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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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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Even so, President Sacks acknowledged that leaders must also tend their own garden: “I recognized that we needed serious facilities upgrades in nursing. 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.

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Framework Leadership: An Innovative Approach to Higher Ed Growth: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 151 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Kent Ingle

The Change Leader, Inc.

Under his leadership, the university has made tremendous strides. Over the last five years, it’s doubled its endowment and student body and added more than $80 million in new facilities. I became the dean of the College of Ministry and Theology at Northwest University in Seattle, Washington. Kent Ingle 04:40 Right.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

This becomes a real long-term capacity-building and stratification issue because of F&A [Facilities & Administrative] and indirect costs. Andrew Koricich 14:51 Facilities & Administrative. That’s the extra cost for what the university already puts out for. The college president’s role results in high burnout.