Episode Summary Higher education is evolving at a faster rate than anyone could have anticipated. How can institutions move past simply reacting to change and start actively anticipating it?

In this episode of Data Stakes, Debbie sits down with Dr. Viviana Unda, Head of Institutional Research and Planning at El Camino College, to explore the transformative power of "Futures Thinking" in higher education. Drawing on her recent coursework from the University of Cambridge, Dr. Unda breaks down the crucial differences between standard forecasting and strategic foresight.

Together, they discuss how to build campus buy-in for future-focused initiatives, why data visualizations are never truly "neutral," and how applying frameworks like the Futures Triangle can revolutionize how institutional research teams tell data stories ...