Second Arrow Briefing
A monthly note on strategy, governance, and institutional renewal in higher education and social impact. Written for university leaders and senior decision-makers navigating volatility, reform, and constraint.
Why Are We Trying to Grow?
Universities are under constant pressure to grow – more students, more revenue, more research, more partnerships. But growth and sustainability are not the same thing. What if the more important strategic question is not how a university can become larger, but how it can become stronger?
The Employability Problem
Most universities agree that employability matters. They have the programs, partnerships and frameworks to prove it. So why is implementation still so uneven? The problem may not be what universities know about employability, but whether their systems are designed to make it happen.