Change in the Higher Education Industry

1. Group: Lisa Zappio Emilie Tunks Pompilia Ignat Mike Dominato

2. Barriers to Change

2.1. Cost

2.1.1. e.g. adding new faculties and/or buildings to the campus is costly - economic factor

2.2. Resource Availabiliy

2.2.1. e.g. labour and funding to implement changes - economic factor

2.3. Faculty Demographics

2.3.1. e.g. Older professors may have a greater resistance to changing their teaching styles, especially tenured professors - social factor, technological factor

3. Drivers of Change

3.1. Technology

3.1.1. e.g. incorporation of more technology in learning (distance education, online submissions, more technology inside of the classroom - technological factor

3.2. Competition

3.2.1. with other colleges/universities for students./faculty - economic/social factor based on student preferences

3.3. Decreasing Local Enrollment

3.3.1. students are choosing to go to other universities that offer something they desire that Windsor does not - economic and social factor