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Friday Fragments: Parenting Edition

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I read last week about the Association of Community College Trustees and Head Start teaming up to place more Head Start locations on community college campuses. It’s a fantastic idea. Yes, yes, yes. Students who have children have a much harder time focusing on their studies.

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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Failed searches for college presidents are now commonplace. Most of the college presidents who rose through the ranks made their reputation not as scholars but as administrators, typically as provosts or deans. It has happened at Evergreen State, New Mexico and Wisconsin, among other institutions. First, vision.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

I think I can be a much better partner with the next chancellor, because I know the demands that come under time, I know the requests that come from the outside, and I can help them channel it, and help my deans and vice provosts, be more responsive to what they see coming.

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The Precipice

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. I had sent off applications to various graduate schools but hadn’t heard anything good yet, and I didn’t really have a backup plan. The Boy has been home for the Christmas break for a couple of weeks; he heads back to Virginia soon. It’s glorious to watch.

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The Research Excellence Framework: UK Higher Education’s great export

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Hugh McKenna CBE, Dean of Medical School Development at Ulster University; and Roger Watson , Honourary Professor of Nursing at the University of Hull. This increasingly means that funding must be targeted at research quality.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes. Note: The views and opinions in the blog post are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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(Podcast) #28- Importance of collaborative effort in supporting international students with Wendy, Cassie and Danielle

ACPA

And instead, it’s really cool to be part of an office or a collective building or collective dean’s office that has folks who say, no, this could actually really help many people and we should create a larger resource that’s available to all students based on this one person’s questions.