Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and Robert Kraft’s Foundation brought a diverse group of Black and Jewish students, faculty and administrators together for a series of Unity Dinners across the nation. The dinners - which kicked off at the National Civil and Human Rights Museum in Atlanta before moving to George Washington University in D.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

8, has sparked a national conversation for higher education to dramatically improve its treatment of Black women. You had no intention of retaining me as the (vice president of student affairs),” she wrote in the email. “It Some view Candia-Bailey’s tragedy as a sad wake-up call for higher ed.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Making Higher Education Work for All Students A Conversation With Becky Takeda-Tinker, President, Colorado State University Global bridget Thu, 09/14/2023 - 06:00 Higher Ed Leadership Remote Learning Weekly Wisdom Online learning became a critical component for many institutions during COVID. She holds a Ph.D.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Disruptive Innovation and Higher Ed. 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. And it's really about our humanity. Southern New Hampshire University.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2024

No, we will have a new normal,” said West Virginia University President Gordon Gee in an interview with Stateline. “We And they very much want to see universities, particularly land grant institutions like ours, become engines of creativity and economic development.” “Are we going to revert back to ‘normal?’

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

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. It is only through scale that higher education will become both accessible and affordable to all those shut out of attaining a university education.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

At a time when public confidence in higher education has dropped sharply—14 percentage points in just two years—the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is moving forward with purpose, civility and a can-do attitude. Do they wish to pass up the opportunity to have new colleagues and a new academic unit?

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Ten higher education institutions in the Philippines have partnered with Chinese institutions, in a bid to boost collaboration and partnership in the fields of science, technology, agriculture and mathematics. International collaboration is the key aspect of our approach to higher education,” said J. Prospero E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

As I reflect on my journey through higher education, I find myself looking back on a career that began in the small, rural community of Calhoun in Lowndes County, Alabama. It was there that I first understood the profound impact that education could have on a person’s life.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

Image: Since the Taliban suspended the rights of Afghan women to pursue higher education last month, many American higher education institutions and leaders have decried the ban. campuses, partnerships with universities in nearby countries or expanded access to online classes. He said that while U.S.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Administrators say they’re responding to a budget shortfall, declining enrollment, flagging student interest in humanities courses, and pressure from parents who want their kids to be prepared for good-paying jobs after graduation. Are we going to revert back to ‘normal?’

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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University Business

APRIL 24, 2023

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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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2023

31 October · Episode 179 Beyond Ideas: Implementing Innovative Structures in Higher Education 38 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Implementing innovative structures in higher education is not an option; it's a necessity. President Mantella's approach is a how-to guide.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 29, 2023

She spoke about the origins of the podcast, the challenges that all higher ed leaders share regardless of institution, the roles of generosity and kindness in leadership, and the necessary qualities of humanity and humility. But the most presidential moments have been people showing their true heart and being the most human.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

The path from college presidency to leadership of a major cultural institution seems increasingly well trodden. And what does it tell us about leadership today, both for these prominent cultural institutions and for higher education? Why Are Cultural Institutions Choosing College Presidents? Why is that?

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EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

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. Click on the image to open larger in a new window. appeared first on EAB.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Javier Cevallos More importantly, the 700 survey participants and the 14 presidents who participated in four focus groups opened up about what it feels like to hold these roles, shared the humanity needed to live these positions, and were truthful about the resiliency necessary to survive them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

After reading this year’s report, my position remains unchanged, prompting me to offer a few tidbits of advice to college and university presidents and their advancement teams in preparation for fundraising for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. billion and $516.65 billion in charitable giving, respectively.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Raise Your Higher Ed Leadership Game bridget Thu, 09/21/2023 - 06:00 Image Podcast Higher Ed Leadership Weekly Wisdom If you work in higher education leadership, you really should know about The Innovating Together Podcast , created by the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) in partnership with Inside Higher Ed.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

“You have to have the capacity to understand both talent and potential,” Ruth Simmons, President’s Distinguished Fellow at Rice University, said in her keynote talk. Though Simmons’s talk addressed higher education and American democracy, she echoed some themes in the “bad policy” panel.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Adding the Human Element. Just about everyone can point to surprises along their career path, and President Blake shared his. "I Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). The UIA was developed during Bridget’s tenure as an American Council on Education (A.C.E.)

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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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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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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Brian Blake sat down with us to discuss his first year at Georgia State University. President Blake recalled how his path to the presidency of this historic institution had included his previous career in the technology sector, well outside of academia. Click the banner below to watch the video. Click here for full audio.

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University Business

AUGUST 14, 2023

The university’s drastic decisions come on the heels of a report last July that uncovered a $45 million budget deficit—which could grow to $70 million in the next five years. The budget gap and its ensuing changes are primarily driven by declining enrollment, a shocking misfortune for the state’s only R1 university.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JANUARY 19, 2024

Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed A Conversation With Lisa Vollendorf, President, SUNY Empire State bridget Thu, 01/25/2024 - 06:00 Image Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom At the University Innovation Alliance (UIA), we like hearing the thoughts of higher education leaders at all levels of experience.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 24, 2022

What’s more, many of the essays had obvious red flags for AI generation: outdated facts about the cost of tuition, quotes from prior university presidents presented as current presidents, fictional professors and named student organizations that don’t exist.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 28, 2023

She spoke about the origins of the podcast, the challenges that all higher ed leaders share regardless of institution, the roles of generosity and kindness in leadership, and the necessary qualities of humanity and humility. But the most presidential moments have been people showing their true heart and being the most human.

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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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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 22, 2023

President turnover is a major problem for higher ed leadership, with the average tenure of leaders serving in this capacity at one institution declining sharply from 10 years to a shocking 3.7 There’s also an unprecedented amount of pushback on DEI when diversity and inclusion were once very much a part of higher ed.

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University Business

AUGUST 30, 2024

A seemingly simple question, but for Sacred Heart University President John Petillo this present-mindedness is a difference maker in convincing students to return to an institution. Some institutions have responded by retooling their academic programs by providing more vocational, skills-based education.

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University Business

MARCH 22, 2024

Education leaders within AU and beyond have responded quite positively to Alger’s appointment. She is the past president of the American Counseling Association as well as of the Association for Creativity in Counseling. Mark Walker – Lee University (Tenn.) a four-year tenure.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 9, 2024

Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline A Conversation With Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven Elana Thu, 08/15/2024 - 18:01 Image College to Career First Generation Weekly Wisdom Braven is an inspiring organization: a nonprofit that partners with higher education institutions to guide their graduates into the workforce.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2023

Determined to leverage these tools in higher education, the University of North Texas and Reynolds Community College (Va.) Preparing for the storm Simon thanks his university president, Neal Smatresk, for modernizing North Texas’ enrollment strategies. “It ‘Why is this a game changer?

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