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,...
Closing the Skills Expectations–Performance Gap
...fundamental academic proficiencies such as college-level reading, writing, communication, and quantitative skills. Learning and study skills consist of behaviors such as time management, organization, review strategies, attentive listening, and note...
Understanding the Fisher Decision
...institution’s search committees, the more likely they will produce diverse hires. Training of search committees is also crucial, and this training should certainly include an overview of the law in...
Is Time Up for the Credit Hour?
...based on student competency. There are examples of schools that issue traditional transcripts along with a competency list, while others use a portfolio process to demonstrate competency. Although the conversation...
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...
Purdue and Kaplan: A Good Business Deal That May Hurt Students
... Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti, MS, is the managing editor of Academic Leader and the chair of the Leadership in Higher Education Conference. She is the owner of Hilltop Communications. (www.hilltopcommunications.net)....
Preparing Future Academic Leaders in Graduate School
...an interview with Academic Leader, Brent Ruben, PLDI director and executive director of the Center for Organizational Development and Leadership, and a distinguished professor of Communication, talked about the rationale...
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...
Spotlight on Campus Speech: Q&A with Michelle N. Deutchman of the ADL (Part 2)
...who feel they should not be exposed to intolerant ideas is to have all campus community members come together against hate and in support of an inclusive climate. Naming the...
Locating the (Leadership) Land Mines
...in new and unfamiliar terrain? Remaining vigilant With regard to actual land mines—the kind that can kill you, not merely complicate your career—there have traditionally been three methods of determining...