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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Projects addressed topics such as program review, data strategy, budget models, enrollment growth, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

Inside Higher Ed

Jeff Witmer, professor of math, said that what the board appears to want “will change the ethos of Oberlin—a place where historically the faculty have made progressive decisions and where the dean has been viewed as first among equals. Yet the faculty didn’t lead Oberlin’s response to the incident.

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Shopping in the Freezer

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean You know how sometimes you forget about food that has been in the freezer for a while? ” Experience tells me that different people will draw wildly different conclusions from this information, but the information itself should be readily available already. ” Hoo boy, yes.

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Assessment is fun?

Dr. Missy Alexander

When I served as the Dean of Arts & Sciences I was responsible for making sure that every program had an assessment plan and that the plan was followed. I read numerous program review reports every year, serve on visiting teams for university accreditation, and coordinate the writing of our institutional self-study.

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Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

WCET Frontiers

Micheal Voss, Dean of Instruction at Mesa Community College recommends an “annual threshold review of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and a more robust program review at least every 5 years. References: Higher Learning Commission. 2022, April). Evolving: Accreditation and credential landscape.

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Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips

EAB

Blogs Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips A Q&A with Dr. Louis Slimak, Associate Provost at West Virginia University In today’s fast-changing environment, program review is an increasingly critical area of focus and the first step in delivering a portfolio that meets the institution’s goals and students’ needs.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Hard Times in Higher Education We sometimes ask our guests about the hardest leadership challenge of their career and President Welch related this painful story: “In 2019, I got a call from the governor's office that Henderson State was facing serious financial challenges, and could the system step in an informal role?