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Aspiring to Wisdom

Inside Higher Ed

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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Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation

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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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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

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Aaron Basko This is a guest blog from Aaron Basko , vice president for enrollment management at Lynchburg Universit y. He has written previously for RNL about best financial practices for universities and has also written for The Chronicle of Higher Education among other publications. The news has not been good.

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Resuscitating Dead Money

Inside Higher Ed

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. I wonder. (If

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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Failed searches for college presidents are now commonplace. It has happened at Evergreen State, New Mexico and Wisconsin, among other institutions. Weinberg, who transformed their institutions to much deserved acclaim, or the current or recent crop of higher ed innovators who are much in the news, like Joseph E.

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Lessons for Higher Ed Leaders of Color

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

She offered some advice about finding that fit: "It's a process of listening. Dr. Daria J. Willis , former president of Everett Community College , now leads Howard Community College. Months later, you'll have a much clearer picture of the real story. I've gotten my cuts and bruises from that. Just be patient.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

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?