Enhance the Student Experience with Student Rounding

About this episode

Dr. Janet Pilcher reflects on the 2026 Destination High Performance Higher Education Conference and discusses aligning educational institutions with student needs.

On the heals of Studer Education's 2026 Destination High Performance Higher Education Conference, Dr. Janet Pilcher reflects on the event and her takeaways. She calls out an idea shared by Dr. Brendan Kelly, President of Eastern Michigan University: the idea that education institutions serve and support students best when they align "what they do" with what students want and need -- not what the institution wants and needs. Listen as Dr. Pilcher shares a way to identify what students wa...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Janet Pilcher

Topics covered

• student experience
• higher education
• student rounding
• institutional alignment
• conference takeaways

Keywords

• student experience
• higher education
• Dr. Janet Pilcher
• Dr. Brendan Kelly
• 2026 conference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eastern Michigan University, Studer Education

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