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When Innovation is More Than a Buzz Word

Here’s how department chairs, deans, and unit directors can build and support the innovations that will help their institution thrive in the years to come. On many campuses you will find creative faculty, students, staff, and senior leaders who start programs that grow and eventually become transformative for the institution. These ventures build the school’s […]

When Innovation is More Than a Buzz Word

Share this article with colleagues. By David Kiel, DPH Author of Creating a Pipeline for Innovation Within Your College or University     Here’s how department chairs, deans, and unit directors can build and support the innovations that will help their institution thrive in the years to come. On many campuses you will find creative […]

Understanding Those Who Need Us: 4 Types of Students and How to Help Them

As next semester’s registration period ramps up, advisors will see an increase in student traffic, experiencing long days juggling back-to-back appointments, walk-ins, phone calls, and emails. It’s a time of year filled with stress. Students are concerned that they won’t get the classes that they need, worried that they may not pass a prerequisite course, […]

Advising: Meeting Student Needs?

Share this article with colleagues. By Carol Moore     Several months ago, the Chronicle featured an article on advising focused on the work of Dr. Ned Laff, who detailed the importance of broad-based advising and the gaps between what today’s students need and what they frequently receive. Drawing upon an advising career at multiple […]

Advising: Meeting Student Needs?

Several months ago, the Chronicle featured an article on advising focused on the work of Dr. Ned Laff, who detailed the importance of broad-based advising and the gaps between what today’s students need and what they frequently receive. Drawing upon an advising career at multiple colleges, Laff focused his comments on the disconnect between advising […]

4 Essential Leadership Competencies Department Chairs Need to Lead in the New Normal

Share this article with colleagues. By Jennifer Scott Mobley, Ph.D.     Introduction As a higher education leader for almost 20 years and a former department chair for ten, I have witnessed time and time again how the right department leader can animate an academic program. As John C. Maxwell once said, “The reality is […]

The Great Resignation or the Great Joy in Higher Education: Emerging Lessons from the Pandemic

Share this article with colleagues. Kathleen Elliott VinsonProfessor of Legal Writing and Director of Legal Writing, Research, and Written Advocacy at Suffolk University Law School Suffolk Law’s legal writing program has been ranked in the Top 10 in the nation since 2013 by US News and World Report. Kathy has served as Chair of the […]

The Great Resignation or the Great Joy in Higher Education: Emerging Lessons from the Pandemic

I. Introduction The Great Resignation, the Great Attrition, the Great Disengagement, and the Big Quit are a few of the names for the phenomenon occurring throughout different industries, including higher education.1 Higher education is not immune from this great exodus and is at a turning point as retention of faculty, administrators, and staff is more […]

Surviving and Thriving in the After Peak Advising Period: 7 Strategies to Regroup

The beginning of the fall semester is a tumultuous time for students, parents, staff, and administrators. Everyone is focused on enrolling new students and supporting continuing students. The weeks preceding the start of the term up through add/drop are intense for academic advisors as we urgently strive to manage the influx of appointments, walk-ins, calls, […]