Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. Hide by line?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

In his resignation letter , King blasted the president for bullying and creating a “toxic administrative culture of fear and intimidation.” As the controversy continued, faculty members overwhelmingly issued a vote of no confidence in Bergeron’s leadership in early March.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. Hide by line?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

In his resignation letter , King blasted the president for bullying and creating a “toxic administrative culture of fear and intimidation.” I care deeply—and I always have—for the success of our faculty, the well-being of our staff, and above all, the intellectual, social, and professional development of our students.

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University Business

JULY 17, 2023

Source: Goldman Sachs Research: Investing in HBCUs Inclusivity driving student support—and success Black students at HBCUs reported higher rates of support from professors and related faculty than Black students at non-HBCUs. Continue to make endowment-building and fundraising an institutional priority.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

I’m not referring here to faculty salaries or reduced teaching loads or class size or breadth of programs or extensive support services—all of which are good things (within limits). The awful truth is that the wealthiest institutions are so flush with resources that they are deforming the entire system of higher education.

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University Business

APRIL 5, 2024

The incoming president will look to turn things around following the tumultuous exit of its former president, who caused an uproar for proposing a fundraiser at a venue with antisemitic and racist cultural ties. Reilly’s appointment marks a return for the private Roman Catholic University in having a priest-president at the helm.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The chancellor was so appreciated in Newark that faculty, students and even the city’s mayor deeply disapproved of the university system letting her go. In tune with her business savviness, Kerr’s recent “Believe Campaign” earned the school over $300 million in fundraising.

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University Business

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More from UB: Here are 5 ways leaders can implement AI at the highest rungs of an institution White was also angry with local news reports that she believed inaccurately described Saint Rose’s final steps to remain open after cost-cutting and fundraising efforts failed. ” WRGB reports.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

“It is with regret we share that our faculty and staff positions will be reduced or eliminated.” When a college announces that it’s eliminating its faculty and staff positions and discontinuing classes in the upcoming academic year, it sounds like a death knell. Its proposed spring fundraiser fell $1.2

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

A tenured professor of English, he has served in other administrative roles for the past 20 years. He was the first president to leave the school with a positive enrollment rate since Hurricane Katrina, and he was also the first president to lead a major comprehensive fundraising campaign in the school’s 65-year history.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

William Craft — Concordia College Walking out of academia hand in hand with his wife, William “Bill” Craft will be leaving behind a nearly pitch-perfect presidency during which he led the Minnesota school’s largest fundraising effort, garnering more than $157 million—exceeding the target by $7 million eight months early.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

These are the six student-inspired principles that University of Oxford College of Emory Interim Dean Dr. Kenneth Carter has elevated to the faculty level to reignite the community… and it’s working. Carter says they try to keep their student-faculty ratio to about 1:10. Credit: beckysteinphotography.com.

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University Business

JULY 31, 2023

Faculty expressed deep disappointment in the lack of transparency over the negotiation process—which saw McElroy’s offer dwindle from a tenured role to a one-year, at-will position—and the involvement of outside political pressures on the contract fiasco. I don’t trust the administration in their ability to have the best.”

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Holy Names had “struggled to remain” open while administrators sought a merger as they grappled with rising operational costs, declining enrollment, and students’ increased need for financial aid. Dominican is also working to offer positions to HNU faculty and staff. Cazenovia administrators said. .

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

APRIL 25, 2023

But, through assessment, I learned campus safety operations, the ins-and-outs of career development, fundraising strategies, and more. I developed solid administrative and project management skills which I use more frequently than I anticipated. Previous to my assessment role, my experience was solely in residence life and housing.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

I completed a master's in Higher Education Administration and a Juris Doctor with the goal of helping donors put universities in their estate plans. From that moment forward, I wanted to learn everything I could about university advancement.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Say what you want about the state of the economy and how it’s creating headaches for higher education institutions, but that doesn’t stop those who have mastered the art of fundraising. ” Despite the university’s success in exceeding its fundraising goals year to year, its work isn’t done, according to Burke.

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University Business

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“We’re seeing all kinds of votes of no confidence, all kinds of faculty uproar about changes due to business factors,” says Andrea Young, vice president for finance and administration at DePauw University (Ind.).

