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Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?

University Business

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 of Austin, the self-proclaimed antidote to college campus ‘illiberalism,’ is now accepting fall 2024 applications

University Business

After announcing its founding in 2021, the University of Austin has won approval to issue liberal arts degrees and is now accepting undergraduate students for fall 2024, The Texas Tribune reports. I mean that quite literally…” the university stated on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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A college widens faculty involvement in search for a president

Inside Higher Ed

Image: In the perpetual tug-of-war between openness and confidentiality in searches for new college and university presidents, secrecy has been winning in a rout. As the Pitzer board interviewed search firms to administer the process, most of them “advised against” opening up the search, Brock said.

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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

Shortly after the Taliban announced the ban, NAFSA, an association of international educators and foreign student advisers, released a statement urging the U.S. “These are American seminar-style courses, using the best of the liberal arts classroom in an online forum,” Becker said.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

More outreach and advising can demystify college for students. The Dell Scholars Program at four-year institutions provides financial aid and individualized continuous advisement in real-time with a full-time staff member. But his current one is Inside The Liberal Arts: Critical Thinking and Citizenship. I appreciate it.

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Effective Sharing in Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

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. They have some different priorities. What resonates and why?

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A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 180 with Drumm McNaughton and Catherine Friday

The Change Leader, Inc.

It’s fundamentally rethinking how you engage with the learner on your campus. [00:27:45] Drumm: And all of the student services and advising, those are all important, but it really comes down to the relationship with the [00:27:57] Catherine: Absolutely. Three takeaways for university presidents and boards. [00:31:07]

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