 The path ahead for higher education seems uncertain, plummeting budgets, sky-high tuition, lagging graduation rates, and poor job prospects, all of which are challenges to making this key part of the American dream accessible to the many who need its benefits. We know that if we can break through these barriers, we can help some 37 million Americans with some college credit but no college degree attain this critical credential. We can create a new route for students that is affordable, accessible, high-quality, and relevant to their career and life goals. But it will take creativity, big ideas, and out-of-the-box approaches from institutions' top leadership. This is why EDUCAUSE, in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, created the Breakthrough Models Incubator. The Incubator offers competitively selected C-level teams and institutional leaders an opportunity to assemble away from the pressures of running an institution for two and a half full days of dedicated time to hear thought leaders from across higher education and to begin designing their own breakthrough model plans. The Incubator brings teams together with content from thought leaders in higher education, certified organizational coaching, and a community of like-minded higher education innovators like you to create cohorts of institutions poised for breakthrough. If your institution is ready to go beyond business as usual, apply for the 2015 Breakthrough Models Incubator today.