Proven Tools for Academic Leaders to Successfully Lead Change
...see www.magnapubs.com/online-seminars/leading-change-a-framework-for-department-chairs-3012-1.html.) Through case studies and further articulation of the ways these four leadership frames have been used on college campuses, leaders can start to better craft their responses to...
STEM Fatigue
...that it’s not good enough to do research. If you do not commercialize and create jobs, what’s the point? . . . Commercialize. Create jobs. Spin off companies.” (www.politicususa.com/2012/02/08/john-kasich-fail-teleprompters.html.) That...
Accessibility: Making a Plan to Do What’s Right (and Required)
...the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act was passed and applied to making commercial videos accessible for those with hearing disabilities. Finally, Section 508 was refreshed in 2017 to...
Effective Strategies for Increasing Undergraduate Student Enrollment
...each high school graduation class, especially for students not coming from central Indiana. The marketing for the School of Science and the marketing materials coming from the Office of. Admissions...
STEM Fatigue
.... . Commercialize. Create jobs. Spin off companies.” (www.politicususa.com/2012/02/08/john-kasich-fail-teleprompters.html) That sentiment does not describe an environment in which bold new ideas are likely to flourish. However, the most telling indicator...
Highlights from the Magna Leadership in Higher Education Conference
...Costanza school of leadership, citing the following clip from Seinfeld as an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC8PzhNuh7w “So, the idea is, if you look annoyed, people assume you’re busy . . . it’s...
Can Blended Learning Boost Retention?
...students think about their writing. Using iBooks, students are required to complete a portfolio of work in their composition class. Because the final product is available via iBooks, the students...
Why Colleges Shouldn’t Focus on Failure
When it comes to boosting retention and completion, many colleges engage in predictive analysis to determine which students are “at risk” of failure—then focus most support resources on trying to...
Bottom-Line Leadership
...greater competition in the nonprofit sector from for-profit institutions and massive open online courses, bottom-line leadership was more commonly tempered by a view that learning and the creation of new...
Collaboration at the Heart of Successful Change Initiatives
...successful change agents: Theability to craft and communicate a compelling vision of the future and utilize strong storytelling skills to inspire the campus community to buy into that vision; The...