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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

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She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. We do that every day at universities. Bridget Burns is the founding Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

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I think I can be a much better partner with the next chancellor, because I know the demands that come under time, I know the requests that come from the outside, and I can help them channel it, and help my deans and vice provosts, be more responsive to what they see coming.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

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And then I’ll talk about Peter Freeman , one of the first Deans of Computing at Georgia Tech. Peter Freeman (Founding Dean and Dean Emeritus at Georgia Tech's College of Computing). Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E.

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Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation

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Leading With Informed Optimism While President Randall was appointed to his current position in August 2021, making him a relative newcomer compared to many other higher education leaders, he's hardly a newcomer at the University of Utah. We're going to redefine the student experience at the university.

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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

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She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about the mindset of accepting new leadership challenges, the responsibilities of institutional leaders as employers, required skills for effective leadership, and navigating the small world of higher ed. I think that's what they were looking for when they named me as interim president.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

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Working at ED gave me insight about how policy's actually made, and one thing I keep seeing is that higher ed doesn't advocate for itself the same way that other sectors do. Most industry lobbies have PACs and do things differently than we do in higher education.” Dr. Sacks holds a Ph.D.

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Lessons for Higher Ed Leaders of Color

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Willis served as an Assistant Professor of History, department chair, faculty senate president, and Executive Dean of Centers at Lone Star College (Houston, Texas). She is a 2017 Cohort Fellow for the Thomas Lakin Institute for Mentored Leadership and was featured in the December 2017 issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.