Marty Parkes

Disrupter: How Maryville University Remade Itself and Higher Education Marty Parkes

It's often reported that many universities will have difficulty surviving the coming decades. Which ones will find a way to flourish in uncertain times and offer a level of success to its students in the way that Maryville University consistently has?

Maryville University has led the way in creating innovative and powerful strategies to achieve amazing results. Maryville has earned recognition twice since 2016 as an Apple Distinguished School by Apple Inc. because of its Digital World initiative.

In this uniquely comprehensive and compelling account, Marty Parkes, once head of the communications department at Maryville University, describes the trailblazing path that the University, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Mark Lombardi and his dynamic team of staff and faculty, took to emerge as one of the top universities in the country, gaining the Apple Distinguished School award and being recognized by U. S. News & World Report.

This book was written to serve as an inspiration and guideline for any institution of higher learning that wants to find a successful path forward.

If you read only one book to understand the challenges of higher education in the future, Disrupter is the one to choose.