- Three case studies about the cloud migration journey at Florida State, Cal Poly, and Valencia College.
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