What You Need to Know About FERPA
<span class="excerpt_part">...If there is a <strong>com</strong>menting feature on the site used to host student work, feel <strong>free</strong> to provide your <strong>com</strong>mentary <strong>and</strong> encourage students to <strong>com</strong>ment on each other’s work. This...</span>
Why Republicans Distrust Higher Education (and What We Can Do about It)
...Lorenzetti is the editor of Academic Leader and the chair of the Leadership in Higher Education Conference. She is the owner of Hilltop Communications (www.hilltopcommunications.net). She is also the author...
Academic Leaders as Introverts and Extroverts
...introverting. Don’t confuse Introversion with shyness or reclusiveness. They are not related.” (www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.asp) But what can it possibly mean to be “introverting” if we don’t have in mind something like being bashful,...
Seven Ways to Combat Attrition in Online Courses
...Learning Administration, the trio details research they conducted to determine predictors for online higher education student attrition. Looking at the research Initial research shows that online institutions compare favorably with...
Academic Leaders as Introverts and Extroverts
...the Myers-Briggs Foundation itself says, “Everyone spends some time extraverting and some time introverting. Don’t confuse Introversion with shyness or reclusiveness. They are not related.” (www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.asp) But what can it...
Invest in Your Strategic Meetings by Engaging an Outside Facilitator
Meetings are not foreign to academic leaders, but strategic planning meetings and meetings aimed at complex problem-solving with partners are weightier than others. In these situations, choosing to use an...
The Role of Academic Leaders as Instructional Supervisors
...competency of faculty as teachers. I recently served on a search committee to help identify a new dean. During the interviews, I asked the candidates what they thought was the...
My Return to Practice and Considerations for the Academy
The superintendent of schools called me at 9:00 p.m. on August 13. “Can you come and be an interim principal? My principal left on short notice, and I need an...
Collegiality Incentivized
...tenure and promotion in rank. This motivation to teach well, produce scholarly research, and have an enviable record of providing service to the department, school, university, and community is logically...
Work-Life Balance: Managing Your Koyaanisqatsi
This article first appeared in Academic Leader on June 2, 2018 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. A recent search prospectus for a provost position at a mid-sized institution listed a number...