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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

President Blake's journey to his current position at Georgia State has been a bit different from those of many other academic leaders. From a childhood of pumping gas and bookkeeping for the family business to a career in software engineering, he developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Very similar to software engineering.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

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This creates stratification within the high school of AP/IBAs and dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment based on where the high school counselor, teacher, or athletic coach advises the student to go. Among her accomplishments, she is most proud of her two children – Conner (27), an engineer, and Allie (24), a lawyer.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

President Sacks advises them: “Read. I'm teaching people welding and diesel mechanics and electrical engineering, and those things are wonderful, but those students aren't reading a lot of classic literature. And so that's been so lucky.” I'm always sending my leadership team things to read.

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Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 165 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

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Podcast Highlights NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines is a $44 million investment that promotes competition and exploits the innate potential of the region through partnerships. Panchanathan was nominated to this position by the President of the United States in 2019 and subsequently unanimously confirmed by the U.S.

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

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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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

He serves on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI); the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Board on Higher Education and Workforce ; the American Council on Education (ACE) Board ; and the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) Council of Presidents.

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Unconventional Higher Ed Leadership Paths

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

There's another book called On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis, who had been a university president and a combat infantryman in Korea at the Marshall School. Co-Host: Bridget Burns , Executive Director, University Innovation Alliance Dr. Bridget Burns is the founding Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).