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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion

University Business

The following five tips will help college and university presidents remain committed to supporting DEI on their campuses: Don’t assume. First of all, the most helpful piece of advice a president can take at this moment is to not make assumptions about where DEI currently stands on your campus. Remember the why.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Michael Sorrell , longtime president of Paul Quinn College. We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength. Then move on."

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Why is West Virginia University eliminating 9% of its academic programs?

University Business

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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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. It is often said that a happy and engaged donor is an informed and repeat donor.

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The 100th Innovating Together Podcast

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

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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These schools re-tooled their enrollment playbook using data to drive growth

University Business

This is the most data-informed they’ve ever been in their entire lives.” Preparing for the storm Simon thanks his university president, Neal Smatresk, for modernizing North Texas’ enrollment strategies. “It “The internal selling we had to do was difficult, but now people really love these tools.

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How Machine Learning and AI Can Benefit Higher Ed: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 145 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton with Guest Michael Feldstein

The Change Leader, Inc.

Michael shares easy-to-understand analogies to explain how and why AI functions the way it does, the problems AI can solve in higher ed, the importance of not having AI replace but augment human workers in district processes, and the benefits and shortcomings of tools such as ChatGPT. This leads to automating this insight to refine itself.