Happy New Year! As we saw in the first installment in my series on international advancement efforts, it is critical to know key international holidays to best inform staff or a delegation about when (and when not to travel). Once you understand those parameters, the planning must begin and adequate time is necessary to create […]
The number of current and emerging social media tools seems never-ending. By the time you master some of them, others quickly arise. As such, managing conversations on social media sites also becomes a never-ending challenge. Some would say it’s impossible. After all, in any given crisis, there usually are multiple responding agencies assisting the university […]
Most alumni relations and annual giving operations have limited intelligence about who will be a strong reunion volunteer, annual giver, or alumni travel prospect—if the person has not previously participated in any of those activities. But rather than pulling a random database query and then reaching out at random to the contents of the entire […]
If you find these practical strategies useful, please share this article with faculty at your institution. In this updated and revised edition of a popular 2012 article from Academic Impressions, we have turned to Larry Ragan, Susan Ko, and Brian Redmond for tips on how faculty can develop a key competency for online teaching. Debates […]
In an era of public scrutiny and requests for increased financial accountability, higher-ed leaders are looking for ways to show the public that they are addressing the issue of rising college costs. Many have turned to responsibility-centered management (RCM) as a way to reduce costs and encourage financial responsibility within individual academic departments. While many […]
We turned to Larry Ragan and Susan Ko for tips on how department chairs and faculty developers can help faculty manage online workload. We hope you will also invite your faculty to review our recorded webcast, Managing Online Course Workload. Because online and blended courses require more preparation than most traditional courses, faculty often find […]
by Erin Swietlik and Gwen Doyle (Academic Impressions) In our introduction to crowdfunding published this past fall (“Higher-Ed Crowdfunding: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?“), we outlined what crowdfunding is and what distinguishes it from other fundraising and donor acquisition tools that are gaining popularity across higher-ed fundraising shops. In this article, we […]
by Gretchen Dobson (Gretchen Dobson, LLC) We do it domestically when we are traveling for business: we ask family, colleagues, and friends for recommendations on how to make the most of a free afternoon, where to find local cuisine, and whether public transportation saves us time and money. We need to do the same when […]
W. Kent Barnds offers seven strategies for involving faculty in student recruitment in ways that are meaningful and effective. Here’s how to do it right. Admissions teams often ask: “How do we effectively involve faculty members in student recruitment?” This question has even more urgency now, given enrollment pressures throughout higher education. It only makes […]
Here’s how the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) completely updated its approach to space management. What We Faced As capital funding becomes more competitive, it is increasingly important that the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) uses spatial data in a strategic fashion to acquire monies for capital projects. Upon creating a […]
