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Becoming a Mission-Driven University

Inside Higher Ed

In a 2020 book entitled The Purpose-Driven University , Debbie Haski-Leventhal, a professor of Management at Macquarie University and a scholar of corporate social responsibility, argues that the universities need to become more mission, vision, and value focused and to place a greater emphasis to their social impact.

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Generative AI and the Near Future of Work: An EdTech Example

eLiterate

The earliest version on the 1EdTech website dates back to 2002, while the most recent version was released in 2022. The repetitive work they are doing now would be replaced by the software over time, freeing up the human brains for other things that human brains are particularly good at. It didn’t make economic sense.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The British Academy points to ‘the impact and value research’ in the humanities and related disciplines ‘can deliver to policy makers and the wider public’. A Concordat and Agreements Review (April 2023) formed a joint attempt to define ‘research culture’ initiated by Universities UK, UKRI and Wellcome. Oxford and Cambridge took note.

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Building a Sustainable Higher Education Model: CSCU’s Partnership for Workforce Readiness: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 175 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Terrence Cheng

The Change Leader, Inc.

The first half of this two-part series with Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU)’s Chancellor Terence Cheng explores how CSCU partners with local businesses to ensure equity and workforce preparation for its majority-minority student population. Both institutions are part of the City University of New York.

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How CSCU is Building Strong Institutional Foundations: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 176 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Terrence Cheng

The Change Leader, Inc.

This is probably one of, if not the most critical, relationship a university president can have. He served as campus director of the University of Connecticut Stamford campus from 2016 to 2021, where he also served as a faculty member in the English department. Both institutions are part of the City University of New York.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Carnegie Mellon University–Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, is the only American campus on the entire continent. The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa.

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

This is an instructive moment at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby recently assumed the role of president. I left Duke University, that I loved and still love, where I have friends, colleagues, and students. The day that I left, I was no longer going to be entangled in that institution.