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Administrators are announcing deficits, squeezing budgets, and laying off staff and faculty by the thousands. We're tracking it all in real time...
For the first time ever, Eduvation's new Brandscape™ reports gather competitive intelligence on $1.3 billion in marketing activity by almost 200 Canadian colleges and universities. Find out more...
Our 2024 Back-to-School Special!
Join Ken Steele for a 20-minute romp through highlights from more than 100 higher-ed "welcome back" videos!
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the labour market, society, and yes - higher education too. Programs, pedagogy, assessment and supports are evolving rapidly...
Niagara College makes a Splash!
This week, Ken sits down with the marketers who refreshed NC's iconic "blue button"...
A humanities resurgence is inevitable... but programs must evolve. Time to reboot liberal education for the age of AI!

Ten with Ken

Catch the latest episodes of Ken Steele’s “almost-weekly” ten-minute video webcast, Ten with Ken.

9 Forces for Change in Higher Education

Ken sums up the 9 key external pressures on colleges and universities for the next 2 decades, from demographics and funding challenges to evolving students, and rapid industry and workforce changes. Read more

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The Higher Education Innovation Spectrum

In response to the 9 forces for change, colleges and universities are innovating in a multiplicity of ways: seeking efficiencies and scale, collaborating, generating new revenue streams, adapting teaching methods and student services, partnering with industry and innovating in programs, physical campus, and more. Read more

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10 Ways to Nurture a Culture of Innovation

A dozen Ontario university presidents and senior administrators share their thoughts on how to nurture a culture of innovation on campus, in this 3-part series of Ten with Ken, shot on location at the 2017 Ontario Universities' Fair. Read more

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Waterloo’s Innovation Ecosystem

While the “Ten with Ken” team was at the University of Waterloo to profile the Velocity incubator, we sat down with President & Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur to discuss the overall innovation ecosystem at what has been ranked Canada’s #1 most innovative university for the past 25 years. Read more

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Innovative Thinking

Articles & Reports

Read some of Ken’s published articles and reports, including an overview of the Canadian PSE landscape, a defence of marketing in the academy, an introduction to institutional reputation and brand positioning, and thoughts on how colleges should prepare for 2025. Even download Canada’s first book on Strategic Enrolment Management!

Retreats & Workshops

For more than two decades, Ken Steele has been Canada’s most in-demand presenter on higher ed trends and innovations in pedagogy, branding and institutional strategy. Now you can bring his insight and foresight to your board, leadership group, or the entire campus community with a campus lecture, conference keynote, board retreat or workshop (in-person or virtually). Learn More

Get Engaged!

To stay informed about critical news and thought-provoking ideas for the future of higher ed, follow Eduvation on a dozen platforms, subscribe to our podcast Ten with Ken or our newsletter, The Eduvation Insider. Better yet, engage with your peers (and Ken) in real-time on our virtual community, Eduvation Circles, or join one of our MarCom Roundtables!