Reimagining Minnesota State: Forum Session 5 - April 4, 2019

Session 5: Innovative Models: Meeting Consumer Expectations, Improving Outcomes, and Reducing Costs through Innovation
The fifth session will focus on how organizations and industries are balancing the necessary but at times competing goals of serving new consumer demands, improving quality and outcomes, and reducing costs. Session 5: Innovative Models will allow for the exploration of how organizations are approaching the creation of new and innovative educational and business models that support the development of new markets, improvement in quality and consumer satisfaction, and the achievement of organizational financial goals by reducing costs and identifying alternative or additional revenue streams.

How will Minnesota State reimagine our approach to simultaneously serve the needs and expectations of the student body of the future, improve quality outcomes, and ensure the financial sustainability of the system?

Thursday, April 4, 2019
8:00-10:00 a.m.
10:00-11:00 a.m. - optional group discussion following panel presentations

Location:
Metropolitan State University
700 East Seventh Street
Saint Paul, MN 55106
Founders Hall, Auditorium

or through live stream: https://webmeeting.minnstate.edu/reimaginemetro

Forum Speakers

Bridget Burns, Executive Director, University Innovation Alliance

For the past decade, Dr. Bridget Burns has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds. Named one of the “16 Most Innovative People in Higher Education” by Washington Monthly, she is the founding Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). The UIA is the ground-breaking national consortium of public research universities igniting a movement through their collaborative work (innovate together, scaling “what works”, and broadly diffusing what they learn) to close their achievement gaps and improve outcomes for all students. The UIA was developed during Dr. Burns tenure as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship at Arizona State University.

Dr. Burns held multiple roles within in the Oregon University System, including serving as Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor, where she won the national award for innovation in higher education government relations. She was a National Associate for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, and has served on several statewide governing boards including ones governing higher education institutions, financial aid policy, and policy areas impacting children and families.

Louis Soares, Chief Learning and Innovation Officer, American Council on Education

Louis Soares incubates and scales ACE’s executive leadership networks, as well as catalyzes compelling research and innovation initiatives across the Council. Working with colleagues, Soares integrates the work of ACE’s leadership, research and innovation teams to optimize membership value for colleges and universities by developing programs and services to advance the success of senior leaders, diversify the executive talent pipeline and facilitate partnerships to enhance institutional performance. Soares’ prior roles at ACE include vice president for policy research and strategy (2013–2016) and vice president for strategy, research and advancement (2016–2018).

While at ACE he published two landmark papers, "Post-Traditional Learners and the Transformation of Higher Education" and "Evolving Higher Education Business Models," that advanced the public dialogue on adult student needs and the acceptance of innovative education delivery models. Prior to coming to ACE, Soares served as the director of the postsecondary education program and fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a premier Washington, DC based think tank. Prior to CAP, he served as director of business/workforce development under Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri and as director of education partnerships for the Rhode Island Technology Council. Soares was appointed by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to serve on the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education in 2011-14.