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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength. It's really important that we just be human." They provide professional development."

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Hired Devin Stephenson – Florida Polytechnic University Devin Stephenson has been selected to become Florida Polytechnic University’s next president, the second in the institution’s 12-year history. More from UB: The human toll of rampant college closures Retired Bradley Creed – Campbell University (N.C.)

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Interview with Robert T. Tally Jr. on historicizing 'The Hobbit'

Inside Higher Ed

Tolkien’s The Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion ( Palgrave Macmillan ), Robert T. Hobbits are not magical or supernatural; they are, basically, small humans. And when their world goes into upheaval, their stories naturally resonate with human experiences of massive change.

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Black Youth Mental Health: Understanding and Being Culturally Responsive to Promote Homeplace and Black Joy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Mandy K. Homeplace, as bell hooks (1990) describes, is a sanctuary space that is humanizing , loving, and full of grace. Mims is an Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology at New York University Dr. Paul C.

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The Mindful Learning Framework

Faculty Focus

Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. It’s important to note that mindsets vary and humans are not always one or the other. Kabat-Zinn, J (2003). Your content will be the driver for each of the principles.

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Intellectual Provocations or Reckless, Irresponsible Acts of Arson?

Inside Higher Ed

To be sure, Biggar embraces the liberal tenet that all parties to public debate should affirm a commitment to human dignity and to conducting political and policy debates in a reasoned and civil manner. Much as pearls are cultured by introducing an irritant, so it is with an education in the humanities. Is this diversity newsletter?