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Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 13, 2023
With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
For example, under his leadership, first-year students majoring in teacher preparation programs grew by 275% and he was intentional about recruiting faculty of color to the university. Hillman Social and Racial Justice award.
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Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
“We’re talking about a person who, more than anyone else, is the thread that runs through the history of King since the middle of the last century,” President Alexander Whitaker said. “To have that history about the people, institutions and events right outside my door was phenomenal,” he said.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 13, 2024
In August 2023, Kinloch became the 15th president of JCSU — the only historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1867 by formerly enslaved Black people. She is only the second woman to hold the position in the school’s 157-year history.
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Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Kelman, chair of the Stanford task force and Jim Joseph Professor of Education and Jewish Studies, sees Stanford’s deep dive into its history on admissions as a part of this broader movement. “Everybody is taking a good, hard look at their own history,” he said. Examining the Past.
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Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 30, 2023
Image: Stanford University officials’ response to a shared image of a student reading Adolf Hitler’s autobiography has drawn a sharp critique from a national free speech advocacy organization. FIRE officials are asking for more clarity on the incident and how the university is handling it.
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Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 23, 2022
Later they marched to the main campus to protest outside the residence of university president Sylvia Burwell. The union, organized by SEIU Local 500, won its election in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, riding a wave of collective organizing in higher education. “We’re asking for basic wages.”
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
” Bruce Strouble, an adjunct professor at Tallahassee Community College and Florida A&M University for over a decade, said he was “outraged” by the statement. He teaches African American studies and history, among other courses. Presidents likely feel like “you either fall in line or you get run over.”
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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
SEPTEMBER 19, 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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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Help Raise Your Leadership Game bridget Thu, 09/21/2023 - 06:00 Podcast Higher Ed Leadership Weekly Wisdom To celebrate this year’s International Podcast Day , the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) revisits the most popular episodes of our Innovating Together Podcast from 2022 and 2023. Click here for full audio.
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EAB
APRIL 17, 2023
Petersburg College offers multiple Subplans , such as Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist, Compliance and History, Management, Human Services, Public Relations and Marketing, and Respiratory Care. Florida International University Capstone Projects/Courses: Not offered. Internships: Optional internship.
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. A case in point is West Virginia University, which recently contended with a staggering $70 million deficit.
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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
JANUARY 19, 2024
“When I came to Empire State University last summer, I said to our chief, ‘Do not worry, you will never hear me say the word crisis or emergency unless people or property are genuinely threatened.’ And he said, ‘Thank goodness, you may be the first university president to speak like that.’”
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The Change Leader, Inc.
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Leadership in Challenging Times: Insights on effective leadership for current and future university presidents. I’m quite involved in a organization that’s trying to change the way how and what math is taught at the collegiate level. I’m on the university’s hospital board.
The Change Leader, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
To get it done, university presidents will need to tell conference commissioners to work together for the collective good, or Congress will get involved. University presidents will need to identify what they want to achieve from college sports. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Richmond.
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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
MAY 4, 2023
One thing I've noticed in higher ed is not all levels of the organization actually know what the goals of the institution are. The best universities are able to share those goals and have everyone marching toward them. His favorite partners are the institutions that celebrate their wins: "They're the fuel for innovation, not us.
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The Change Leader, Inc.
OCTOBER 2, 2021
Additionally, each board member is a fiduciary and must act on behalf of the organization’s greatest good and have a higher standard of care than professional staff (including the university president). Additionally, these responsibilities are collective and personal, so they cannot be delegated to others.
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The Change Leader, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Thomas Parham 01:58 I’m doing as well as a university presidents can do. Well, the latest stats that I’ve seen is that the average tenure of university presidents is about 3.9 So I’d say you’re doing pretty darn well. I’m a former Ivy League professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Change Leader, Inc.
JANUARY 23, 2024
Three Key Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards Resource Allocation for Comprehensive Support Systems: Focus on academic aspects and ancillary support systems central to student success , such as counseling services , student activities, childcare, and housing. You are getting the cream of the crop. Justin Grimes: Definitely.
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The Change Leader, Inc.
OCTOBER 31, 2023
In recent years, she expanded the university’s offerings for non-traditional and underrepresented students, streamlined graduation pathways, and championed student voices through a national alliance. President Mantella holds a Ph.D. You’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t. It’s got to be present.
The Change Leader, Inc.
JANUARY 2, 2024
” This document, a noteworthy publication in AGB’s 110-year history and only the 13th such statement, addresses crucial issues in contemporary educational governance. 01:04:19] Mary: Well, I would say, well, it’s a pleasure and I’d love to come back and talk to you about the board chair president relationship.
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The Change Leader, Inc.
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Three Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards 1. Sometimes, you have to remind people that most public universities are not going anywhere. And that’s a multidisciplinary, organized approach to problem-solving and design thinking. Lean into the significance of being the anchor institution. Very interesting.
The Change Leader, Inc.
AUGUST 29, 2023
Brit has served as chancellor at the University System of Maryland for 13 years, president of The Ohio State University for four years, and president of the University of Maryland College Park for 10 years. This will prevent boards from inventing things and revising history. That happens.
