This is not another book about why higher education needs to change. This volume is about how to facilitate change. What could higher education achieve if varied stakeholders decided to work together to accomplish a shared vision by using data and scaling up evidence-based interventions? The contributors offer examples and instructions to help execute change in order to drive collective impact. When we understand large-scale change in other sectors, such as healthcare, business, and the social sector, it can help inform us of what collective impact looks like and how to get there. A deeper investigation into the science of change will enable us to work towards increasing access, overcoming racial disparities, reducing the need for remediation, and improving learning outcomes.

List of Illustrations Foreword: Bringing Collective Impact to Higher Education Nancy L. Zimpher Acknowledgments Introduction Jason E. Lane 1. Collective Leadership in Higher Education: Moving from Competition to Collaboration to Impact Jason E. Lane, B. Alex Finsel, and Taya L. Owens 2. The Inconvenient Truth about Change Management: Why It Isn't Working and What to Do about It Scott Keller and Carolyn Aiken 3. From Perpetuation to Innovation: Breaking through Barriers to Change in Higher Education Jonathan S. Gagliardi 4. The Rise of Collective Impact Jeff Edmondson and Nancy L. Zimpher 5. Using Design Thinking to Drive Collective Impact in Higher Education David J. Weerts, Christopher J. Rasmussen, and Virajita Singh 6. The Albany Promise Story: How a Community Came Together to Go All-in on Education Reform Juliette Price 7. What Large-scale Change Looks Like and How to Get There: Theories of Action A conversation with Jeff Edmondson, Jason Helgerson, Danette Howard, James Kvaal, Becky Kanis Margiotta, and Joe McCannon Moderated by David Leonhardt Contributors Index