Conventional wisdom holds that an iron triangle of quality, cost, and access exists within higher education. The typical understanding is that institutions are unable to positively impact any one of the bars of the triangle without negatively impacting one or both of the others. For example, increasing quality will result in reduced access and increased cost. Or, increasing access will result in reduced quality.
However, such assumptions are based on traditional institutional strategies and methods. Forward-thinking colleges and universities are applying innovative digital technologies that have the ability to “break” the iron triangle and result in positive outcomes across all three dimensions of quality, cost, and access.
This session will describe how the University of Central Florida is applying digital strategies to overcome the constraints of the iron triangle and positively impact students across all three dimensions.
