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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about becoming the first new leader in decades, the nature of servant leadership, how higher ed can shape the future, and how self-care is vital in doing her work effectively. If that is the case, the long-serving leadership piece becomes less important.

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Valerie Sheares Ashby on leadership and succeeding a legend

Inside Higher Ed

” An edited transcript of the interview with Sheares Ashby, former dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University, follows. Burns: Have you learned more from good examples of leadership or bad? My dad was a minister and a math and science teacher. That tells you a lot about how I lead.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

Education has been rebuilt from elementary education to EdD in Instructional Leadership and our students are achieving successes that are on par with our regional, elite, universities. On this last day of 2023, I am reflecting on my 11 years at WCSU. This is my last day as provost, and it has been a rewarding and challenging ride.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Clark’s leadership was determined help soften the blow, especially for students who needed continuity of learning to finish their degrees. Another 11 students in the master of fine arts program enrolled in eight sections and five unique courses. Clark University had been a neighbor to Becker for nearly 135 years.

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What Today’s College Students Need

Inside Higher Ed

I think it’s fair to say that our offices of the dean of students, student life, and student affairs need to do better. I thought, what with high rates of inflation, a depressed stock market, and lots of reports of crime, the Democratic party was about to face a red wave. I also thought the Russian military was far stronger than it was.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

To what extent is the university’s leadership aware of the paper? This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. While the paper contains no groundbreaking new ideas, the gestalt of it is interesting and timely.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

By following three core principles, Illinois Tech has ranked first in the state for people it has successfully moved from the bottom 20th percentile of household income to the upper 20th percentile. Moreover, Illinois Tech’s employment rate is 92% six months after graduation, even when 37% of its students receive Pell Grants.