Higher Education Newsletters
Magna Publications has been publishing higher education newsletters since 1972. We continue to give faculty and administrators unique insights into current issues in academia. Examining important trends in higher education,...
Why Alternative Credentials Are Critical to Institutional Success
...to prepare one’s graduates. While members of the business community will often give helpful, positive commentary on the knowledge the institution’s graduates bring to the professional environment, they may also...
Petty Principles: A Toolbox for Leaders in Higher Education
...environment free of toxins. You must protect your institution from lack of collaboration, communication, and effective policies and processes to move it forward. Be a breath of fresh air to...
Promoting an Innovative Culture within a Department
...is one example of a successful outcome that comes from a deliberate process to generate and vet innovative ideas. Arce refers to this approach as the Renaissance Foundry. It’s built...
Compliance in Higher Education: Six Considerations
...of departmental leadership in providing key information to compliance personnel and affirmatively contacting compliance personnel with questions and concerns is critical. For example, should a dean or university grievance committee...
Avoiding Groupthink
...to post comments anonymously on discussion boards. You can create a “course” in these systems that consists of members of a department, committee, or even the entire faculty and staff,...
Why Getting It Done Is Often Better Than Getting It Perfect
...good” (Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien). It has become such a common saying that we recite it almost without thinking. And yet some administrators become immobilized by their desire...
Five Ways to Fail as an Academic Leader
...to others Perhaps the greatest cause of failure for academic leaders is overemphasizing their own importance. Presidents come and go. Deans come and go. And students certainly come and go....
Take a Vacation—Please!
...with us. By encouraging (at times even compelling) others to make full use of their annual leave and nonworking hours, we may find ourselves feeling freer to do the same....
Moving Beyond One and Done Sexual Misconduct Trainings
Compliance, points out Phil Ruthkosky, is not the goal. Instead, it is a baseline. In his presentation, “Moving Beyond Compliance: 10 Pillars of Sexual Misconduct Training,” Ruthkosky talks about a...