By Destiny Harper-Lane, DBA How is your institution generating intensity around understanding strategies that can drive fall-to-spring persistence and ultimately, retention ..read more

Transforming Institutional Viability Through Student Success  MTN drives participant tuition revenue by cultivating a thriving student success culture. Credo’s Moving the Needle MTN partner institutions experience increases in both first-time, full-time student retention and graduation rates. Improved student persistence has a direct impact on tuition revenue as more students re-enroll for the second year and continues to grow as more cohorts go through their education. Our latest research estimates the increased tuition revenue associated with MTN participation over a five-year period ..read more

Moving The Needle Impacts Culture & Retention Together with our partners, the Moving the Needle (MTN) project invests deeply in the development of leaders across the campus, in the integration of their work, and in creating a long-term sustainable culture of student success. Our campus partners have achieved remarkable outcomes for students and for campus resources and culture. This success is possible – and proven – in a variety of college profiles, from open enrollment to highly selective, from liberal-arts focused to expanding comprehensive institutions.  Moving the Needle is curr ..read more

Every year to celebrate our team, we present the Credo Values Awards recognizing individuals who live deeply in the corevalues of the firm ..read more

Major Campus Construction: Planning Podcast Now Available to Stream Credo's Dawn Rolling, Architect and Director of Design, and Dean Rodeheaver, Senior Campus Planner, recently joined the Business Office Reset podcast with our friends from CFO Colleagueto talk about the importance of higher education campus planning with margin in mind, bringing the whole campus together, and understanding the "why" behind the project ..read more

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and Credo are thrilled to announce the expansion of the long-running Credo Women in Leadership Initiative (CWLI) to leaders across the AAC&U network. In November 2023, AAC&U and Credo will host in-person programs for cabinet leaders and for college and university presidents. Centered on the theme “Leading with Longevity: Sustaining Self & Profession,” participants will engage in learning, reflection, and community building through a series of connected sessions, panels, and facilitated conversations.   Building ..read more

The hardest thing about strategic planning isn’t creating the plan, it’s implementing it. But we’ve got good news: there are steps you can take during the planning process to ensure that your execution stage proceeds smoothly. Here are five tips our Credo experts have identified as foundational to implementing strategic plans.  ..read more

Measurement is an essential element of strategic planning because it offers a declaration of intent: This is where we’re going as an organization, and here’s how we’ll know when we get there ..read more

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Credo and the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities are pleased to announce the Fall 2022 Moving the Needle cohort. Building on the momentum of the inaugural cohort of four ACCU institutions, this new group will continue to promote an inclusive, student-centric culture through Moving The Needle, a partnership that engages the full campus community in developing, implementing, and enhancing the conditions, practices, systems, and solutions that foster student success and retention ..read more