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Hard Jobs

Susquehanna President's Blog

At the Intercollegiate Athletics Forum in early December, Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, said “Being a university president is the hardest job in America.” Being a university president isn’t the hardest job I have had. Being a university president isn’t even the mostly intellectually taxing job I have had.

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Unconventional Higher Ed Leadership Paths

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

“Most of the job of the presidency is bad news. I remember years ago when Dick Cheney was the Secretary of Defense, I heard him say, ‘By definition, if a decision comes to me, then it's hard because if it was easy, it should have been made before.’ If things are going well, you're really not needed that much. That was powerful.

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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

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He recently led a project to develop a data-driven metric for identifying rural-serving institutions (RSIs), and he has been invited to speak by a number of organizations, including the American Association of State Colleges & Universities, National Scholarship Providers Association, and the Oregon Community College Association.

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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

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I served there for about six years and then became the president of Southeastern University. Kent Ingle 03:19 Oh, definitely. Those are all traits that are incredibly important for university presidents. Then you add Pell grants to that and other scholarships. Does it feel like a whirlwind to you?

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Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its September 29, 2022 panel discussion on innovative financial aid for today's students. So in 2011, we began to pilot a program that requires no application on the student's part.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

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If we’re talking about earning a degree as a metric of success, it’s not an insurance policy where you’re definitely going to find a good job. However, there’s still no guarantee that they are definitely going to land themselves a good job by age 30. What are three takeaways that university presidents and boards need to do?

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

It’s atypical for most university presidents. Before we get into our topic today about reimagining universities for the future, give our listeners a little taste of who you are and where you’ve come from. Instead of being abstract, I want to give you one example of what we do. This, by definition, is exclusionary.