Leading Academic Change
National Survey 2.0
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It’s no longer a question of do universities need to innovate. It’s about how institutions are reconstituting themselves through academic innovation in support of teaching excellence and student success.
In 2015, we co-led an initiative and survey with University of Maryland System’s William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to understand and analyze the landscape of leading academic change. A deep environmental scan of U.S. universities and colleges illuminated the vital role of teaching and learning centers as well as well centers for academic innovation in accelerating teaching excellence and student success.
No national study of its kind has been conducted since. Meanwhile, the world as we know it has changed. The global pandemic brought significant changes in how institutions support their constituents, with many universities and their faculty springing up entirely new modalities overnight to accommodate learning. Interdisciplinary academic innovation leaders catapulted from the fringes to the forefront of institutional leadership and direction.
As we navigate the future of learning, which institutions will be successful and which ones will struggle?
To advance the field, there is a sense of urgency to understand critical pedagogical student success factors – and to help all institutions meaningfully engage their faculty in innovating teaching practices. The time is ripe to help institutions level up their catalyzing leadership, organizations and practices.
Join Quantum Thinking and the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan in empowering higher education with the right data to inform better leadership models, technology and support structures that leverage innovative approaches to teaching and student success.
Anne Keehn, Founder and CEO of Quantum Thinking, is serving as Principal Investigator and Cait Hayward, PhD, Director of Research & Analytics at the Center for Academic Innovation, is serving as Co-Principal Investigator for this work.
The survey closed March 29, 2024, however, it will remain open for those who started but have not yet completed their response. It was open to:
Leaders situated in schools/colleges who are charged with enabling academic innovation.
Directors of units/departments in higher education actively engaged with enabling academic innovation broadly, including advancing systemic changes in teaching and learning, leveraging novel technology, and broadening educational access.
Results coming soon!
Interested in becoming a corporate, institutional, or nonprofit sponsor? Contact anne@quantumthinking.com.
