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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

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. It's really important that we just be human." They provide professional development."

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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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Interview with Robert T. Tally Jr. on historicizing 'The Hobbit'

Inside Higher Ed

Tolkien’s The Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion ( Palgrave Macmillan ), Robert T. Hobbits are not magical or supernatural; they are, basically, small humans. And when their world goes into upheaval, their stories naturally resonate with human experiences of massive change.

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The Mindful Learning Framework

Faculty Focus

Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. It’s important to note that mindsets vary and humans are not always one or the other. Kabat-Zinn, J (2003). Your content will be the driver for each of the principles.

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The Mindful Learning Framework

Faculty Focus

Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. It’s important to note that mindsets vary and humans are not always one or the other. Kabat-Zinn, J (2003). Your content will be the driver for each of the principles.

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Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Dr. Vollendorf’s research focuses on the cultural history of women in Iberia and Latin America during the early modern period (1500-1700). Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003, after working at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The British Academy points to ‘the impact and value research’ in the humanities and related disciplines ‘can deliver to policy makers and the wider public’. Innovate UK’ had its origins in the ‘Lambert’ Review of Business-University Collaboration (2003). The Royal Society adopts the same wording.