Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean This may sound like a humblebrag, but it’s really more of a glimpse into what happens when you write a lot over an extended period. Earlier this week a colleague posted a link to a new paper she co-authored on a subject I found worthwhile. TB: Not really.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean It’s college ranking season again. News rankings are ridiculous, and Williams beating Amherst is right and proper. Tim Burke’s reflections on college rankings are well worth the read, if you haven’t seen them. ”) assume other audiences.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Since he began his distinguished academic career after transitioning from the private sector, we were eager to hear his wisdom about how it affected his approach to academic leadership, the guidance and opportunities that he's offering his students, and the perceptions and expectations around a job well done. The Path From College to Careers.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

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.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 19, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Stat of the Week: The Girl reports that among the first-year students in the Honors Humanities program at UMD this fall, 68 are women and two are men. I even caught both kids laughing during the dinner table scenes, which were what I most remembered about it.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 19, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean At one point in the 90’s, I was visiting Mom’s house while my grandparents were there. I don’t remember him ever bashing younger people or the things they cared about. He simply accepted that not everything was about him, and he was fine with that.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Garnett Stokes , President at University of New Mexico. She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about the mindset of accepting new leadership challenges, the responsibilities of institutional leaders as employers, required skills for effective leadership, and navigating the small world of higher ed.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Policy More than 80 percent of U.S. colleges and universities do not require applicants to take standardized tests like the SAT or the ACT. Currently, only 4 percent of colleges that use the Common Application system require a standardized test such as the SAT or the ACT for admission.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Last week Matt Reed (“Confessions of a Community College Dean”) lamented unused funds given by donors in his post “ Dead Money.” ” He wondered what could be done about funds (especially scholarship dollars) whose restrictions make them impossible to use.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After earning an undergraduate degree here in accounting, he returned as a faculty member in 1998, serving 11 years as a professor and 12 years as business school dean. You might say we're irrationally passionate about this place. And that's what leadership is about. And so, for me, this is absolutely my dream job."

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Following tradition and building on last year’s list , HEM has gathered a new list of videos that are sure to make the holidays all the more memorable. This way, viewers can meet new faces on campus and better connect with the school’s faculty, staff, and students while celebrating the season.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. In the wake of Elon Musk buying Twitter, firing its leadership, and appointing himself the sole board member of Twitter, I’ve seen a lot of speculation about its worst users being given free rein. What made Twitter so special in the first place?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Last year the President of Bloomfield College, Marcheta Evans, issued a public distress call on behalf of Bloomfield. That’s not how colleges in dire straits typically behave. That’s not how colleges in dire straits typically behave. It was gutsy.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 14, 2023

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. I prefer to talk about leadership rather than administration, because administration connotes bureaucracy. We can't escape that.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. Dr. Daria J. Just be patient.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MARCH 4, 2024

Reading Time: 9 minutes Not so long ago, students who had been accepted to a college or university might expect a phone call, an invitation to an open house, and perhaps some brochures or a catalogue in the mail. Admissions software can help segment prospects (according to expressed interest, referral source, location, etc.)

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean For various day job–related reasons, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about general education requirements and what we really want students to have, or do, or be able to do. But we’d bring in new stuff, too. I immediately recognized it as nonsense.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Following tradition and building on last year’s list , HEM has gathered a new list of videos that are sure to make the holidays all the more memorable. This way, viewers can meet new faces on campus and better connect with the school’s faculty, staff, and students while celebrating the season.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! In higher education, the actions of last resort are often formal complaints lodged through institutional (college, university, state) systems; oversight organizations (i.e., History chronicles moments where people pushed, pulled, shoved, harassed, bullied or beaten chose fighting over fleeing.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 25, 2023

Lessons in Innovation for Higher Ed A Conversation With Peter Temes, President, Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations Alan Thu, 06/01/2023 - 06:00 Image Blog Post Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight Despite our focus on higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) always watches innovators working in other sectors.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Having spent the latter part of last week focusing on getting The Girl settled in college, I didn’t immediately jump on the news about planned student loan forgiveness. Now that she’s safely ensconced, a few thoughts.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Image: Two new studies on gender bias in student evaluations of teaching look at the phenomenon from fresh—and troubling—angles. ” That gender bias impacts student ratings of instruction is hardly news: much research to this effect already exists. ” Jennifer A. Chatman, Paul J.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JANUARY 19, 2024

And while State University of New York (SUNY) Empire State may be Dr. Lisa Vollendorf ’s first presidency, she brings more than a quarter century of perspective and experience at public institutions. And this puts a lot of pressure on us to up our game. access and inclusion for all, regardless of background.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma. Colleges and universities must respond by implementing new prevention programs, training procedures, and systems of bureaucratic oversight, reporting, and enforcement at great expense. Today’s Ivory Tower is beset by scandal. Nor do the scandals’ repercussions quickly end.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 15, 2022

The manual way of managing things had students purchasing or printing out the application forms, mailing their filled-in forms to the institution, followed by the admission committee sifting and categorizing the application forms to shortlist the good ones, and finally sending a post to the selected ones with the news.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I’ve never really trusted my powers of prediction, but recent weeks have seriously eroded any confidence in my ability to forecast the future. 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.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 6, 2023

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. People have been welcoming, kind, and ready to think about new ideas. Is it the right role?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

” Now other judges are slowly signing on to Ho’s boycott, an effort that has landed at the same time Yale Law announced new student disciplinary policies and efforts to protect free speech. “Across the country, there are thousands of young people who are about to apply to law school. Unpacking the Controversy.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 7, 2024

Charles Welch , President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Throughout my career, I've tried to take some of those lessons about relationships. I had been president of the student body in high school, and then I became president of the student body at the University of Arkansas.

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