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Transitioning from Faculty to Administration

Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

Tammi Cooper, Associate Dean in the School of Business at Northcentral University, shares her knowledge from her own often-bumpy transition from faculty to academic administrator, covering the following key topics: The challenge of the transition. Key areas for administrator success. Creating a personal development plan.

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Defend your college’s academic freedom: Here’s a toolkit to help you do it

University Business

To uphold academic freedom and shared governance, faculty are responsible for creating course curricula— not government officials. Exposure to different points of view and weighing their merit is the process of becoming a contributing adult in society.

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Adapting to Disruption: Unity University’s Remarkable Success – Part 1: Changing Higher Ed podcast 194 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Melik Peter Khoury

The Change Leader, Inc.

This exceptional growth, achieved amidst and in the wake of a global pandemic, illustrates a comprehensive transformation of conventional governance and operational norms in higher education. Khoury has cut tuition in half and significantly reduced institutional debt. And this growth came during and post pandemic. How did he do this? [00:31:54]

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

Dr Zoe Ayres created a poster of common stressors for academics for part of the mental health series (see Figure 1) which highlights the multiple facets and identities an academic contends with within their working life. Centralisation and reduction of academic administrative staff moves much of the work onto the academics.

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Ed Tech Spotlight: StudyTree

Higher Ed Connects: Ed Tech

The event brought together ed tech entrepreneurs, academic administrators and venture capitalists to discuss entrepreneurship and the latest trends in educational technology. Ethan was a student at Drexel University’s College of Engineering when the StudyTree app won the 2015 Microsoft ImagineCup nationwide competition.

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

Those initial 2-3 years ended up stretching to 38 ½ years before I retired in March 2021, covering six countries and territories and incorporating a move from faculty to academic administration. . To some extent, this is inevitable when, say, a faculty member assumes administrative responsibilities. Flexibility is valued.

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Can your school benefit from a consortium to keep its scientific research alive?

University Business

Depending on the project, colleges and universities can pair with research centers, government agencies, and multinational corporations. Institutions regularly pair with outside entities to secure proper funding. Advancing Photonics Technologies Last week, the U.S.