Higher education professionals are experiencing an unprecedented period of turbulence, resulting from significant political, demographic, cultural, and technological changes. These broad forces range from declining enrollment to shifts in employment, federal and state policy changes, and technological changes, including the ascent of generative AI. Rather than give into despair, institutional leaders and the teams they lead can instead choose resilience, the ability to remain focused and effective in the face of these and other challenges. To address these ongoing challenges, institutions must become increasingly effective in the use of data, analytics, and AI to increase student success and ensure that people are the highest priority. The talk will highlight the importance of vision, openness, resilience, courage, passion, and hope.
