Leading Academic Change
National Survey 2.0
Results now available!
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Stay informed on future academic innovation efforts.
Survey results are now available!
About the survey
The landscape of academic innovation leadership has undergone significant changes compared to a decade ago, reflecting a shift in priorities, reporting structures, budgets and staff. In the Leading Academic Change National Survey 2.0, we heard from 138 academic innovation leaders representing 117 unique institutions regarding their perspectives on the state of academic innovation and how it is structured at their university.
The history
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 had been conducted since. Meanwhile, the world as we knew it changed.
Quantum Thinking and the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan launched Leading Academic Change National Survey 2.0 to empower higher education with the right data to inform better leadership models, technology and support structures that leverage innovative approaches to teaching and student success.
The leadership
Anne Keehn, Founder and CEO of Quantum Thinking, served as Principal Investigator and Cait Hayward, PhD, Director of Research & Analytics at the Center for Academic Innovation, served as Co-Principal Investigator for this work.
Who we surveyed
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.
Now the results are available, and we can’t wait for you to see what we found. Fill out the form above to access the white paper.
Interested in becoming a corporate, institutional, or nonprofit sponsor for future surveys? Contact anne@quantumthinking.com.
