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Navigating President Turnover: Higher Ed Leadership Challenges: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 169 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. William E. “Brit” Kirwan

The Change Leader, Inc.

President turnover is a major problem for higher ed leadership, with the average tenure of leaders serving in this capacity at one institution declining sharply from 10 years to a shocking 3.7 In 2009, he received the Carnegie Corporation Leadership Award, which included a $500,000 grant to support USM academic priorities.

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Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

President Randall said, "I find history to be the most instructive leadership manual I've ever seen." One of his favorite histories is Doris Kearns Goodwin's No Ordinary Time , about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's tenure in the White House. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

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Sorrell is the longest-serving President in the 151-year history of Paul Quinn College. While in law school, he was a founding member of the Journal of Gender Law & Policy and served as the Vice President of the Duke Bar Association. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University.

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Lessons for Higher Ed Leaders of Color

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Willis began her educational career in 2007 teaching at Florida A&M University before transitioning to Tallahassee Community College. Starting in 2010, Dr. Willis served as an Assistant Professor of History, department chair, faculty senate president, and Executive Dean of Centers at Lone Star College (Houston, Texas).

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Insights for Higher Ed Presidents: A Fireside Chat with Brit Kirwan: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 184 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. William E. "Brit" Kirwan

The Change Leader, Inc.

Leadership in Challenging Times: Insights on effective leadership for current and future university presidents. In 2009, he received the Carnegie Corporation Leadership Award, which included a $500,000 grant to support USM academic priorities. Oh, he’s part of my yes history. [00:05:59]

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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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A Deeper Study of Higher Education Leadership

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Smith (President Emeritus, Washington State University) • Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein • The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) by Admiral William H.