April, 2019

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Is it time to panic about the future of higher ed?

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Yeah, that’s a slightly clickbait-y title, but these are scary times. Schools are cutting programs, scaling way back and in some extreme instances, closing altogether. It’s hard to go a full week without seeing an article in the news about the impending death of higher education. Is higher ed dying? No, I don’t think so. Is it sick?

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Nottingham Trent University invents world’s first Invisibility Cloak

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April fools and Content Marketing in Higher Education. Nottingham Trent University developed an invisibility cloak. We wanted it to be true!

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Building Strong University Leadership Through Mentoringwith Dr. Ron Crutcher | Changing Higher Ed 018

The Change Leader, Inc.

The key to building strong university leadership through mentoring is by inspiring current leaders to pass on their experience and legacy to high-potentials. education needs to do a better job of preparing future leaders, especially in terms of leadership development and succession planning. Some leaders, while academically very bright in their discipline, take on administrative roles with no knowledge of leadership or management.

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Utilizing National Competencies and Standards to Develop Your Curricular Learning Goals

Paul Gordon Brown

Although each residential curriculum or curricular approach to student life should be contextualized to an institution, there are a number of non-profits and standards bodies within higher education and student affairs that can be useful in the development of learning goals and outcomes. Many of these associations provide sample statements, rubrics and other materials that can not only help guide and shape the development of your own objectives, but also provide potentially useful tools for benc

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Supercharging engagement using university social media influencers - Part 2

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The number of influencers with a university affiliation is snowballing. However, engaging with them for strategic marketing initiatives is new for Higher Ed.

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Government and Universities Battle Sexual Abusewith Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Rob Showers | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 017

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this podcast: Government and Universities Battle Sexual Abuse.Robert Showers Esq. has had a long and storied career in law. Prior to founding Simms Showers LLP, he was a principal at Gammon & Grange in charge of the litigation department, and before that was with the U.S. Department of Justice where he was acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, a federal prosecutor and Chief of the Civil Section in the US Attorney's Office, and was Founder and Executive Director of what is now the Chi

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Are You Organizationally Ready To Take On a Curricular Approach?

Paul Gordon Brown

Because a curricular approach is revolutionary as opposed to evolutionary, it is necessary that you think about organizational culture and organizational change processes before undertaking this journey. For many, this shift in approach requires the development of a learning-centric organization. An organization that moves beyond “exposure” through program attendance, and towards “learning” (Kerr & Tweedy, 2006).

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Through the Lens of an iPhone: Maui, Hawaii

Paul Gordon Brown

The following iPhoneography photos were taken during my trip to Maui, Hawaii. See also: Through the Lens of an iPhone: Big Island of Hawaii Through the Lens of an iPhone: Oahu, Hawaii iPhoneography is the art of creating photos with an Apple iPhone. This is a style of mobile photography that differs from other forms of digital photography in that images are both shot and processed entirely on the iOS device.

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Through the Lens of an iPhone: Puerto Rico

Paul Gordon Brown

The following iPhoneography photos were taken during my trips Puerto Rico. See Also: My photos from San Juan iPhoneography is the art of creating photos with an Apple iPhone. This is a style of mobile photography that differs from other forms of digital photography in that images are both shot and processed entirely on the iOS device. The images on this page were taken with and adjusted on my iPhone.

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4 Tips for Developing Buy-In for Curriculum from RAs, Student Staff Members, and Student Leaders

Paul Gordon Brown

Transitioning to a curricular approach represents a cultural shift. A department can have well-articulated goals, outcomes, and educational plans, but a residential curriculum will never be successful without the necessary cultural and organizational change that comes along with it. For residence life departments, in particular, this means preparing your student staff members for this shift, involving them in the process, and helping them through the process of change.

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Through the Lens of an iPhone: Aruba

Paul Gordon Brown

The following iPhoneography photos were taken during my trip to Aruba. SO many flamingos. ?? iPhoneography is the art of creating photos with an Apple iPhone. This is a style of mobile photography that differs from other forms of digital photography in that images are both shot and processed entirely on the iOS device. The images on this page were taken with and adjusted on my iPhone.

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Why are so many people’s marketing lists stale?

HigherEdWebTech

For the last few months, I’ve been doing freelance and consulting work at my amazing, stupendous digital marketing agency, Gas Mark 8. It’s been an interesting time, and I’ve learned so much about managing a business. It’s been more than just web and programming, WordPress, design, video and more. I’m talking accounting, bookkeeping, expenses, and so on.

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