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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Embracing Leadership Opportunities From department chair to interim chancellor, President Stokes served in leadership positions at three institutions before joining UNM. When I left for a provost job at University of Missouri , I was excited about a new opportunity at a Midwestern university. I hadn't thought about it.’

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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. The recent search for a new president at Pitzer College offers a counterpoint.

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Is a merger a closure by another name? (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As the wave of closures of small liberal arts colleges across the United States continues, merging with a larger institution is increasingly seen as an attractive alternative. Some in higher education believe that a merged institution will preserve much of what is good of the smaller institution, while closure is merely oblivion.

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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

A Conversation With Paul LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University. 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 Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership. Weekly Wisdom.

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Inside Higher Ed

“I’ve had people tell me you could order hamburgers and the order would come in and it was chicken breast,” says Robert Nelson, chief executive officer at NACUFS, the National Association of College & University Food Services. Now the number sits at about 800, with three-quarters or more being colleges and universities.

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Pros and Cons of Higher Ed Mergers and Alliances: with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Ricardo Azziz | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 031

The Change Leader, Inc.

The most complex merger involved Georgia Health Sciences University and Augusta State University, which created one larger and more comprehensive institution than either had been separately. The University System of Georgia has had waves of mergers. What are the pros and cons of Higher Ed Mergers and Alliances?

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Lessons in Innovation for Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

For this podcast in the Innovation Spotlight Series , we spoke with Peter Temes , president of the Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations (ILO Institute). 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.