UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Duke University scrapped the name of industrialist and outspoken white supremacist Julian Carr from an academic building in 2018. Woodrow Wilson’s name was removed from Princeton University’s public policy school in 2020. “I think it’s really important to have a process. Denaming Processes.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

University of Utah is showcasing the value of academic diversity after the state’s passing of HB 261 , which “prohibits an institution of higher education from establishing or maintaining an office… [that] is referred to or named diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The British study published on Research Policy examined the performance of higher education institutions by collecting data from the National Student Survey (NSS) website, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and others over 10 years beginning with the 2009-10 academic year.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. This significantly diminishes effective board governance.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

As higher ed nears the looming enrollment cliff , colleges and universities looking to drive enrollment growth must identify more pathways for students to obtain a college degree, especially in the case of first-generation students.

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University Business

JANUARY 12, 2024

Leadership at Harvard University will get to test their equanimity after a headline-worthy shakeup that shot one of the world’s most prominent institutions of higher education into the defensive on the first days of 2024. The former president describes his parting with the university as a “mutual decision.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Welch Welch is currently president of AASCU member Arkansas State University System and co-chair of the Executive Council of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

At The Presidents Dinner in Washington, D.C., last week, 15 college presidents gathered with national media outlets to engage in organic conversation about higher education and some of today’s most pressing issues. Fordham University President Tania Tetlow believes affordability should be placed on public policy.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education.” Their contracts have raised a number of ethical and policy flags.

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Higher Education Today

MARCH 6, 2023

ACE will release The American College President: 2023 Edition on April 14. Since the founding of American higher education, college and university presidents have generally been White men—even.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Supreme Court heard arguments regarding race-conscious admissions policies, higher education stakeholders gathered to discuss the barriers keeping more women and people of color from becoming college and university presidents. According to 2021 data, 60% of the University of California (UC) chancellors are white.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 24, 2023

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has selected the 29 senior-level higher education professionals for its 2023 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI). MLI stands as a magnet for talented people looking to bring something different to American higher education leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig The selection of Vasquez Heilig as provost is a game changer for WMU, say higher education leaders who point to his tenure at UK where he strategically increased student enrollment in the College of Education by 63 percent, noting that his efforts have focused on increasing diversity among teachers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Javier Cevallos was recently appointed president of the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI). Dr. Javier Cevallos Cevallos is currently president-in-residence of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 29, 2023

Citing just one memorable moment of a leader voicing a powerful, eloquent truth, Dr. Burns recalled a 2020 conversation with Arizona State University President Michael Crow : "He talks about that we're just sailing, that these are choppy winds, these are intense seas, but it's just sailing.

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University Business

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The higher education president landscape experienced significant leadership changes during the closing weeks of 2023. Two R1 universities have secured a president appointment following severe fallouts with their previous leaders. Christine McPhail – Saint Augustine’s University (N.C.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 6, 2022

. • Southern New Hampshire University. HEERF (Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, and administered by the U.S. Department of Education). He served as Senior Policy Advisor to Under Secretary Ted Mitchell at the U.S.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 11, 2023

We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. On this podcast episode, President Sorrell talked about good and bad examples of leadership, showing vulnerability, finding work-life balance, the best way to deliver bad news, and DIY executive professional development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Henry McMaster and Marshall University President Brad D. Smith will co-chair the new Southern Regional Education Board Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Education (SREB). SREB’s Commission on AI and Education begins meeting in March to review research and industry data and hear from education experts.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Executive director Mark Overmann led the discussion with guest speakers Maureen Manning, vice president of strategy and insight at The PIE, and Jill Welch, senior policy advisor at the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and featured columnist for the “Jill on the Hill” policy update in The PIE News.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

Bringing Federal-Level Higher Ed Experience Back to the Community President Sacks’ shared how federal-level experience gave her a different perspective as a college president: “I understand federal grants better than many of my colleagues. Most industry lobbies have PACs and do things differently than we do in higher education.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

Dozens of panel and plenary sessions were offered at this year’s meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) including a panel titled, “Historic Role of University Presidents in Shaping Racial Policies and Practice,” and keynotes by David Hogg and Jaclyn Corin, co-founders of the March for Our Lives.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

Its decisions to rule against affirmative action have struck a nerve with higher education leaders. But Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth and Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez, Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, find the ruling tone deaf.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Grand Canyon University for deceptive advertising, illegal telemarketing, and misrepresenting the school as a nonprofit institution, according to Reuters. Grand Canyon University President Brian Mueller speaks during a Nov. Department of Education decisions.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

On this Weekly Wisdom Podcast , we spoke with Dr. Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). Six years ago, you wouldn't have found that.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

On this Weekly Wisdom Podcast , we spoke with Dr. Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). Six years ago, you wouldn't have found that.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As a major step toward more equitable admissions policies following the U.S. Supreme Court ban on affirmative action, college and university leaders, politicians, education experts, and the general public are calling for an end to legacy admissions — the practice of giving preference to students who have familial connections to alumni.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 22, 2023

President turnover is a major problem for higher ed leadership, with the average tenure of leaders serving in this capacity at one institution declining sharply from 10 years to a shocking 3.7 There’s also an unprecedented amount of pushback on DEI when diversity and inclusion were once very much a part of higher ed.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Leading With Informed Optimism While President Randall was appointed to his current position in August 2021, making him a relative newcomer compared to many other higher education leaders, he's hardly a newcomer at the University of Utah. We're going to redefine the student experience at the university.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Dr. Chris Howard , Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Arizona State University , arrived at his present position by an unconventional route, and he spoke with us about how leadership is more than a title, what a president actually does, an early lesson from the military, and three books that helped him define his role.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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. I think that's what they were looking for when they named me as interim president.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Solutions for eradicating them range from empowering students to adopting free speech policies. It’s hardly a new observation that, in corporatespeak, colleges and universities are ailing companies. As Temple University president Jason Wingard writes , our attrition rates would send a corporate entity into meltdown.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Image: Scholars in Florida are angry, disappointed and divided over a recent joint statement , signed by Florida College System presidents, promising to “not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in critical race theory or related concepts.”

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University Business

APRIL 24, 2023

Most college or university presidents to have recently taken the helm might have had a grasp of their job expectations before the turn of the decade—or even when the pandemic went into full swing. No cohort of presidents might be more familiar with this than those leading small private colleges or universities in the Northeast.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

Javier Reyes assumed the role of Interim Chancellor at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) on July 1, 2022, following the departure of Chancellor Michael Amiridis for the presidency of the University of South Carolina. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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