Your transition from faculty to department chair was likely challenging. Equally, your transition from chair to faculty will also present its own difficulties. In addition to losing valuable perks like the elevated title and administrative support, you will need to catch up with the most recent names, topics, and concepts in your field. You need […]
Strategies to Improve Underrepresented Alumni Engagement August 20 – 21, 2020 Build a better strategy to represent and engage your diverse alumni. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to check back as it […]
As we move our instruction online in response to the COVID-19 crisis, we feel immense pressure to create quality learning experiences. We find ourselves grasping for strategies to engage our students in our new online environment. “Engaging” is a buzzword that appears in our faculty meetings, higher ed articles, and social media posts, but many […]
In light of an industry-wide decline in both overall giving as well as in changing donor expectations, it is more important than ever that advancement shops of all sizes take a strategic donor stewardship approach. Employing tactics like segmentation and personalized recognition and engagement touchpoints, and demonstrating impact by tying gifts to ongoing institutional priorities […]
Instructor Deirdre ChildsAccess Services Manager, West ChesterUniversity of Pennsylvania Instructor Kristin MeyerUser Experience Librarian, Grand ValleyState University Instructor Amy WardAssociate Dean of Libraries, West ChesterUniversity of Pennsylvania Course Highlights 3h of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 8/12/2020 As fall approaches, your academic library operations are drastically changing in response to COVID-19 guidelines. You […]
Many institutions are planning courses that are adaptable to online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning options in order to be prepared for an uncertain fall. Join us with our expert speaker, Elizabeth Barrie from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to learn how to design a course proactively so that it is adaptable in any scenario. […]
With social distancing and remote learning, Career Services professionals have had to pivot quickly to serve students. These changes range from proactively connecting with students to managing virtual events to preparing students for a vastly different new world once they graduate. Join us for this three-hour discussion-based online training where you can share and glean […]
As a new Department Chair, you may realize there are many skills you need to be successful. Practical skills, such as scheduling and budgeting, may come to mind. However, the human development skills – those that foster trust, communication, and community between your faculty – may be the most important, especially if you’re experiencing discord […]
The vexing combination of higher expenses, lower enrollments, and reduced operating capacity will force institutions to make significant cuts to academic programs this coming year. Whether to balance the budget or to free up resources for reinvestment, the challenge facing leaders is not whether to cut programs but how to do so responsibly and fairly. […]
Instructor Romando NashAVP for Student Life Services, University ofNevada Reno Instructor Smita RuzickaDean of Student Life, Johns HopkinsUniversity Course Highlights 1h 30m of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 7/31/2020 Higher education institutions can be as prepared as possible to reopen their campuses in terms of putting policies and procedures in place, but what […]
Rethinking NCAA Division 1 Athletics Operations for a More Sustainable Future Join your peers to rethink and discuss several aspects of Division 1 athletics operations so you can emerge from our current crisis better equipped and in a stronger position. Login Instructions Live Virtual Workshop: Login on July 30, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. ET. EVENT […]
Women’s Leadership Success in Higher Education Become your most powerful self. Join women from across higher education to gain confidence as a leader, prioritize your goals, chart your career path, and expand your network! Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course […]
Instructor Dr. Karen M. Whitney President Emerita, Clarion University Jeanne A.K. Hey, Ph.D. Dean Emeritus University of New England Course Highlights 2hr 4m of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 7/24/2020 Overview Without regular human interaction that can often mitigate friction, frustrations with co-workers can build into unmanageable disagreements. Learn how to identify the source […]
Women’s Leadership Success in Higher Education Become your most powerful self. Join women from across higher education to gain confidence as a leader, prioritize your goals, chart your career path, and expand your network! Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course […]
Pre-Conference Session: Conflict Management In this workshop, you will learn strategies to help you manage and resolve a variety of conflicts within your department and institution. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to […]
Overview Time and again we have heard the message that the impacts of working from home, homeschooling, childcare, and managing your new normal have created new areas of stress for women. Whether trying to juggle a full-time job with being a teacher to their children or finding that publishing and other career-advancement endeavors have fallen […]
Instructor Catherine Neiner Director of University Career Services Georgia State University Course Highlights 1hr 15m of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 8/4/2020 Learning Outcome After participating in this two-hour workshop, you will be able to develop strategies in 4 key areas that will help you reduce the need to be liked by others and focus on building positive relationships with yourself […]
Women who rise to top leadership positions in higher ed possess a unique skillset that helps them overcome adversity, build resilience, and lead authentically. Kas Metzler studied and interviewed 26 women presidents in California and found some interesting commonalities in how they rose into their roles. Not surprisingly, the link is how they used and […]
Instructor Naomi Sigg Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs Case Western Reserve University Edwin Mayes Director, First-Year Experience & Family Programs Case Western Reserve University Course Highlights 1h 22m of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 7/23/2020 Overview The recent Black Lives Matter movement and the fallout from COVID-19 have higher ed leaders searching for constructive ways to engage students, […]
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