What Is a University President to Do?
Academe Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
BY HANK REICHMAN Last week the AAUP released a special investigative report, “Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System.”
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Whither the College or University Presidency
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Failed searches for college presidents are now commonplace. Someone who can speak out effectively on behalf of higher education? Weinberg, who transformed their institutions to much deserved acclaim, or the current or recent crop of higher ed innovators who are much in the news, like Joseph E.
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An Unrecognized Bias Contributing to the Gender Gap in the College Presidency
Higher Education Today
MARCH 6, 2023
Jack This blog post is part of the American College President Study body of work generously supported by the TIAA Institute. ACE will release The American College President: 2023 Edition on April 14. Since the founding of American higher education, college and university presidents have generally been White men—even.
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New Year Resolutions for College and University Presidents
The Change Leader, Inc.
JANUARY 12, 2018
What are the New Year resolutions for college and university presidents? As we embark on a new year, higher education continues to face what seems to be a perfect storm of challenges. The tax plan comes on the heels of Moodys decision to downgrade the outlook of the higher education sector from stable to negative.
The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 2: The Challenges of Higher Education Leadership
The Change Leader, Inc.
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 2: Higher Education Leadership Todays Higher Education leadership is living in a divisive and politicized environment. However, there is no more important time for true leaders to step into top administrative roles and help higher education move into the 21 st century.
American Universities Are Going to Implode
Academe Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2022
GABIN Many have read the Chronicle of Higher Education’s latest survey of public university presidents’ salaries and are appropriately horrified: sixteen presidents make over $1 million a year. This underlines the overall problem with US higher education: too many people are making too much money.
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Higher Education ROI – What’s the True Return on Investment?: The benefits of higher education for individuals and society
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 16, 2017
What’s the Higher Education ROI (return on investment)? In the past decade, weve seen an increasing emphasis on the notion of return on investment in higher education. Higher Education ROI for Life Corporations, entrepreneurs, and investors often turn to return on investment to measure profitability.
The Transformational Power of Higher Education
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
AUGUST 14, 2023
She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. We do that every day at universities. As she put it, "I really like doing science."
Hackers Hijack Bluefield University Alert System, Ransoms School Files
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Your personal information is at risk to be leaked on the darkweb blog,” the messages said. In messages via Bluefield’s RamAlert , hackers pushed university members to pressure on the university president. “We have admissions data from thousands of students.
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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties
The Change Leader, Inc.
OCTOBER 2, 2021
In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.
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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
OCTOBER 6, 2022
. • Southern New Hampshire University. HEERF (Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, and administered by the U.S. Department of Education). Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).
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Paul LeBlanc’s ‘Broken’ and the Dream of Quality at Scale
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 23, 2022
Blog: Learning Innovation Broken: How Our Social Systems are Failing Us and How We Can Fix Them by Paul LeBlanc. The BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) for higher education in the 21st century is achieving scale within a relationship-centric approach to teaching and learning. Published in September of 2022.
What could virtual reality mean for higher ed?
EAB
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Blogs What could virtual reality mean for higher ed? In December 2022, my colleagues and I took over 40 presidents to Los Angeles to experience virtual reality live and in-person (ironically) with Dreamscape Learn , a new venture spearheaded by esteemed Hollywood producer Walter Parkes. appeared first on EAB.
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The 100th Innovating Together Podcast
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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5 Reasons Why University Leadership Roles Should Be Open to Those Without a Ph.D.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Blog: Learning Innovation Should top university leadership roles be open to non-PhDs? The thinking goes that only someone who has internalized the core values of cultural touchstones of academia, through the rigors of completing a doctoral degree, will be sufficiently prepared for top university leadership roles.
5 higher ed thought leaders we are following
EAB
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Blogs 5 higher ed thought leaders we are following Thought leaders are known for their innovative ideas and research, their work often serving as a catalyst for change in the higher education system. We asked EAB’s top experts for recommendations on who to follow for new perspectives on higher ed’s latest trends.
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Cost allocation in the research university and what it tells us
Changing Higher Education
MARCH 2, 2015
This somewhat cynical observation by Lombardi was informed by his broad and sometimes painful experiences as Provost at Johns Hopkins University, President of the University of Florida, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and President of the Louisiana State University System.
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Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs
EAB
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Blogs Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs Top takeaways about staffing from EAB’s latest survey with NAGAP When speaking with graduate enrollment leaders, stress is a frequent topic. The pandemic changed the landscape for many industries, and higher education was no exception.
Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs
EAB
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Blogs Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs Top takeaways about staffing from EAB’s latest survey with NAGAP When speaking with graduate enrollment leaders, stress is a frequent topic. The pandemic changed the landscape for many industries, and higher education was no exception.
A review of HE policy? It’s déjà vu all over again
SRHE
OCTOBER 15, 2024
by Rob Cuthbert Higher education in England is in financial trouble, and maybe more. If former NUS President Wes Streeting were Education Secretary, no doubt he would be proclaiming that, like the National Health Service, ‘higher education is broken’.
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A Thousand Flowers Blooming
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
JUNE 9, 2022
Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds.
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Where Higher Ed Should Be More Businesslike
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Blog: Just Visiting Here, there and everywhere, I have been hard on the spate of “education disrupted” books that cropped up during the early to middle part of the previous decade. The Future of Public Higher Education , education is properly viewed as “infrastructure,” rather than merely a consumer good.
