Higher Education Newsletters
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What Students Are Looking For In An Institution
...process, institutions can better decide how to use those precious budgetary dollars. Read more about the study at: http://vennli.com/the-student-choice-how-do-ivy-league-private-public-and-community-colleges-stack-up/ Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti, MS, is managing editor of Academic Leader and...
Why Alternative Credentials Are Critical to Institutional Success
...Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), alternative credentials are defined as “competencies, skills, and learning outcomes derived from assessment-based, non-degree activities [that] align to specific, timely needs in the workforce.”...
Petty Principles: A Toolbox for Leaders in Higher Education
...will be complex, convoluted, and messy. I often say, “As a leader I cannot run from the fire; I must run to it.” Why? How will the fire be extinguished...
Promoting an Innovative Culture within a Department
...innovation. Rob Kelly is the former editor of Academic Leader. Reprinted from “Promoting an Innovative Culture within a Department,” Academic Leader, 30,9 (2014): 3,5. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Avoiding Groupthink
...edition of The Essential Academic Dean or Provost: A Comprehensive Desk Reference, is available from Jossey-Bass. Reprinted from “Avoiding Groupthink” in Academic Leader 26.5(2010)1,8 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Five Ways to Fail as an Academic Leader
...Publications. All rights reserved. References Buller, J.L. (2012). Best practices in faculty evaluation: A practical guide for academic leaders. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Trachtenberg, S.J. (2013). Presidencies derailed: Why university...
Take a Vacation—Please!
...partner in ATLAS: Academic Training, Leadership, & Assessment Services. His latest book, the second edition of The Essential Academic Dean or Provost: A Comprehensive Desk Reference, is available from Jossey-Bass....
The Wrong Way to Talk about Higher Ed
...can reach her at Michelle.Miller@nau.edu. Reprinted from “Death of a Metaphor: Why You Should Never Talk to Faculty as if a University Is a Business” Academic Leader 29,12 (2013) 1,6...
Effective Referrals to Campus Counseling Services
...to a specific service, office, or person. Hughey says. Simply recommending that a student seek counseling (without identifying a specific office or counselor) is usually ineffective. 3) Take care of...