2023–2025
Columbia Business School
AI policy & assignment redesign
Shaped institutional policy and moved faculty from skepticism to fluent classroom practice.
I work with → Universities & professional schools
Higher Education Consulting · Est. 2025
Helping universities teach well in the age of AI.
Two decades inside Columbia. Faculty development, AI policy, and inclusive pedagogy — built into systems that actually move institutions forward.
Services · Ranked
Five practice areas, ordered by where institutions feel the pressure most.
- 01
AI Integration & Faculty Adoption Strategy
Only 25% of educators feel trained to use AI in their curriculum — yet 95% of students and faculty use it daily. I help institutions close that gap with policy, redesigned assignments, and a path from faculty resistance to confident adoption.
Highest demand
Built at Columbia Business School
- 02
Faculty Development Program Design & Evaluation
Professional development is 37% of the educational consulting market and AI-assisted instructional design is growing at 20% CAGR. My ReCAP framework and Columbia-scale faculty support systems translate into programs mid-size institutions want but don't know how to build.
Largest market share
ReCAP framework
- 03
Inclusive & Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Institutions are caught between equity commitments and political pressure. I help embed equity-centered teaching without exposure — drawing on the Anti-Racist Educator Institute at Columbia's medical center.
Specialized practice
Health sciences track record
- 04
Teaching Effectiveness & Learning Technology
Campuses are stuck with under-used LMS platforms and untrained faculty. I work at the seam of pedagogy and learning technology — especially for schools with new platforms and poor uptake.
Operational
20+ years across Columbia
- 05
Professional Practice Education Framework Design
For schools of social work, nursing, public health, and professional programs redesigning curricula around applied competencies and AI fluency. Few consultants understand both the pedagogy and the professional context.
Niche & lucrative
Health sciences + business school
Bio
Michelle V Hall.
Learning strategist for institutions that teach adults.
I've spent two decades at Columbia University working at the intersection of pedagogy, equity, and technology — leading AI integration at Columbia Business School and building the Anti-Racist Educator Institute at the medical center.
The work translates. Whether the room is full of faculty redesigning a syllabus or managers rolling out an AI tool to a 5,000-person org, the question is the same: how do adults actually change how they think and work? I build the policy, run the program, and stay long enough to see it land.
I work with universities, professional schools, and enterprises that need someone who has done the operational work — not just theorized about it.
Selected work
Engagements & frameworks.
2021–2024
Columbia University Medical Center
Anti-Racist Educator Institute
Designed and led a faculty institute centered on equity-driven teaching in health sciences.
Ongoing
ReCAP Framework
Faculty development model
An operational framework for scaling reflective, evidence-based faculty growth.
2008–2025
Columbia Schools (multiple)
Learning technology integration
Faculty enablement across LMS adoption, instructional design, and pedagogy alignment.
Testimonials
What clients say.
“Michelle moved our faculty from quietly banning AI to redesigning their assignments around it — in one semester. The shift was cultural, not just tactical.”
Senior Associate Dean
R1 Business School
“She doesn't hand you a deck and leave. She stays in the room until the policy actually works for the people teaching under it.”
Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
Private Research University
“The ReCAP framework gave our center of teaching a spine. Faculty development finally feels evidence-based instead of performative.”
Director, Center for Teaching
Health Sciences University
“Michelle's work on inclusive pedagogy was the rare DEI engagement that improved teaching evaluations and didn't blow up politically.”
Department Chair
School of Public Health
Get in touch
Let's talk about your next semester.
Most engagements start with a 30-minute conversation. Tell me what's stuck, and I'll tell you whether I can help.
Contact Michellemichelle@example.com
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