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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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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

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We asked how she’s met these opportunities: “When I think about my role as Provost at Florida State University , at that point in my career, I was not at all certain that I wanted to be a university president. from the University of Georgia in industrial/organizational psychology.

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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. You might say we're irrationally passionate about this place. So we did something really basic.

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Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed

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“When I came to Empire State University last summer, I said to our chief, ‘Do not worry, you will never hear me say the word crisis or emergency unless people or property are genuinely threatened.’ And he said, ‘Thank goodness, you may be the first university president to speak like that.’”

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

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Inclusive Excellence in Our Universities As the leader of a highly regarded public research university, President Sheares Ashby recognizes her role as a pathfinder for higher education: "Trying to help define and move forward inclusive excellence is everything for me. That's the core value, I think."

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

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He was co-chair of the Executive Council of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education; chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana; vice chancellor for academic affairs at Arkansas State University -Beebe; and dean of university studies at the University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College.