Credo Blog
May 1 2018
BY MATTHEW TRENT TRAINUM, ED.D. What sets you apart? What makes you different?
April 25 2018
By Tim Fuller " Colleges are like newspapers , brick-and-mortar retail stores or manufacturers of internal combustion engines . The disruption that defines our era threatens us all. " Credo's work...
March 26 2018
BY MATTHEW TRENT TRAINUM, ED.D. When is the right time to undergo a new strategic planning process? Is it when the old plan expires? Or perhaps when a new president arrives? Or should it be when the...
March 8 2018
How are you at spotting trends?
July 11 2017
The recent edition of the Chronicle of Higher Educations's “Presidents Share What Works” surfaces several themes, which we see daily in our strategic planning work—e.g., faculty involvement,...
January 18 2017
To compete in student enrollment, many colleges and universities need to evaluate whether their facilities and campus amenities are up to par. When it comes to attracting new students, residence hall...
September 14 2016
Credo consistently views an institution through the lens of student success, with a focus on setting strategic goals and measuring progress toward growth milestones. For Avila University, it was a...
March 5 2015
February 27 2015
August 13 2014
Strategic thinking is at the heart of the “Surviving to Thriving” (Soliday & Mann, 2014) chapter on Planning and Innovation. John Bryson (2011), foremost expert on strategic planning for nonprofits,...
May 11 2013
Leading effectively an organization at the strategic level requires several important ingredients. Some of these ingredients include:
