The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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University Business

JANUARY 26, 2024

Plus, one president has been placed on administrative leave in the wake of an administrator’s suicide. President John Moseley is on paid administrative leave as Lincoln University’s governing body (known as the “Board of Curators”) investigates the suicide of an administrator. Sun reports.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Action taken While there has been steady advancement over the past 40 years, the murder of George Floyd in 2020 has proven to be a seminal moment that has propelled student-athletes, coaches, and administrators to face issues of race and racism in college sports. They were making demands and holding administration’s feet to the fire.”

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University Business

APRIL 12, 2023

Pettit’s primary grievance with Lewis stems from his “posture of secrecy and hostility toward the board and administration.” President Steve Pettit warned in a letter to the board’s chair that he would resign if Chairman John Lewis did not step down from his position.

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Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

MAY 1, 2019

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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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 8, 2022

At The Change Leader, we propose a culture of continuous board improvement and accountability as a way to avoid the detrimental impact of stagnant governance. Furthermore, both the board and administration need to agree that innovation and growth are critical for the survival of the institution (and higher education).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Engram Specifically, in the context of the Deion Sanders online discourse, several references have been made about the lack of alumni giving and inadequate athletic budget people believe would have retained such a high-profile coach. Dr. Frederick V. We hate to be the ones to break the news, but you cannot give your way out of oppression.

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University Business

JUNE 12, 2023

More from UB: Despite regulation efforts and student complaints, this popular edtech platform marches on Walter is stepping down from Tougaloo after four years following a faculty “mass exodus,” a 40-year enrollment low of fewer than 700 students in 2021 and pressure from both students and alumni.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

b of these principles, the manual states, in part: Effective governance includes clearly defining the roles and responsibilities of the governing board, administration, and faculty and ensuring that each of these groups adheres to their appropriate roles and responsibilities. In relation to Section 4.2.b

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

“I was made aware of some security concerns that were being prompted by folks who have been attacking the college, attacking the administration, attacking the board, and out of an abundance of caution, I made the decision to make the board meeting virtual,” Santana said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Critics of the Board of Trustees’ resolution to establish the new school have attacked it as a violation of shared governance. But shared governance means that the duty of ensuring that students graduate prepared for career, community and citizenship comes from the partnership of board, administration and the faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

When the senior team identifies issues, and also when we’re seeing them within our student government or president’s council, the council is intentional about what we call a slot analysis. Partnerships with external organizations and local governments have strengthened over the past two years. What are we seeing?

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

And no wonder—in 1990, state-per-student funding was almost 140% more than that of the federal government. Alumni aren’t receiving perceived reciprocal value from their alma mater nor bought into why their dollars matter. However this work requires expertise that is typically fairly new to campus administrators.

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University Business

OCTOBER 25, 2022

” Paul, a Southern Miss alumnus, retired in 2015 after he served as an administrator in student affairs for the university for more than 40 years. A spirit of shared governance will be front and center for me. Most notably, Paul was inducted into the University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame in 2000.

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University Business

MARCH 22, 2024

Earning here Doctor of Philosophy degree in Counselor Education and Supervision, Evans specialized in Student Affairs, Administration in Higher Education, and Human Resource Management. She is the past president of the American Counseling Association as well as of the Association for Creativity in Counseling.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 19, 2023

“We understand and share the heartbreak by our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Aberdeen community, and we will work closely with them to succeed through this transition,” Sister Mary Thomas, president of the Presentation Sisters Corporate Board, said in the statement.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Since then, information has dripped out in twice-monthly community updates—held after the college’s regular Monday public readings of Scripture—and regular emails to alumni. The news has not been promising. Fundraising is stagnant. Conversations with another possible partner, also unnamed, are ongoing.

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University Business

JULY 31, 2023

I don’t trust the administration in their ability to have the best.” “Dean Muhl has alienated students, faculty and alumni and offered convoluted and untruthful information to the public in an attempt to obfuscate the devastating impact of her actions and the failure of her administration,” read the letter.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The data refreshes daily, equipping administrators to craft enrollment strategies based on reliable data. The Results : Before Edify, Elmira’s annual census report meeting required administrators to huddle over spreadsheets debating the report’s accuracy.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

To make matters worse, the most highly resourced campuses exacerbate institutional inequalities by absorbing a disproportionate share of government, philanthropic and foundation resources. Meanwhile, expenditures on administration, even excluding student services and student life, have increased markedly. Over time, as Howard R.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

” However, these contracts and their rapid emergence raise serious questions about genuine shared governance and transparency in institutional decision making. Alumni pride in their alma mater hinges on the colleges’ behavior. For example, the Nov. 23 Times article referred to the University of Colorado’s $1.6

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

While we are studying the root causes of non-consumption and how executive leadership teams can best prepare for smaller, more skeptical pools of prospective students – I'd encourage administrators to start examining their student value proposition if they have not already.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 13, 2023

One of the complexities of college leadership is that a president typically has approximately nine different constituencies (students, parents, alumni, donors, faculty, staff, local, state and federal government, at the least) whose views are not only not aligned, but frequently diametrically opposed to one another.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

” Rasmussen recalled how the college’s board, made up mostly of alumni, grappled with the idea of adding graduate students after the 2015 announcement by the athletic training coalition about the policy change requiring a master’s degree for a person to sit for a certifying exam.

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Edu Alliance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2022

60% state that an appreciation for cross-cultural differences is of great importance for professional staff, followed by Understanding country legal and government requirements (59%) and understanding of local markets and business practices (58%). 39% have no foreign offices, and all international operations are handled in the US.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education A presidential search and the launch of a new administration are among the highest-visibility occasions in the life of an institution. Elevated expectations and intense public scrutiny raise the stakes for getting every aspect of the communications process exactly right.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This significantly diminishes effective board governance. The lawsuit contends that public universities receive funding from and, consequently, are considered state-owned entities, granting local governments the authority to dictate the curricula and content taught at these institutions. It doesn’t take a Ph.D.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

“While we do hear repeatedly that many upper administrators are hesitant to invest in these efforts, we see exceptions where humanities faculty have received a green light and financial support from upper administrators and have subsequently launched very successful programs,” Muir said in an email.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In addition to students who find excellent jobs after graduating from a four-year institution, some EPW alumni are pursuing graduate studies. “I Graduates of the program find jobs in hospitals, educational settings, business and tourism related companies, government institutions, translation companies and as freelancer translators.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 5, 2023

It evaluates an institution's performance against international standards and benchmarks, including leadership, governance, student services, faculty qualifications, research output, internationalization, and corporate connections.

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Great College Advice

JULY 26, 2023

Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration offers a BS in Hotel Administration. But plenty of their alumni are leaders in the business community. But plenty of their alumni are leaders in the business community. Keep in mind that 75% of Ivy League schools, for example, do not offer undergraduate business majors.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2024

Drumm McNaughton A conversation with Mary Papazian about the recent AGB Board of Directors Statement and the pivotal state of higher education board governance. The landscape of higher education governance is at a pivotal juncture. Good board governance is essential for the success of educational institutions.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

00:31:31] She’s built strategic partnerships and served on numerous national educational governing and civic boards to help drive student success by enhancing the student experience. Cynthia’s 30-plus-year career in higher education includes being the second president of Texas A&M University, San Antonio. [00:31:31]

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

MAY 11, 2022

In 2011, it was reported that Iona College in New Rochelle, north of New York City, acknowledged that its employees had lied for years not only about test scores, but also about graduation rates, retention, student-faculty ratio, acceptance rates and alumni giving.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

These schools and their leaders have an extraordinary opportunity to work with the federal government to support those students—and it doesn’t require new institutional spending or a new Higher Education Act. Yet there is an enormous SNAP gap in program utilization. In 2018 the U.S.

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Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

JUNE 15, 2019

How can MSU cultivate “globally engaged citizen leaders” without diversity throughout its student body, faculty, and administration? Expanding multicultural philanthropy and alumni engagement. Continuing community outreach initiatives including those that create pathways from pre-academic readiness efforts to higher education.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

So many uncles and cousins were alumni, but I wanted to do something different and go against the grain. It would have been higher, but I was also a daydreamer and as I entered my senior year, attendance and getting good grades was not as important to me. When I graduated, my family wanted me to go to the University of Missouri.

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