The Change Leader, Inc.
JANUARY 9, 2024
For example, an institution known for forensic science might develop an online MBA program with a specialization in that area, leveraging its unique history and specialization. Our institution has a unique history, a unique specialization, so we’re not just going to build any old MBA. welcome back to the program. [00:31:54]
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Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
The committee eventually voted unanimously to strike the names from the dormitories, a move that was backed by the university’s student, staff and faculty leadership organizations and, later, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents.
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The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 25, 2023
Bridging Week also provides additional networking opportunities and helps communicate where certain places are on campus so they can feel empowered to make their university work for them. and post-doctoral research contracts at the University of Nottingham. In the meantime, I have held several senior positions at universities.
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Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 4, 2023
“This incident is particularly harmful to our Black community members during this important celebration of Black History Month.” ” An official of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression wrote a letter to university president Sylvia M. We have a comprehensive approach.”
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The Change Leader, Inc.
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
So I guess that just means, we’ve had a history of,when we have problems, we just need to crack on and solve them because if we wait for other people to help the problem will have overtaken us. It never works in most organizations. Three takeaways for university presidents and boards. [00:31:07] No, it never works.
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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
AUGUST 24, 2023
President Milliron shared his broad experience in leadership positions, the workings and role of a board of trustees no matter what the institution, and the ups and down of leading actual people, the backbone of any organization. When a board sings and does great work and doesn't get in the way, they're empowering the organization."
The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 4, 2023
With a few minor exceptions, every higher ed organization, including those usually at odds with each other, like the American Council on Education and the US Chamber of Commerce, have united by saying that the Dear Colleague position is wrong. How much profit is being made by these organizations, if any? How much are they paying?
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
There is no one definitive way to determine when presidents of higher ed institutions should speak out, though there are good general guidelines to follow, according to four university presidents during a panel discussion hosted by think tank Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). Alger , president of James Madison University.
The Change Leader, Inc.
AUGUST 2, 2023
They can also join student organizations and participate in activities at Illinois Tech. It’s atypical for most university presidents. But there was no civics, history, geography, or any form of a liberal arts education. President Philomena Mantella of Grand Valley State University and I met at Northeastern University.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Here in Louisiana, the Attorney General attempted to have a tenured faculty member punished for a tweet criticizing one of his staff members who attended a faculty meeting to speak against COVID practices the university was considering. Even a superficial look at history reveals that no social advance rolls in on the wheels of inevitability.
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Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
The longest sit-in protest in Stanford University history has ended peacefully. Sit In to Stop Genocide” began their student-led protest more than 115 days ago with demands the university leadership publicly support a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as a boycott, divestment, and sanction of Israeli companies, among others.
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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
MARCH 7, 2024
‘Chuck, you can't truly understand or appreciate the presidency until you've sat in the chair.’ I thought that was the most arrogant thing I had ever heard until I got there and realized there is not a single other person in the organization that looks through that lens. The president is the one responding.
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University Business
APRIL 23, 2024
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s testimony on Capitol Hill last week , followed by the arrest and suspension of over 100 pro-Palestine student demonstrators, has ignited a new wave of fiery campus protests across some of the country’s most reputable schools, including Yale, MIT and NYU.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 11, 2024
According to Jewish campus organization Hillel International, there have been 1,275 reported antisemitic incidents on campuses since Oct. Panelists criticized higher ed institutions, leaders, and trustees for what they saw as insufficient or altogether-missing pushback against rising antisemitism in the higher ed sphere.
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Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 3, 2023
“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. Now the number sits at about 800, with three-quarters or more being colleges and universities.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
History, not surprisingly, is also in the crosshairs. The forced resignation of leading university presidents, such as Harvard’s Dr. Claudine Gay amid charges of plagiarism, by antagonistic donors with deep pockets and their own political agendas, is an ominous sign. Kendi, Richard Wright, Maya Angelou, and Alice Walker.
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Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Subjects important to conservatives, like military history, are rarely a focus, while subjects grounded in feminist and anti-racist perspectives are common. Conservative political thought is often taught as a strawman, not a valid alternative, to dominant liberal and radical perspectives. ” It is unconstitutional and undemocratic.
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Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 11, 2022
On Monday, the Republican from Nebraska traveled to Gainesville to see the campus and meet with members of the university community. During his trip, Sasse repeatedly sought to draw a line between his career as a politician and what he sees as the “consensus-building” role of a university president.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 19, 2024
Universities have long been sites of student political expression and protest, said Barnard history professor Dr. Premilla Nadasen. Protests and university response According to the Columbia Spectator , the student newspaper, the Gaza Solidarity Encampment had set up around 4 a.m.
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Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 22, 2022
The focus of my work has been building experiential programs that place students in civic organizations at home and abroad and teaching civic engagement and social change in the classroom. However, unusual moments in history compel us to shed our usual constraints. Such organizations exist at the local, state and national levels.
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The Change Leader, Inc.
JANUARY 30, 2024
Presidential Preparedness for Communication The readiness of university presidents for high-stakes communication must be a high priority, especially for new presidents. For folks ascending into the presidency, especially those who come up through the academic ranks, you’re not used to talking like this.
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