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. For more bespoke assessments, it really takes a legislative mandate, particularly if the students transfer before graduation.

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HEPI

MARCH 12, 2023

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Dr Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Dean of Learning and Teaching at the University of Portsmouth, and Tom Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at the University of Portsmouth. Further details, including how to book a free place, are here. What has changed?

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

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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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

President Sacks talked to us about the view on the ground versus the big picture, her personal leadership journey, some of her proudest accomplishments, strategies for decision making, and the power of both information and knowledge. Department of Education. And that got us the grant.

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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. I wonder. (If

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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. With a simple concept and great execution, Georgia Southwestern’s video wishes its community a happy holiday season, all while introducing its diverse faculty and students.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

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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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Policy More than 80 percent of U.S. At the time, many college officials noted that health concerns and other logistics associated with test-taking made them want to reduce student stress and risk. Concerns about racial equity also factored into many decisions.

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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. It may very well happen, at which point I’d have to find another network.

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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)

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.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. A distress signal carries the risk of becoming self-fulfilling, if students and talented employees take it as a cue to leave. The temptation to hide bad news out of hope for a savior or a stroke of luck is real. It was gutsy. They’re literally “for” profit.

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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. With a simple concept and great execution, Georgia Southwestern’s video wishes its community a happy holiday season, all while introducing its diverse faculty and students.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Everybody wants something, and you need to figure out where you fit into that, and where the institution fits, and what's best for students." Everybody wants something, and you need to figure out where you fit into that, and where the institution fits, and what's best for students." Dr. Daria J. Just be patient.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Of late, the news has been rife with stories of individuals and groups engaged in actions of last resort, namely strikes, protests, votes of no confidence and court battles. History chronicles moments where people pushed, pulled, shoved, harassed, bullied or beaten chose fighting over fleeing.

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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. I also like that students who received Pell grants are eligible for larger writeoffs.

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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. One study surveyed students at the beginning of the semester and after their first exam and found that female instructors faced more backlash for grades given than did male instructors.

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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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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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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 15, 2022

Like all other parts of higher education, it experienced a dip with prospective students could no more complete their usual campus visits, and stereotyped testing became the option for students applying at several institutions. The admissions management system can strengthen and boost the overall process of getting students on board.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

An AAUP advisory letter issued last week also said the “Campus Maverick” blog written by Robin Capehart, Bluefield State’s president, “would appear to be unhelpful in repairing the relationship between the administration and the faculty. The university didn’t respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

He argued that Yale Law students haven’t faced consequences for shutting down a speaker last year, meaning “Yale not only tolerates the cancellation of views—it practices it.” The students who disrupted the event were not punished. Department of Health and Human Services planned to give out free crack pipes. (Ho

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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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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 7, 2024

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. Alan Sugg was an incredibly effective leader, very kind, very engaging, and everything came back to student success.

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