The document discusses Project DAVID, which aims to showcase strategic reinvention at liberal arts colleges through collective discussion and sharing of best practices. It uses the themes of Distinction, Analytics, Value, Innovation, and Digital Opportunities (DAVID) to frame questions about how colleges can reinvent themselves for future success and sustainability. The project brings together representatives from over 20 liberal arts colleges to discuss their experiences with reinvention through these lenses and identify common keys to ensuring future success.

1. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Ann
Hill
Duin
Professor,
University
of
Minnesota
NITLE
Fellow
Ty
Buckman
Professor
of
English
and
Associate
Provost
for
Undergraduate
Affairs
&
Curriculum,
WiHenberg
University
Autumm
Caines
Academic
Technology
Specialist,
Capital
University
Elizabeth
Brennan
Associate
Professor
and
Director
of
Special
EducaMon
Programs,
California
Lutheran
University
Wen-­‐Li
Feng
Curriculum
Technology
Specialist,
Capital
University

2. hHp://z.umn.edu/projectdavid
Project
DAVID
eBook

3. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Framing
Ques0ons
• How
might
colleges
and
universiMes
use
the
themes
of
disMncMon,
analyMcs,
value,
innovaMon,
and
digital
opportuniMes
(thus,
DAVID)
as
a
means
to
consider
how
they
might
reinvent
themselves?
• As
they
focus
on
aHending
to
the
challenges
and
opportuniMes
their
insMtuMons
face,
what
are
they
learning
that
informs
how
the
sector
might
envision
its
future?

4. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Poll
Ques0on
• Which
theme
most
resonates
with
you?
– DisMncMon
– AnalyMcs
– Value
– InnovaMon
– Digital
opportunity

5. Overview
• CollecMve
Vision
– DAVID
themes
• AcMon
– InnovaMon
• Ty
Buckman
– ReinvenMon
• Elizabeth
Brennan
– Digital
opportunity
• Autumm
Caines
&
Wen-­‐Li
Feng
• Envisioning
the
future

6. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE

7. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Project
DAVID
is
about
showcasing
strategic
reinvenMon
underway
across
higher
educaMon.
We
use
a
set
of
themes-­‐-­‐DisMncMon,
AnalyMcs,
Value,
InnovaMon,
Digital
opportuniMes
(thus,
DAVID)-­‐-­‐and
associated
quesMons
to
idenMfy
and
share
how
insMtuMons
are
posiMoning
themselves
for
future
success.
Key
quesMons:
• How
are
colleges
and
universiMes
reinvenMng
themselves?
• How
do
faith
and
learning
components
impact
reinvenMon?
Intended
outcomes
include
a
common
conversaMon
among
insMtuMons
about
the
keys
to
their
future
success
and
the
degree
to
which
those
keys
are
shared.

8. • Augsburg
College,
Minneapolis,
MN
• Bethany
College,
Lindsborg,
KS
• Cal
Lutheran
University,
Thousand
Oaks,
CA
• Capital
University,
Columbus,
OH
• Concordia
College,
Moorhead,
MN
• Concordia
University,
St.
Paul,
MN
• Ge?ysburg
College,
GeHysburg,
PA
• Grand
View
University,
Des
Moines,
IA
• Gustavus
Adolphus,
St.
Peter,
MN
• Lenoir-­‐Rhyne
University,
Hickory,
NC
• Macalester
College,
St.
Paul,
MN
• Muhlenberg
College,
Allentown,
PA
• Newberry
College,
Newberry,
SC
• Roanoke
College,
Salem,
VA
• St.
Olaf
College,
Northfield,
MN
• Susquehanna
University,
Selinsgrove,
PA
• Thiel
College,
Greenville,
PA
• Wagner
College,
Staten
Island,
NY
• Wartburg
College,
Waverly,
IA
• Wi?enberg
University,
Springfield,
OH

9. http://popenici.com/2012/12/03/storm/
Selingo, J.J. (2013). College (Un)bound: The future of higher education and what it means for students. NY: Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Publishing Company.
Norris, D., Brodnick, R., Lefrere, P., Gilmour, J., Bear, L., Duin, A.H., & Norris, S. (2013).
Transforming in an age of disruptive change. Society for College and University Planning.

10. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE

11. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Amid
the
immense
change
underway
in
higher
educa0on,
how
might
my
college
or
university
reinvent
itself
for
sustainability,
for
relevance,
for
survival?

12. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Dis0nc0on
How
is
each
insMtuMon
making
a
compelling
case
as
to
why
and
how
its
programs
are
disMncMve?
For
Lenoir-­‐Rhyne
University,
disMncMon
is
…
– Liberal
arts
– ReputaMon
for
personal
aHenMon
– ConnecMon
to
the
church
– ConnecMon
to
community
President
Powell,
Lenoir-­‐Rhyne
University

13. Analy0cs
How many, how often, where?
Where exactly is the problem?
What actions are needed?
Why is this happening?
What if these trends continue?
What will happen next?
What’s the best that can happen?
From Competing on Analytics, Thomas Davenport and Jeanne Harris

14. Analy0cs
“All
of
our
insMtuMons
need
a
culture
of
measurement
and
accountability
that
enables
us
to
demonstrate
the
value
we
create
for
individuals
and
for
insMtuMons
through
the
educaMon
we
offer.
To
meet
all
these
needs
and
to
aHain
all
these
goals,
we
are
called
on
to
aHend
to
vocaMon
in
the
liberal
arts.”
President
Anderson,
St.
Olaf
College

15. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Affordability
“The
disrupMon
that’s
needed
is
in
the
way
we
price,
package,
and
finance
the
educaMon
we
provide,
more
so
than
in
the
delivery
of
educaMon.
The
real
issue
is
cost
…”
President
Henning,
Grand
View
University

16. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Value
Value
=
financial
independence,
professional
accomplishment,
and
personal
fulfillment
Value
=
quality
+
affordability
Value
=
Outcomes
x
Experiences
Cost

17. Innova0on
Student
success
focus
Signature
programs
linked
to
community
Consor0a
New
business
models
InnovaMon
task
forces
Open
source
resources
“ReinvenMon
of
a
core
business
model
cannot
be
aHempted
in
a
serious
way
without
challenging
the
very
nature
of
our
insMtuMonal
missions.”
Assoc.
Provost
Ty
Buckman,
WiHenberg
University

18. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Digital
opportunity
“What
worked:
visits
to
other
schools
(e.g.,
Johns
Hopkins);
everyone
on
the
commiHee
enrolled
in
a
MOOC;
the
leader
of
Penn
State’s
Global
Campus
visited
Muhlenberg;
visits
with
professionals
who
are
taking
online
courses;
visits
with
students
who
are
taking
online
courses.
They
put
aside
$1M
for
implementaMon
of
recommendaMons
for
online
courses.
CollaboraMon
of
students,
staff,
trustees.”
Muhlenberg
College,
Online
Task
Force

19. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Collabora0on
“As
an
IT
leader
-­‐
how
do
I
transform
how
we
deliver
educaMon?
I
see
DAVID
as
about
learning
what
others
are
doing,
trying
opMons
out,
creaMng
a
larger
feedback
loop
to
share,
experiment,
and
see
what
happens.
We
can’t
survive
without
collaboraMng.”
Mark
Huber,
Susquehanna
University

20. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Opportunity
in
Necessity:
Dis0nc0veness,
Innova0on,
and
the
Historical
Moment
for
Liberal
Arts
Ins0tu0ons
Ty
Buckman,
associate
provost
at
WiHenberg
University,
will
share
about
how
their
InnovaMon
Task
Force
used
the
DAVID
themes
as
a
way
to
look
at
improvements
to
the
university’s
core
enterprise
of
educaMng
undergraduates,
idenMfy
more
compelling
ways
of
presenMng
the
DisMncMveness
of
that
educaMon,
and
employ
InnovaMon
as
a
means
of
generaMng
new
revenue
and
expanding
the
university’s
reach
into
new
markets.

21. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Incremental
Change
• Liberal
arts
colleges
and
incremental
change:
slow
only
seems
slow
when
it
is
compared
to
fast.
BeHer
to
compare
slow
to
staMonary
or
glacial.
• One
species
of
incremental
change:
‘dual
purpose
innovaMon’:
providing
a
marginal
benefit
for
tradiMonal
students
while
using
the
same
course
or
program
to
reach
new
students,
in
the
same
space
or
through
a
new
medium
or
channel.
Example
of
Business
290.

22. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Ins0tu0onal
Propriocep0on
• The
logic
of
plans
and
strategic
iniMaMves
is
only
apparent
to
campus
stakeholders
who
have
a
basic
understanding
of
where
their
insMtuMon
is
in
Mme
and
space,
in
its
historical
moment.
Without
sufficient
‘insMtuMonal
propriocepMon’
dispersed
throughout
a
campus
–
through
a
strong
sense
of
community
and
good
communicaMon
–
leaders
may
find
it
difficult
or
impossible
to
build
a
consensus
for
change
even
when
change
is
most
needed.

23. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Innova0on
Task
Force
• Incremental
change
and
insMtuMonal
propriocepMon
can
be
augmented
by
a
collecMve
approach
to
innovaMon
and
adaptaMon.
• Innova0on
Task
Force
Charge:
The
InnovaMon
Task
Force
will
idenMfy,
explore,
and
help
develop
programs,
iniMaMves,
and
campus
improvements
that
are
both
consistent
with
WiHenberg
University's
mission
and
likely
to
provide
enhanced
revenue
toward
the
fulfillment
of
that
mission.

24. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
DAVID:
Reinven0on
of
Lutheran
Graduate
Educa0on
Elizabeth
Brennan,
professor
at
California
Lutheran
University,
will
share
about
the
importance
of
conMnuous
reinvenMon
and
how
the
DAVID
themes
provided
a
framework
for
examining
strategic
planning
and
efforts
toward
sustainability
within
a
graduate
program
that
is
embedded
in
a
Lutheran
university.

25. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
The
DAVID
themes
provided
a
framework
for
meeMng
challenges
within
our
programs
which
are:
– Regional
(budding
online
presence)
– Faith-­‐based
– Facing
strong
compeMMon
locally
and
online
– Juggling
huge
external
and
internal
demands
Context
and
Relevance

26. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
• DisMncMon
• AnalyMcs
• Value
• InnovaMon
• Digital
opportuniMes
DAVID
as
a
guide
for
reinven0on

27.
SoluMon:
Understanding
that
our
Lutheran-­‐based
understanding
of
"finding
purpose”
is
parMcularly
salient
at
the
graduate
level
and
may
be
key
to
our
sustainability
Moving
forward:
Revaluing
this
as
our
dis$nc$on.
Dis0nc0on:
Between
a
rock
and
a
hard
place?

28. Challenge:
ReacMng
to
external
reporMng
as
a
burden
SoluMon:
Viewing
analyMcs
as
a
framework
for
program
improvement
– Increases
faculty
buy-­‐in
and
parMcipaMon
– Actually
informs
our
pracMce
– Aligns
with
new
naMonal
‘conMnuous
improvement’
mode
Moving
forward:
IncorporaMng
analyMcs
as
a
criMcal
component
of
conMnuous
improvement
and
not
an
‘event’.
Analy0cs:
He’s
not
heavy,
he’s
my
brother!

29. Challenge:
Conveying
‘value’
amidst
‘cheaper’
compeMMon
SoluMon:
Mentoring
v
Advising
and
the
Professional
Development
School
Model
Moving
forward:
Focus
on
increasing
the
Mentor
model
and
school
partnerships
Value:
A
penny
for
your
thoughts?

30. Challenge:
Diminishing
resources
and
increasing
demands
SoluMon:
Using
this
challenge
as
a
catalyst
to
INNOVATE
and
proacMvely
merge
programs
under
a
state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art
new
co-­‐
teaching
paradigm
Moving
forward:
ConMnue
to
idenMfy
ways
to
respond
to
research-­‐based
program
delivery
while
marshaling
resources
Innova0on:
Leaving
one
to
one’s
own
devices!

31. Challenge:
Difference
between
School
of
Management
and
TUG
online
presence
SoluMon:
Rapidly
increased
focus
on
faculty
training
and
social
media
presence
through
creaMon
of
a
new
posiMon
Moving
forward:
Increasing
our
hybrid
course
offerings
and
online
presence
in
keeping
with
GSOE
faculty
focus
on
quality
Digital
opportuni0es:
Pickle
in
the
middle
…

32. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Engaging
Digital
Opportuni0es
in
the
Midst
of
the
Perfect
Storm
Autumm
Caines
and
Wen-­‐Li
Feng,
instrucMonal
technologists
at
Capital
University,
will
share
about
how
their
campus
has
created
open
collaboraMve
structures
for
conversaMons
that
encourage
meaningful
discussion
of
Digital
OpportuniMes
for
growth
and
expansion.

33. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Autumm
Caines
and
Wen-­‐Li
Feng

34. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE

35. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Center
for
Excellence
in
Learning
and
Teaching

36. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Learn

37. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Explore

38. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Share
ADDIE:
Analysis
Design
Development
Implementa0on
Evalua0on

39. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Technology
Use

40. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Course
Management
Experience

41. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Reflec0on

42. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
This
course
allows
me
to
schedule
my
work
to
fit
my
busy
schedule.
There
is
a
lot
of
freedom
associated
with
this
format
because
you
can
take
your
work
with
you
anywhere
which
is
great
for
busy
individuals
like
me
…
I
do
not
feel
that
this
class
is
easier
than
taking
it
in
a
lecture
format
though.
It
sMll
takes
a
lot
of
work
and
discipline
to
complete
the
assignments
on
Mme.
My
suggesMon
to
students
who
are
taking
this
course
in
the
future
would
be
to
make
sure
that
they
do
not
procrasMnate
by
making
sure
that
they
use
their
Mme
and
new
found
freedom
wisely.
You
can
do
your
work
anywhere,
take
advantage
of
it!
I
feel
that
there
is
plenty
of
communicaMon
and
feedback
where
it
is
needed.
The
professor
did
a
great
job
making
this
on-­‐line
course
a
more
than
acceptable
replacement
for
the
tradiMonal
lecture
course.
It
would
be
rewarding
to
many
to
have
more
courses
set
up
like
this
one
for
other
general
educaMon
requirements
for
the
students
that
have
the
discipline
and
ability
to
succeed
in
this
environment.

43. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Poll
Ques0on
• How
might
you
use
the
DAVID
themes
for
collecMve
vision
and
acMon?
– For
collecMve
visioning
locally
– For
work
on
inter-­‐insMtuMonal
partnerships
– For
inviMng
contributors
to
share
their
story
and
work
with
my
insMtuMon
– For
arMculaMng
ideas
for
me
to
share
with
my
insMtuMon
– Other…

44. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Sugges0on:
World
Café
Exercise
• What
is
our
college
or
university
called
to
be?
• How
can
our
liberal
arts
colleges
reinvent
themselves?
• What
role
does
collaboraMon
play
in
our
future?

45. Input
from
LECNA
presidents
Voca0on
• Our
mission
and
vocaMon
are
rooted
in
the
whole
self
for
the
sake
of
the
world.
• We
need
stronger
collecMve
mission
among
insMtuMons
to
moMvate/drive
shared
acMon.
• We
must
reconnect
with
our
tradiMon’s
historic
mission
to
serve
all
students.
Reinven0on
• How
do
we
best
describe
our
value
and
idenMty
to
the
public?
• We
must
develop
pracMcal
programs
for
meeMng
the
needs
of
students
(redesign
undergraduate
programs,
develop
programs
for
a
diverse
market,
and
ensure
that
our
mission
is
applied
to
contemporary
needs
and
issues).
• We
must
embrace
the
centrality
of
student
success
(outcomes,
graduaMon,
employment).
• We
must
create
a
culture
of
innovaMon;
innovaMon
is
an
acMon
word.
Collabora0on
• Leaders
must
value
collaboraMon
for
it
to
work.
Academic
and
administraMve
partnerships
are
key
for
efficiency,
diversity,
stewardship,
inclusion,
and
producMvity.
If
we
collaborate
regardless
of
theological
• differences,
ethics
and
other
differences,
we
can
thrive.
• What
might
be
rewards
and
incenMves
for
collaboraMon?
How
will
we
maintain
idenMty
when
in
collaboraMon?
• What
is
the
boldest
expression
of
our
collaboraMon?
• Together,
how
might
we
reform,
innovate,
arMculate,
collaborate,
and
forMfy
liberal
arts
educaMontwenty-­‐
first
century
skills-­‐-­‐for
a
changing
world?
Lutheran Educational Conference of North America, annual meeting, 2014

46. Project
DAVID:
Collec0ve
Vision
and
Ac0on
for
Liberal
Arts
Colleges
Twi?er:
#NITLE
Contact
Us!
Ann
Hill
Duin
ahduin@umn.edu
Elizabeth
Brennan
ebrennan@clunet.edu
Ty
Buckman
tbuckman@wiHenberg.edu
Autumm
Caines
acaines@capital.edu
Wen-­‐Li
Feng
wfeng@capital.edu

47. Our
collecMve
thanks
to
NITLE
for
the
opportunity
to
do
this
webinar.
We
look
forward
to
collaboraMng
with
you!