How We Help

NITLE helps liberal arts colleges respond strategically to disruptive change and move with confidence into an open-ended future. Our programs—from consulting to events—help institutions respond fluidly to new challenges as the context for higher education continues to evolve. Educating students to live and work in a highly networked, technology-saturated world requires strategic thinking, collaboration, and innovation. NITLE creates opportunities for its members to leverage their diverse strengths, collaborate effectively, test ideas, and develop new models for liberal education.

Consulting

NITLE consulting services are a primary benefit of membership and the go-to resource for liberal arts colleges seeking to plan strategically for the future and make positive decisions about technology in a complex, shifting environment. Our areas of practice: strategic analysis and planning, shared academics, futures and scenario modeling, learning spaces design, and inter-institutional projects and services. NITLE also shares its expertise via talks on a range of strategically relevant topics.

NITLE Labs

As technological changes impact traditional processes and practices at liberal arts colleges, opportunities are emerging. Yet while many feel a need to innovate, developing new approaches while also maintaining existing models and practices is truly difficult. NITLE Labs provides liberal arts colleges with a “safe zone” for exploration, experimentation, and innovation.

Strategic Initiatives

NITLE is currently focused on three strategic areas for liberal education: digital humanities, libraries and scholarly communications, and new learning resources. Each of these areas was explored in depth at the 2011 NITLE Summit, with specific outcomes identified in the subsequently published event report.