Change Is Hard, Change Is Good: Building Campus Buy-In When Implementing Something New

Implementing and effectively managing change to support the evolving needs of students can be a complex endeavor – and its success comes down to the support of stakeholders across your campus.

Learn how one institution's Registrar's Office implemented both a degree management system and a student information system, managing to gain campus buy-in from scratch. They'll share effective strategies from their journey toward change, as well as things they'd do differently in hindsight.

First Learning Outcome: Learn how to identify your campus’s appetite for change and develop a communications approach accordingly. 

Second Learning Outcome: Learn how to develop messaging for different stakeholders.

Third Learning Outcome: Learn how to identify and leverage change champions across campus.

Core Competency: Change Management

Proficiency: Records & Academic Services Proficiencies

Presenter(s): 

Michelle Jenson The University of Akron

Daniel Semelsberger The University of Akron