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University Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

At Nebraska, Carter oversaw almost 70,000 students, faculty and staff at four campuses. This asset was most likely garnered from Allen’s record-setting fundraising campaign from 2012 to 2018, which raised over $90 million and subsequent campaigns that earned the college over $10 million per year despite the pandemic. I am upset.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

The faculty says we recognize our graduate students as early-career colleagues. Few faculty members went to graduate school anticipating we’d get rich, but most of us expect to be able to pay our bills and keep a roof over our heads, something that was easier, even on graduate student grants, in the economy of 20 or 30 years ago.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

She has been credited with improving fundraising and student outcomes at Prairie View A&M. “I will support the efforts of faculty, staff and students who seek the best for themselves and their university. “There’s a certain logic in deferring to the incoming administration in selecting their team,” he said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

Because whatever their professed claims, neither student learning nor equitable outcomes are pre-eminent institutional or faculty priorities. We need to redesign and give greater precedence to faculty development and instructional support. First, however, let’s ask why those inequities realities persist. It’s what they do.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This balancing act becomes even more complex as they endeavor to address the expectations of faculty members, a substantial portion of whom advocate for inclusivity within the curriculum and campus environment. It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to see how politics has affected presidential tenure.

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However this work requires expertise that is typically fairly new to campus administrators. Do you have the right experts in place to drive prospective students to admissions, move them through the awareness to admit process, and generate value for alumni through fundraising?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 22, 2023

This change in focus is forcing presidents to juggle what can be taught in the classroom and their faculty, who are very much invested in DEI initiatives. Funding issues are mounting and will likely worsen, forcing presidents to make massive cuts to programs, negatively affecting faculty morale.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“It’s really important to have our faculty and staff and administrations and board of trustees on the same page about a shared vision for the future,” she said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. ” She will be the first woman to lead the school in its 125-year history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

PCC’s Community Excellence Grants program allows faculty, staff, and students to propose ideas in service of the school, its diverse campus, and its nearby communities. And through the latter, students can gain on-campus employment, mentorship from faculty or staff, and job skill development.

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Campus Sonar

AUGUST 24, 2022

You’re a critical member of this community Get involved Resources are available Administrative information. Classes Campus events Student life communications Department & faculty communications. Alumni magazines Fundraising solicitations. Your support is critical to our success We celebrate your accomplishments.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The board has responsibility for oversight, which include: The day-to-day oversight of the president and administration. This role is one that many boards refuse to consider since they see their role to be rubberstamping the president and administration, and any consulting can (and sometimes is) viewed as micromanaging.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

JANUARY 15, 2020

Two higher education administrators and an academic consulting firm shared their visions on tailoring their programs to meet student and operational needs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his interview with WBUR, the President discussed a $60 million fundraising campaign over five years.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 8, 2022

Furthermore, both the board and administration need to agree that innovation and growth are critical for the survival of the institution (and higher education). The board can then offer direction, which then falls to the administration to implement. are diverse).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And by the way, both were great fundraisers—I should throw that in. And here I’m in service to thousands of students and all the faculty and staff. I want my faculty to reflect that diversity; I want my staff to reflect that diversity. They were always authentic, never avoided problems. That’s the core value.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Both educators and administrators can benefit from the power of data analysis by gaining useful insights that motivate wise choices and improve student outcomes. Strengthening relationships for fundraising. Streamlining administrative processes. BARC Research. 57% report data-driven marketing boosts ROI. Forbes Survey.

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EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Administration, Finance, and Operations Institutions’ budget models often fail to reinforce campus priorities and commitments, instead locking them into damaging cost structures, underfunding strategic priorities, and creating harmful incentives. But the administrative infrastructure of a campus has an equally key role to play.

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Study Aborad Association

MARCH 8, 2020

We’ve put together a look at eight destinations where it is possible to design very affordable yet in-depth faculty-led programs for under $2,000 including airfare, meals, accommodation, travelers insurance, excursions, cultural activities, classes, on-ground staff and more. . feedback from past students on their expenditures.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Cady Short-Thompson of Northern Kentucky University is returning to the university that kickstarted her career in faculty and administration, tasked with pulling it out of a budget deficit and enrollment hole. Hired Agenia Walker Clark – Fisk University (Tenn.) Social work is Eanes’ forte.

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