We Review Together
We walk through the highlighted areas, confirm quotations and factual details, discuss my interpretation of your responses, and go deeper where additional context could strengthen the piece.
REIMAGINING HIGHER ED | THE PERSPECTIVES
Let’s Shape the Final Piece Together
You have shared your perspective. I have shaped it into an editorial. This 45 minute conversation gives us space to review the draft together, make sure your ideas and quotations are represented accurately, and go deeper where additional context could strengthen the final piece.
Nothing will be published without your final review and approval.
BEFORE WE MEET
Come as you are.
You do not need to prepare polished responses or make extensive edits before we meet. I simply ask that you read through the draft once and notice anything you would like to question, clarify, expand, or change.
Read Through the Draft
Give the piece one thoughtful read before we meet. You do not need to edit as you go.
Notice What Needs Attention
If a quotation, fact, interpretation, or passage gives you pause, add a comment or simply make a note so we can discuss it.
No Need to Rewrite
You do not need to polish the language or respond to every comment in advance. That is what our conversation is for.
PERSPECTIVE REVIEW CONVERSATION
Choose a Time That Works for You
Reserve 45 minutes for our review conversation. I have allowed enough time for us to move through the highlighted areas without feeling rushed and to stay with any idea that deserves a little more depth.
Please read through your draft before we meet. There is nothing else you need to prepare.
THE REVIEW PROCESS
From First Draft to Final Approval
This conversation is the first of two reviews. We will use the draft to make sure the editorial is accurate, fair to what you intended to communicate, and as strong as it can be. After our conversation, I will complete the revisions and return the finished piece to you for final approval.
I Revise the Editorial
I incorporate what we discussed, make the agreed changes, strengthen the editorial where needed, and complete the final presentation and formatting.
You Review the Final Piece
You receive the finished editorial for one final review. You can identify anything that still needs adjustment before giving your approval.
We Publish
Once you approve the final editorial and accompanying visual, the feature is ready for publication through Reimagine Higher Ed.
EDITORIAL COMMITMENTS
Your Perspective, Handled With Care
The review process is designed to protect accuracy, interpretation, and your comfort with the final public piece.
Accurate Attribution
Your quotations remain faithful to what you shared and are reviewed in context before publication.
Clear Interpretation
My analysis and interpretation remain clearly distinguishable from your own words and intended meaning.
Final Approval
Nothing is published until you have reviewed and approved the finished editorial and accompanying visual.
WHAT LEADERS SAY
The Work Behind the Conversation
The Perspectives is editorial work, but it grows from nearly three decades of leadership, institutional, and advisory work across higher education. These reflections offer a glimpse of how leaders experience that work.
Her leadership and the application of her 4P’s for Leading Change Framework were instrumental in guiding our system-wide restructuring with clarity, purpose, and inclusivity.
Nicole is an exceptional leader and strategic partner. She has an ability to cut through organizational noise, ask the right questions, and help you see both immediate dynamics and longer-term implications of your decisions.
Dr. Robinson has the ability to break down complex relational systems into recognizable bite sized pieces. She is an organization/institution whisperer.
Dr. Nicole Robinson is an amazing coach and consultant. Under her guidance, I learned so much about myself as I navigated different ways to be a leader at my institution.
ABOUT NICOLE
Nicole R. Robinson, PhD
For nearly three decades, Nicole R. Robinson, PhD, has worked inside and alongside higher education as a faculty member, department chair, endowed chair, senior administrator, executive leader, advisor, and consultant. She is the founder of Reimagine Higher Ed and creator of the 4P Culture Framework™, and her executive leadership includes service on the President’s Cabinet as an Associate Vice President at the University of Utah.
Her work focuses on helping leaders understand what is happening beneath presenting challenges, especially where People, Place, Process, and Power intersect. Through Reimagine Higher Ed, she advises academic leaders and institutions navigating complexity, transition, culture, and meaningful change. The Perspectives grows from that same work: listening carefully to where leaders sit, identifying what their experience reveals, and bringing those insights into a larger conversation about what higher education must preserve, reconsider, and build next.
Let’s Finish the Piece With Care.
Choose a time for your review conversation. We will use the draft as our guide and make sure the final editorial is accurate, thoughtful, and ready for your approval.
