Talks & Workshops

Morgan delivers research-informed, practical talks and workshops on student success, online learning, and institutional change. Her sessions combine deep sector knowledge with clear, accessible analysis and a focus on what institutions can do next. People to whom she is not related even swear that she is often funny, yet on point.

Programs are designed for a wide range of audiences, including presidents, provosts, trustees, senior leaders, faculty, advisors, and professional staff, and can be adapted for conferences, retreats, and internal planning sessions.

Sample Talks

The Future of Online Learning: From Scale to Design

How online learning has evolved over the past decade, the forces now reshaping it, and what institutions must do to prepare for the next phase.
This session examines shifting student demographics, changing expectations, platform consolidation, AI, regulatory pressures, and financial constraints—and explores how these trends are redefining quality, support, and institutional strategy.

Audience: Senior leaders, online learning and academic affairs teams

Format: Keynote or strategic briefing (45–60 minutes)

Why Student Success Is So Hard—and What That Reveals About Higher Education

A systems-level examination of why well-intentioned student success initiatives so often fall short, and what this tells us about incentives, organizational design, and institutional culture.

Audience: Senior leaders, boards, faculty leaders

Format: Keynote or plenary (45–60 minutes)

Sample Workshops

Online Learning or Student Success Strategy Labs

Facilitated working sessions to help institutions diagnose barriers, align stakeholders, and develop implementation-ready action plans.

Typical length: Half-day or full-day

Best for: Cabinet teams, task forces, redesign efforts

Student Participatory Design & Journey Mapping Workshops

Hands-on sessions that help teams surface friction points in student experience and identify structural improvements.

Typical length: 3–4 hours

Best for: Advising, enrollment, student services teams

The Student Success Game: A Systems-Level Simulation Workshop

A hands-on, tabletop simulation that helps institutional teams surface hidden assumptions, misunderstandings, and structural barriers to student success in a low-stakes, collaborative environment.
Participants work through realistic scenarios involving advising, enrollment, course design, financial policies, and support services, identifying where systems break down and where redesign is needed. The format encourages honest conversation, cross-functional learning, and shared problem-solving.