Providing Leadership and Support to Professionally Develop Adjunct Faculty
...and, just possibly, the next best applicants in a faculty search. This article first appeared in Academic Leader on March 2, 2020 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Amy B....
Student Engagement: The Key to Retention
...G. (2016, April 15). Public research universities’ shifting funding models. NPQ. https://nonprofitquarterly.org/public-research-universities-shifting-funding-models Noel, L. (1985). Increasing student retention: New challenges and potential. In L. Noel, R. Levitz, & Associates (Eds.),...
Maintaining a State of Readiness for Sudden Transition to Deanship
...process to progress smoothly if events transpire rapidly. Reprinted from “Maintaining a State of Readiness for Sudden Transition to Deanship” in Academic Leader 23.4(2007)6,8 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
So You Want to Be a Department Chair: Embarking on an Administrative Career at a Two-Year College
...a good thought for you. As I said, to be successful (or even functional), colleges need skilled, diplomatic people serving as department chairs, deans, vice presidents, and presidents. I hope...
The Case of the Unevaluated Online Courses*
...producers and writers of the Dragnet television series. Reprinted from “The Case of the Unevaluated Online Courses”*, Academic Leader, 31.10 (2016) : 1, 3, (c) Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Consumer Liability 101: Six Areas to Watch, Part II
...to the institution of their full compliance. Reprinted from “Consumer Liability 101, Six Areas to Watch, Part 2,” Recruitment & Retention, 28.8 (2014): 1,2. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Lessons Learned from 13 Years as a Director of Online Education
...appeared in Academic Leader on December 1, 2020 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Special Offer: Get your first month of Academic Leader’s monthly subscription for just $1. Use coupon...
Can Technology Improve Student Safety?
...an annual $40,000 licensing fee plus an annual $10,000 for the company’s Smart911 program. Reprinted from “Can Technology Improve Students’ Safety?” Campus Law Considered, September 21, 2015. © Magna Publications....
Partnering with Student Organizations to Build First-Year Student Engagement: Special Olympics Young Athletes and Merrimack College
...https://www.specialolympics.org/our-work/young-athletes Strauss, V. (2017). Why so many students decide to transfer. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/01/29/why-so-many-college-students-decide-to-transfer Additional resource What Works Clearinghouse. (2016, July). Supporting Postsecondary Success intervention report: First-year experience. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/InterventionReports/wwc_firstyear_071916.pdf...
STEM Fatigue
<span class="excerpt_part">.... . <strong>Com</strong>mercialize. Create jobs. Spin off <strong>com</strong>panies.” <strong>(www</strong>.politicususa<strong>.com</strong>/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 <strong>most</strong> telling indicator...</span>