Content Type: Roadmap
Enhance Your Capital Project Planning Process
While critical for modernizing campus for functional and aesthetic reasons, the process for determining which capital projects are funded—and which are not—is complex and politically fraught.
Identify High-Potential Employer Partners and Plan Your Pitch
Successful institutions use data to identify high-potential partners and strategically plan their pitch around an employer’s specific needs.
Create the Infrastructure to Support Employer Partnerships
Ensure professional and adult education staff have the time they need to research and coordinate with potential partners, and to design offerings that will appeal to them.
Create a Community College Pipeline to Place Students in Right-Fit Careers
As automation and technological innovation continue to create volatility within the workforce, many individuals may not know the best way to prepare for or advance their careers. Learn how community colleges can attract underemployed workers and prepare students to succeed in the workforce.
Launch Grand Challenge Initiatives to Attract Large-Scale Research Investments
In response to stagnating federal funding growth, universities have been diversifying support for research. Discover how to launch grand challenge initiatives that focus on societal problems to build large-scale research collaborations and attract funding.
Adopt a Proactive Approach to Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Funding
Chief research officers need to confront persistent shortcomings in F&A communication, recovery, and investment strategies. Our Roadmap outlines how to create audience-specific F&A messaging, improve return rates, and align F&A investments with research goals.
Navigating Student Activism
The new wave of student activism at colleges and universities is here to stay and likely to intensify due to changing campus demographics.
Develop Student-Centered Well-Being Support
Student well-being is inextricably linked to student success, meaning holistic mental health and well-being support should be a top priority for every institution. Explore this Roadmap for guidance on how to develop student-centered well-being support.
Establish a Centralized Core Facilities Program
University leaders need cost effective ways to provide researchers with access to advanced research technologies. Discover how to properly leverage core facilities to maximize value and further research goals.
Build a Comprehensive Faculty Research Development Program
Many faculty are not provided the same training and support necessary for conducting research as they receive for teaching. Learn how Chief Research Officers can support faculty research by helping faculty secure early-career awards and establish long-term research goals.
