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Morgan State University’s Bold Journey Toward Elite R1 Research Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wilson For Morgan State University president Dr. David K. But if the process to become an R1 was difficult even for aveteran university president to see, thats largely because theprocess was so arcane. Making history If Morgan State achieves R1 status, it would become just the second HBCU to do so.

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Women in Leadership: Empowering Change across Generations and Cultures

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Their growing presence in academia and cultures enables them to harness collective power and create environments where women of all backgrounds feel seen and valued. Today, women serve as CEOs, university presidents, political leaders, and cultural pioneers.

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Where Higher Ed Should Be More Businesslike

Inside Higher Ed

Whether or not we achieve that is an open question, but one hears much less about disruption and higher education these days. When we’re talking about teaching and learning, academia could hardly be worse in terms of its structure and practices. The labor structures of academia combine the worst of all worlds.

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Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In: Changing Higher Ed podcast 257 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Andrew Hsu

The Change Leader, Inc.

How this higher education strategic planning approach helped College of Charleston grow enrollment, launch new schools, and achieve national university status. Hsu emphasized that without this early investment in shared governance and stakeholder alignment, lasting change would have been far more difficult to achieve.

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Effective University Leadership – What Does It Take?

The Change Leader, Inc.

Effective University leadership traits are close to superhero level – the skills, knowledge, and experience required to be an effective leader of a higher education institution are unlike that of nearly any other profession. Traditionally, universities have looked for candidates who were steeped in the world of academia.

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President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month

University Business

Despite the abrupt upheaval and its ramifications, Reid and student body president Grace Keenan were the only trustees to vote against Corcoran’s permanent hire. Corcoran won out against two other presidential prospects with extensive experience in academia.

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When DEI Is Off the Table: How Higher Ed Leaders Can Still Drive Institutional Change: Changing Higher Ed podcast 261 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Susan Sturm

The Change Leader, Inc.

Achieving this requires more than demographic representation. Three Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards Recognize paradox as a leadership responsibility DEI work will always involve conflicting pressures. This is where you can only do that if you’ve come together in a way that says we cannot achieve our goals.