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Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
OCTOBER 31, 2022
The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its September 29, 2022 panel discussion on innovative financial aid for today's students. In higher education, we throw these acronyms around, and we assume that our audience knows what we're talking about.
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Is DeSantis Right or Wrong?
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Blog: Leadership in Higher Education In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature have launched a major effort to create a more conservative state higher education system. For me, the central fact about higher education is that is not ethically neutral.
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Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Leading With Informed Optimism While President Randall was appointed to his current position in August 2021, making him a relative newcomer compared to many other higher education leaders, he's hardly a newcomer at the University of Utah. We're going to redefine the student experience at the university.
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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
MARCH 15, 2023
Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds.
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Ten Years of Innovating Together
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
JANUARY 16, 2024
Over the past decade, the UIA has subtly but powerfully reshaped the landscape of American higher education. Our member university presidents and chancellors have been the visionaries who crafted the UIA's vision, set it in motion, and continued to steadfastly support it with their teams. The journey has just begun.
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Soulless Academic Year Opening Speeches
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 16, 2022
Blog: Just Explain It to Me! For years now, decades even, college and university presidents have made predictable, and perhaps rote, speeches welcoming the academic year. Has our world changed so dramatically that it’s time to revise the tone and tenor of academic year opening speeches? Previous Year Highlights.
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Embracing a New Model for Higher Ed Governance Part 4: How The Board and President Relationships Have Evolved
The Change Leader, Inc.
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Not to be neglected, the relationship between the board of trustees and the higher education president is one that can change the trajectory of the institution. There are many intersections between the board and the president to consider. One part involves the board’s role in oversight. Knowledge is critical.
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Effective University Leadership – What Does It Take?
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 21, 2017
Effective University leadership traits are close to superhero level – the skills, knowledge, and experience required to be an effective leader of a higher education institution are unlike that of nearly any other profession. Traditionally, universities have looked for candidates who were steeped in the world of academia.
RNL’s Giving Day Awards for 2023: “The Giveys” Spotlight Great Donor Engagement
Helix Education
MAY 4, 2023
The entire RNL ScaleFunder team contributed to this blog and chose the Givey Winners Last month, we launched a new set of awards at RNL to honor the creativity, innovation, and collaboration of RNL partners on the ScaleFunder Giving Day platform. The awards looked at key components of great giving days in 12 months prior to mid-April 2023.
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Lessons in Innovation for Higher Ed
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
MAY 25, 2023
Lessons in Innovation for Higher Ed A Conversation With Peter Temes, President, Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations Alan Thu, 06/01/2023 - 06:00 Image Blog Post Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight Despite our focus on higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) always watches innovators working in other sectors.
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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
MARCH 7, 2024
On this episode from the Weekly Wisdom podcast series, we spoke Dr. Charles Welch , President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). He was awarded President Emeritus status by the Arkansas State University System in January 2024.
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The 100th Innovating Together Podcast
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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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
DECEMBER 1, 2023
She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about the mindset of accepting new leadership challenges, the responsibilities of institutional leaders as employers, required skills for effective leadership, and navigating the small world of higher ed. I think that's what they were looking for when they named me as interim president.
Understanding the basics of bot-generated leads
EAB
JANUARY 19, 2023
Blogs Understanding the basics of bot-generated leads An explainer for enrollment marketers of graduate and adult programs It’s no secret that lead generation for graduate and adult programs can be challenging. Common points of frustration for enrollment leaders include high cost per lead and lower-than-desired conversion rates.
Effective Sharing in Higher Ed Leadership
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The Best Framing for the Best Ideas in Higher Ed When higher education leaders present their ideas and results at conferences, sharing perspectives on innovative practices and student success initiatives, the perceived value of their experience depends on how relevant it seems to their audience.
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A Leadership Career in Review
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
MAY 12, 2022
That’s the message of this experience of mine in higher education.". President Hrabowski also admitted that decades of leadership helped him grow out of being the over-eager young man ready to jump into action before grasping the whole picture. A Clear-Eyed Look at the Future of Higher Ed. We have more work to do.
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Collaboration vs. Competition in Higher Ed
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
On this Weekly Wisdom Podcast , we spoke with Dr. Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS).
Collaboration vs. Competition in Higher Ed
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
On this Weekly Wisdom Podcast , we spoke with Dr. Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS).
Presidential Turnover Crisis in Higher Ed–Solutions and Challenges: The Role of Politics, Policies, Processes, Performance, and Public Relations
The Change Leader, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to see how politics has affected presidential tenure.
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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
APRIL 1, 2024
Working at ED gave me insight about how policy's actually made, and one thing I keep seeing is that higher ed doesn't advocate for itself the same way that other sectors do. Most industry lobbies have PACs and do things differently than we do in higher education.” Dr. Sacks holds a Ph.D.
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Alumni giving metrics will no longer be a part of college rankings. Here’s why you should renew your commitment to annual giving anyway.
EAB
JULY 7, 2023
Blogs Alumni giving metrics will no longer be a part of college rankings. The news marks a meaningful shift, especially given University Boards and Presidents’ laser focus on alumni participation as a way of buoying their institutions’ standings in these rankings. View the full report.
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Why half of graduate enrollment leaders didn’t meet their goals
EAB
APRIL 13, 2023
Blogs Why half of graduate enrollment leaders didn’t meet their goals Insights from EAB and NAGAP’s Survey of Graduate Enrollment Leaders For nearly the last decade, graduate enrollment has reliably increased each year.
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