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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

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Embracing Leadership Opportunities From department chair to interim chancellor, President Stokes served in leadership positions at three institutions before joining UNM. When I left for a provost job at University of Missouri , I was excited about a new opportunity at a Midwestern university. I hadn't thought about it.’

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University of Austin, the self-proclaimed antidote to college campus ‘illiberalism,’ is now accepting fall 2024 applications

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After announcing its founding in 2021, the University of Austin has won approval to issue liberal arts degrees and is now accepting undergraduate students for fall 2024, The Texas Tribune reports. I mean that quite literally…” the university stated on X, formerly known as Twitter. John’s College in Maryland.

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

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Valerie Sheares Ashby recently assumed the role of president. Passing the Leadership Torch President Sheares Ashby took office In August 2022, succeeding UMBC's beloved, long-term president Freeman Hrabowaski. I left Duke University, that I loved and still love, where I have friends, colleagues, and students.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

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Charles Welch , President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Learning Leadership by Example In describing his leadership style, President Welch recalled a few pivotal moments early in his academic career: “I was going to go to law school to be a politician.

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A college widens faculty involvement in search for a president

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Image: In the perpetual tug-of-war between openness and confidentiality in searches for new college and university presidents, secrecy has been winning in a rout. The recent search for a new president at Pitzer College offers a counterpoint.

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Lessons in Innovation for Higher Ed

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For this podcast in the Innovation Spotlight Series , we spoke with Peter Temes , president of the Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations (ILO Institute). The biggest killer of innovation initiatives is when the university president or CEO or business unit leader charters a person or a group and says, 'You are my discovery group.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

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However, in this episode of the Weekly Wisdom Series , we spoke with President Casey Sacks , who began working at West Virginia’s BridgeValley Community and Technical College after serving two years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the U.S. Department of Education. And that got us the grant.