Share this article with colleagues. By Dr. Sue Ohrablo It’s nothing new. While 2022 has brought what is being termed “The Great Resignation,” advising administrators have been struggling to attract and retain qualified, effective advisors long before the COVID pandemic and its budgetary and emotional challenges. One of the most overused, under-applied mantras […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Monica B. Glina, Director of the Office for Faculty Development Stevens Institute of Technology I would have willingly listened to them read bubble gum wrappers. That is how I would describe two of my college professors. It didn’t matter what they were talking about, I just wanted […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Brice Yates, Ph.D. Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the College of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley The challenges of increasing minoritized individuals enrolling in STEM have been well documented and discussed for many decades. STEM departments within colleges and universities have become more intentional in […]
Share this article with colleagues. By John W. Miller Jr., Ph.D., Dean of Curriculum and Senior Diversity Officer St. Norbert College This article is intended for faculty and administrators in higher education who have sought mentorship or serve as mentors to others. Specifically, I write to encourage any faculty member who has felt […]
Share this article with colleagues. The Great Resignation is hitting colleges and universities especially hard. Even before the pandemic, retention of the best staff and faculty was a growing concern, given the lure of higher pay in the corporate sector, competition between academic institutions themselves, and increased and continual pressure to do more with less […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Katrina Carter-Tellison Vice President for Academic Affairs, Lynn University At Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, the pandemic caused us to challenge long-held assumptions and reimagine everything from classroom schedules and course delivery methods to campus tours. As an independent institution with approximately 3,400 students from more […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Anand R. Marri, Dean and Professor, Teachers College, Ball State University Paaige K. Turner, Dean and Professor, College of Communication, Information, and Media, Ball State University Susana Rivera-Mills, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ball State University While the COVID-19 pandemic has presented numerous challenges […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Manya C. Whitaker, PhD Associate Professor & Chair of Education, Crown Faculty Center Director, Colorado College When I started graduate school in 2006, I had no interest in becoming a professor or joining academe. I wanted to work at a think tank researching youth development to inform […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Hilary L. Link, PhD President of Allegheny College Between the end of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th, higher education in this country became more and more specialized and fragmented due to a number of factors: new research findings, the growth of experimental […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D. President of Hollins University As part of our opening State of the University address, a tradition on many college campuses, Hollins University faculty and staff had the opportunity to learn together in a variety of small group settings. Besides hearing information about the […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Amanda Morrow, SHRM-CP, Human Resources Business Partner, Rice University with editing contributions from Melinda English, Rebecca Gould, and Susann Glenn Panic Over one year ago, the isolated whispers of a novel coronavirus grew into a boisterous, full-blown pandemic alarm that reverberated across the globe. As a result, […]
Share this article with colleagues. Eileen L. Strempel, UCLA Stephen J. Handel, College Board Eileen Strempel and Stephen Handel are authors of a book released in 2021 titled Beyond Free College: Making Higher Education Work for 21st Century Students. In their book, Eileen and Stephen share a compelling case that post-secondary degree or […]
Share this article with colleagues. Jennifer Bonds-Raacke Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs, St. Norbert College Billy Korinko (Content Expert), Director of Cassandra Voss Center, St. Norbert College Introduction The need to reevaluate our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) work at St. Norbert College came into focus as systemic racism, violence […]
Share this article with colleagues. Gia Gallimore M.Ed., Director of Diverse Alumni Engagement Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) University of Wisconsin, Madison Upon entering the alumni relations profession, like so many, I entered with years of student affairs experience, which provided me an understanding of how to develop meaningful relationships with those who would […]
Share this article with colleagues. Sydney Andringa Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Institutional Advancement, College of Saint Benedict Valerie Jones Executive Director of Alumnae Relations, College of Saint Benedict Heather Pieper-Olson Associate Vice President of Institutional Advancement, College of Saint Benedict Julie Reitmeier Executive Director of Advancement Systems, College of […]
Share this article with colleagues. Rebel Smith Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs, John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University A. Graham Peace Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Academic Affairs, John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University We oversee an undergraduate program consisting of approximately 2700 […]
Share this article with colleagues. Christie Maier, M.Ed., Associate Director, Transformative Learning University of Kentucky Doing more with less It’s a message many in higher education have received before: “do more, with less.” Whether it’s a need to expand services with no additional funding or an impending budget cut, student support units often […]
Share this article with colleagues. Susan Chubinskaya, PhD Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Klaus Kuettner Professor for Osteoarthritis Research, Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Orthopedic Surgery, and Internal Medicine at Rush University Amarjit S. Virdi, PhD Director of the Office of Rush Mentoring Programs, Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Paaige K. Turner, PhD Dean and Professor, Ball State University “Will my students read these suggestions?” “Will they learn from and apply my feedback?” When I was a faculty member, the above questions nagged me and other colleagues as we spent hours grading final papers and […]
Share this article with colleagues. Michael Bumbry, Ph.D., Senior Director of Alumni Outreach and Engagement, UC San Diego Jennie Van Meter, Senior Director of Alumni Engagement Strategy, UC San Diego Like many industries, higher education too has had to reimagine work in light of the global pandemic. Our decisions will have a lasting […]
Share this article with colleagues. Co-Written by: Kinsley McNulty, Program Coordinator of Student Life, New York Institute of Technology Diandra Macias, Program Coordinator of Student Life, New York Institute of Technology Samantha Mon, Assistant Director of Career Services, New York Institute of Technology Paul Ferrante, Assistant Director of Student Life, New York Institute of Technology […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Ryan DeBoef Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President for Governmental Relations, Missouri State University “Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.” – Jane Austen, Persuasion A decade ago, when I was getting started in the legal department at Missouri State […]
Share this article with colleagues. Contributing Editors: Steve Kreidler, Vice President, Finance/CFO, Colorado School of Mines Foundation Rusty Brunner, Human Resources Manager, Colorado School of Mines Foundation Succession planning and robust professional development programs are not often associated with advancement shops in higher education. Some feel that with the high employee turnover rate […]
Member Exclusive By Kayleigh MacPherson Executive Director, Scholarships and Student Support UCLA Development Assuming leadership in a time of transition and tumult – parenting lessons that helped our team thrive during the pandemic. Returning to work from one’s first multi-month parental leave is challenging no matter the specific circumstances. Whether it is a […]
Share this article with colleagues. By Peter Anderson, PhD Founder, Inner Citadel Consulting Executive Director of the Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley Academia’s leadership challenge is that almost none of us have been trained to manage people, much less other academics; almost none of us have significant, sustained leadership development opportunities; […]
