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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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Meeting accreditation standards will take five to seven years, according to Pano Kanelos, UATX’s founding president and president emeritus of St. John’s College in Maryland. The college was founded in response to what its lead stakeholders called a rise in “illiberalism” on college campuses.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College. After my stint as a political adviser, I moved into my current role leading HEPI.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

The Path From College to Careers. President Blake has proposed a four-pillar strategy for the shared aspirations of Georgia State: research and innovation; student success; college to careers; and identity and placemaking. So my college-to-careers pillar is all about creating that ecosystem here. Kauvar, and E.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 6, 2022

When President LeBlanc began his first higher ed leadership position in 1996, the year of the dotcom boom, he saw a role for digital technology at Vermont's small, struggling Marlboro College. "I Let's open up something called the Marlboro College Grad Center.' Clay and I met long before he was famous," President LeBlanc said.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 9, 2024

Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline A Conversation With Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven Elana Thu, 08/15/2024 - 18:01 Image College to Career First Generation Weekly Wisdom Braven is an inspiring organization: a nonprofit that partners with higher education institutions to guide their graduates into the workforce.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 4, 2025

million Americans left college without earning a degreebut many would return if given the right opportunity. These partnerships provide employer-funded education opportunities that help companies retain talent, upskill employees, and fill critical rolesall while offering universities a steady stream of non-traditional learners.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

They are mostly student-facing roles, including academic advisers, program coordinators, library staff and support staff in the admissions and financial aid offices. Later they marched to the main campus to protest outside the residence of university president Sylvia Burwell. The strike, announced Aug.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

—About a decade ago, nearly all—97 percent—of IBM’s job advertisements required a four-year college degree, according to David Barnes, vice president of global workforce policy at the tech giant, who spoke this week at the annual SXSW EDU conference here. Image: AUSTIN, Tex.—About

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

In the months following the takeover, the organization gave more than 100 grants of between $2,000 and $5,000 to help Afghan refugees relocate and pursue a college education. Other institutions, including Arizona State University , have also opened their doors to Afghans in need of refuge and educational opportunities. and Berlin. .;

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

If you have a hospital and college of medicine , it adds an important dimension to the job that's hard to visualize. And so, shadow the budget officer of the university. As UIC’s interim chancellor, Dr. Reyes heads Chicago’s largest university with 16 academic colleges and one of the nation’s largest medical schools.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 11, 2023

So as we grew as an institution and my management responsibility started to grow, I realized the only shot that I had at being able to be the father, husband, and college president that I wanted to be was to reduce the number of people that I was managing. "So We're not going to be who we can be as a college until you figure that out.'

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 31, 2023

Examples include expanding recruitment efforts and creating stronger partnerships between high schools and colleges. More outreach and advising can demystify college for students. The college experience will not be linear for every student. Build stronger and more effective college partnerships between institutions.

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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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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 26, 2023

Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Burns explained how college was never designed around student success: "One of the many ways is that our data systems are not connected. If a university's a body, where's the ear? There is not a space where universities ask, 'What do you need? You can use it as an extension of advising.

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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. She started her education career in K-12 and moved to community college leadership.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

From President Randall's transformative MBA internship (mentioned above), he learned: "Never make a decision solely on money. When asked about leadership, he advises: "If you want to be a leader and if you are optimistic about people, you will succeed. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We had proactive advising where we were tracking the students on a very intense level, looking at engagements through online technology platforms, looking at course attendance, tracking quizzes, and reaching out to students proactively. So what we advise campuses to start with is track your data. in Religion from Princeton University.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 12, 2024

Mine was that was if I was good at something, I would go to college. It took me seven years to graduate from college. A group of 11 college presidents and chancellors united around a shared sense of urgency that we were doing a bad job of graduating students, especially low-income students. We’re not trying to sell this.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 13, 2024

A group of college presidents and chancellors united around a shared sense of urgency that we were doing a bad job of graduating students, especially low-income students. We've implemented predictive analytics , chatbots , proactive advising , any cutting-edge innovation that you hear about today. We’re not trying to sell this.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

However, in this episode of the Weekly Wisdom Series , we spoke with President Casey Sacks , who began working at West Virginia’s BridgeValley Community and Technical College after serving two years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the U.S. We got $3 million that none of the other colleges got.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 25, 2023

The biggest killer of innovation initiatives is when the university president or CEO or business unit leader charters a person or a group and says, 'You are my discovery group. He shared a personal memory from Brooklyn College in the '80s: "In every corner of the room was a large vacuum tube television hung by a big metal support arm.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The final stone is the presidency, and the next step is retirement. And I've enjoyed being, not just with Michael, but my other five executive vice presidents who are also outstanding.” Howard served as president here prior to joining Robert Morris University) • Robert Morris University (Dr. That was powerful.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 28, 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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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JANUARY 19, 2024

She went on to explain how this has been detrimental to institutions’ ability to deliver on the promise of public higher education: “We do not have full transferability at most institutions, so students leave behind on average 40% of their credits when they go from a community college to a four-year institution.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We asked how she’s met these opportunities: “When I think about my role as Provost at Florida State University , at that point in my career, I was not at all certain that I wanted to be a university president. My parents had high school degrees but didn't talk much about college.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

For institutions considering a new technology, he advises: "Don't buy technology, especially AI technology like ours. Can we do it at the community college level?' In 2014, he and Kirk Daulerio partnered with a shared vision to make college access more equitable through technology. I always say you should hire it.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. Is the college ready?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As Mr. Lederman explained: “There are differences between institutions: a research university a community college; a 1500-student private liberal arts college; a regional public institution with 15,000 people. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University. What resonates and why?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

She recalled: “Coming out of World War II and the internment camp, my father’s family had no money, so he put himself through college, working three jobs. He would drop off his homework, stay for tests, and then drive off to his next job so that he could pay for college and graduate as an electrical engineer. She holds a B.A.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 12, 2022

Secondly, too few have had the community college experience. Co-Host: Bridget Burns , CEO, University Innovation Alliance. Dr. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In Texas, I'm working with 11 universities that range from 2000 to 80,000 students, campuses focused on two-year completion all the way to multiple-doc-awarding campuses. million people that have some college and no degree. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University. In Texas, we have 4.2

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In Texas, I'm working with 11 universities that range from 2000 to 80,000 students, campuses focused on two-year completion all the way to multiple-doc-awarding campuses. million people that have some college and no degree. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University. In Texas, we have 4.2

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 14, 2023

We asked Chancellor Larive her thoughts about keeping people engaged, focused on what they have to do today, and hopeful about what's ahead, and she spoke about the transformational power of higher education: "Higher education changed my life from a low-income, first-generation college student. We do that every day at universities.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

University Diversity and the Drive for Inclusive Campuses of Tomorrow In the wake of SCOTUS’ ruling against Affirmative Action in college recruitment, higher education institutions are struggling to identify alternative ways to diversify their student bodies. I hold a master’s degree from Washington University in St.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Creating a Clear Pathway to Community College Using the Common App, CSCU created a legislature-driven, GPA-calibrated automated admission program that will be implemented at the state’s 17 technical schools and CSCU’s 17 community college campuses. Both institutions are part of the City University of New York.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

Technology’s Role in Enabling Enrollment Growth Franklin University exemplifies how technology can be leveraged to enhance enrollment and streamline educational processes. The university has established over 1,300 articulation agreements with community colleges across the country. welcome back to the program. [00:31:54]

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