
COLO Insights is a free newsletter for higher education leaders navigating online strategy, enrollment, and program development. Each issue translates national research and real-world operations experience into strategy you can act on.
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I started this newsletter a couple of years ago after presenting at an OLC conference. My session walked the audience through a two-year period where we broke up with our OPM, in-sourced our online operations, and saw significant growth in...
Every higher ed conference I’ve been to in the past 2-3 years has been filled with AI sessions. Most of them are about generative AI in the classroom, academic integrity, ChatGPT hacks, etc. They are followed up with questions like, “What d...
In 2020 and 2021, a lot of institutions launched online programs under pressure. Some had been building toward it for years and the pandemic just accelerated the timeline. Others were in genuine crisis mode and did what they had to do to ke...
After almost a year in my Fractional COLO role, I speak to a lot of institutions, and the conversation often goes something like this. An institution has eight to a dozen online programs, a capable instructional design team, and a director...
The role responsible for an institution’s online strategy is still widely misunderstood, even as demand for it grows.
Most university leaders have heard the term. Fewer can define it clearly.
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Welcome to COLO Insights. With 20 years in higher ed, I guide universities in building modern online operations. Get insider tips and strategies, whether leaving an OPM or doing it yourself. Subscribe for actionable advice.
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