LibraryC2 Performance management2c Ownership, accountability and incentives
LTI-PM-007
Appoint dedicated cross-institutional directors to maintain program momentum
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation
Mechanism
One person is paid to run the partnership and nothing else. Partnerships drift when the work is everybody's fifth priority, and they survive turnover when somebody owns them.
Preconditions
A shared funding agreement covering the salary and benefits.
Owner, by role
Provost / AVP of Student Success
Who can act
Both institutions jointly
Effort
Medium, 6 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Partnership longevity; growth in transfer enrollment
Failure modes
The director can be pulled into daily department duties, reducing their capacity for partnership coordination.
Contra-indications
None stated