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Let’s look outside academia for university leaders

LSE Higher Education Blog

How many university leaders return to their former academic identity and role, or at least do so willingly? At an operational level, endless demands leave no time for academic pursuits for those at the summit of university leadership. Few leaders, if any, will visit the classroom or undertake research.

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5 Reasons Why University Leadership Roles Should Be Open to Those Without a Ph.D.

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation Should top university leadership roles be open to non-PhDs? " The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. As the thinking goes, professors will only ever truly respect their fellow guild members.

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Generative AI and the Automating of Academia: Insights from Dr. Donna Lanclos and Lawrie Phipps

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Generative AI and automating academia in the style of Bauhaus The landscape of academia is undergoing a seismic shift with the advent of generative AI tools like ChatGPT. The essence of academia, which thrives on critical thinking and innovative exploration, could be at risk if the human element is excessively automated.

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How toxic incentives are fueling an ‘epidemic’ of cheating in scholarly research

University Business

” “Academia is an industry,” he says. “Rewards in academia—whether getting hired, promoted or published—come from output and productivity.” The post How toxic incentives are fueling an ‘epidemic’ of cheating in scholarly research appeared first on University Business.

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Patty Limerick speaks out on her dismissal from her center

Inside Higher Ed

“You know, we’ve had decades of very solid support from the university leadership and there was a reason for that, because—I’m not sure if this is a little bit of vanity or just accuracy—I’ve done everything imaginable for years here to build trust between a university-based organization and the general public.

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President moves: Another spate of high-profile leaders step down

University Business

However, the motivation behind these presidents’ break from university leadership is markedly cooler than last month’s more dramatic falls from grace. The momentum of late July’s multiple president resignations across some of the nation’s most well-known institutions seems to have continued into August.

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As I navigated through my undergraduate years at Alabama A&M University and then pursued advanced studies at Virginia State University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, I witnessed the evolving dynamics of higher education.