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21st Century Leadership Skills for Florida Atlantic University
As you look to move into the workplace, it is more important than ever to expand your leadership abilities in order to be successful. Although you will have learned key content and practiced skills like creativity and collaboration in your classes, employers often report that graduates do not possess the level of preparedness in leadership […]
2024 Title IX Educational Series: Protections for Pregnant & Parenting Students
As Title IX Coordinators, you have likely already started to brace yourself for the anticipated sweeping changes to the Title IX regulations. As the designated Title IX leader for your campus, you are responsible not only for updating your policies and procedures, but also for communicating those changes thoughtfully and effectively with students, faculty, staff, […]
From Surviving to Thriving: How Provosts and other Academic Leaders Can Best Use Data to Drive Enrollment Growth and Financial Sustainability
Academic leaders today are facing some tough decisions: While it is commonly said that these challenges require data-driven decision making, what does that actually mean? And in a world where we are drowning in data, which are the right data points to track? Just as importantly, what are the right questions to ask that should […]
Overcoming the 5 Key Challenges to Sustaining a Positive Culture of Service Excellence
You’ve embraced the idea of enhancing customer service on your campus, you’ve provided training for your team, and now the hard part begins—maintaining momentum! This free webcast will discuss five key challenges to sustaining a culture of service and how you can overcome them. The five challenges are: Join us for this virtual learning experience developed […]
An Introspective Look at Higher Ed Leadership’s Impact on Trust, Morale, and Retention
Political interference, campus protests, demographic cliff(s), rising costs, and campus closures are all contributing to the public’s declining trust in higher education. But it’s not just the public. Respected and “star” faculty and administrators are also losing faith and continue to show signs of disenchantment, anxiety, and mistrust. In fact, 57% of faculty and staff […]
Optimizing the Hiring Process: Inclusive Strategies for Success
For more resources on hiring, recruiting, and retention, please visit HireEd Careers by Academic Impressions.
2024 Title IX Educational Series: Expansion of Title IX Protections and Definitions
As Title IX Coordinators, you have likely already started to brace yourself for the anticipated sweeping changes to the Title IX regulations. As the designated Title IX leader for your campus, you are responsible not only for updating your policies and procedures, but also for communicating those changes thoughtfully and effectively with students, faculty, staff, […]
Elevate and Energize: 4 Key Strategies for High Impact Leadership Retreats
Many higher ed leaders organize leadership retreats to jump-start planning and build cohesion among their senior teams, but few retreats are as effective as they could be. In this free webcast, we’ll help you design a retreat that is more purposeful, that builds trust through collaboration, and that engages all voices and perspectives on your […]
Optimize Your Fundraising Efforts Through Generative Artificial Intelligence
What would you do with an extra 4 hours in your work week? In recent years, large for-profit businesses have been using artificial intelligence to win over consumer interest, despite a highly competitive market. Given the rise of more competitor “noise” in the eyes and ears of your alumni or donors, you may have been […]
2024 Title IX Educational Series: The New Grievance Process – Part II
As Title IX Coordinators, you have likely already started to brace yourself for the anticipated sweeping changes to the Title IX regulations. As the designated Title IX leader for your campus, you are responsible not only for updating your policies and procedures, but also for communicating those changes thoughtfully and effectively with students, faculty, staff, […]
Collaboration: The Secret to Breaking Free from the “Do More with Less” Mindset
Most institutions today are struggling with budget and enrollment challenges. When leaders compete for limited resources, it often creates a “zero-sum” mindset where some people are winners and others are losers. This dynamic causes people to protect themselves and their “turf” rather than working together to address hard problems. This hour-long webinar will delve into […]
2024 Title IX Educational Series: The New Grievance Process – Part I
As Title IX Coordinators, you have likely already started to brace yourself for the anticipated sweeping changes to the Title IX regulations. As the designated Title IX leader for your campus, you are responsible not only for updating your policies and procedures, but also for communicating those changes thoughtfully and effectively with students, faculty, staff, […]
Create Meaningful Volunteer Opportunities for your Major Donors
Leadership volunteers can help to advance your institutional goals not only through their major gifts, but through their ambassadorship as advocates of the mission you convey, and by opening access to opportunities as well as leveraging expertise and input that only they can provide. However, if you don’t have a defined objective on what these […]
Achieving your Career Goals with an Executive Coach
Are you seeking strategies for challenging conversations and getting buy-in from stakeholders? Are you trying to plan for career advancement but struggling with learning new skills and how to position yourself? Are you looking to develop yourself as a professional but are challenged by a new role and little guidance? Come learn how working with […]
Donor-Centric Stewardship: A Partnership with Annual Giving and Donor Relations
It is no surprise that advancement shops are experiencing increasingly greater external philanthropic competition, which can lead to declining donor interest and investment in your institution over time. Therefore, it is imperative that annual giving staff consider revising or updating their donor acquisition and retention strategies to better serve the changing needs and desires of […]
Feedback as a Faculty (Re)Engagement Strategy
Both affirmative and constructive one-on-one feedback are critical to faculty talent development. Feedback that is appropriate for the career level (assistant, associate, professor) provides clarity, direction, goal alignment and motivation, all of which are required to successfully navigate today’s higher education landscape filled with complexity and uncertainty. Feedback, when delivered effectively, can promote creativity, productivity, learning […]
Module #1: Establishing a Basic Understanding Of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Demo for Tufts)
We’re excited to welcome you to Academic Impressions! As a partner of Northeastern University, we have developed a series of trainings designed to help all Northeastern University faculty, staff, and students build their knowledge and understanding of racial literacy.
Recognizing and Celebrating Faculty and Staff: A Panel Conversation
Faculty and staff morale is at an all-time low across most institutions in higher education, and this puts your department or unit at risk of increasing levels of burnout, decreased productivity and, ultimately, higher turnover. One way you can start to make a difference is by fostering a work environment where praise, appreciation, and gratitude […]
Navigating the New Reality of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Closures in Higher Education
Mergers, acquisitions, and closures are a reality for a large number of colleges and universities as the landscape of higher education continues to change. Colleges are seeking to be more competitive than ever. However, successful mergers/acquisitions cannot be only about survival or fixing bad economics; the resulting institution must be stronger as a result. Otherwise, […]