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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Michael Sorrell , longtime president of Paul Quinn College. We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength.

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Wayne State to Establish Center for Black Studies, Increase Faculty

Insight Into Diversity

Mellon Foundation, Wayne State University will create the Detroit Center for Black Studies and recruit 30 new humanities faculty. The faculty-led, multidisciplinary center will connect Black Studies faculty from institutions across the state of Michigan, the university announced in December. The Andrew W.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Hired Devin Stephenson – Florida Polytechnic University Devin Stephenson has been selected to become Florida Polytechnic University’s next president, the second in the institution’s 12-year history. Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college.

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Help Raise Your Leadership Game

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Brian Blake sat down with us to discuss his first year at Georgia State University. President Blake recalled how his path to the presidency of this historic institution had included his previous career in the technology sector, well outside of academia. Click the banner below to watch the video. Click here for full audio.

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10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Raise Your Higher Ed Leadership Game

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Brian Blake sat down with us to discuss his first year at Georgia State University. President Blake recalled how his path to the presidency of this historic institution had included his previous career in the technology sector, well outside of academia. Click the banner below to watch the video. Click here for full audio.

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Navigating President Turnover: Higher Ed Leadership Challenges: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 169 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. William E. “Brit” Kirwan

The Change Leader, Inc.

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 Meanwhile, big-time intercollegiate athletic programs are forcing presidents to cobble together money to keep these expensive enterprises afloat.