Perspectives
Perspectives on academic portfolio strategy, credential design, and workforce alignment. For university presidents and provosts navigating consequential decisions.
How to Know Which Programs to Cut, Grow, or Retire
Most institutions are making portfolio decisions without a real framework. This article offers one: a two-axis model that helps university presidents and provosts evaluate programs across workforce relevance and institutional fit, and decide what to invest in, evolve, reposition, or exit.
Selected Writing
The following articles were written prior to founding Brightline Strategy.
Strengthening Our Commitment to a Skills-Based Future — Western Governors University, February 2025
Skills-Based Education for the Future of Work — Western Governors University, January 2025
Closing the Skills Gap: An Inside Look at the Achievement Wallet — Forbes, December 2023
Open Skills Libraries Help Today's Education and Training Providers Respond to Skills-Based Hiring — EvoLLLution, May 2022
Student ROI and the Role of Stackable Credentials — WCET Frontiers, October 2021
Enabling Pathways to Opportunity Through a Skills-Based Architecture — Wiley / New Directions for Community Colleges, March 2021