Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Laurel Littrell is a faculty librarian at Kansas State University. Almost all of the materials budgets are tied up in subscriptions and access fees for online resources, often with multi-year contracts with vendors that provide these services. Among her many roles at KSU is Library Data Coordinator.

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Goucher DEI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Hugh Dennis, director of risk management and contracts joins the Committee for this coming academic year. Faculty Work to Advance DEIJ Initiatives Goucher faculty have been advancing DEIJ in several ways, including reviewing and strengthening the guidelines for all Race, Power, and Perspective (RPP) courses.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

A: Doctoral-granting university libraries in ACRL spend about 37 percent of their budgets on salaries, 13 percent on fringe benefits, 40 percent on materials and 11 percent on operations. As with other faculty, whether librarianship is a secure job depends on whether you have tenure track or a tenure-like protection at your institution.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Boards are charged with overseeing an institution’s mission, vision, values, strategic direction, financial health, academic quality, student success, community engagement, diversity, inclusion, research, faculty development, campus safety, and more. Those responsibilities do not stop with the university administration.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When I broke with all expectations and accepted a faculty position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1982, I figured I would likely teach there 2-3 years before returning to more familiar territory in the United States. To some extent, this is inevitable when, say, a faculty member assumes administrative responsibilities.

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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. The decline in tenure is a cause for concern. This significantly diminishes effective board governance.

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Higher Ed Connects: News

AUGUST 23, 2019

Lots of higher-education leaders and faculty members should be paying attention to that, even if they don’t care about the future of OPMs, or even know what those initials mean. This article was originally appeared in The Chronicle for Higher Education on August 7, 2019, written by Goldie Blumenstyk.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By 2032, according to a new report from Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics in partnership with CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), college sports revenue, including college football playoff revenue and new lucrative conference media contracts, is projected to reach $16 billion annually for 54 schools with the most lucrative football programs.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

In addition, RSIs receive fewer donations and competitive federal grants because reviewers from federal agencies don’t understand them. To help reduce costs, a significant role of boards and administrators includes identifying what programs are no longer by realizing if they align with local industries, for example.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the University of Maryland mathematics faculty for 24 years. In 2009, he received the Carnegie Corporation Leadership Award, which included a $500,000 grant to support USM academic priorities. Brit Kirwan: Drumm, it’s always great to be with you. [00:00:07]

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

This success story underscores the crucial role of technology in not only supporting administrative functions but also in driving institutional growth. This technology might simplify content creation to meet academic standards while keeping faculty in control of what’s taught.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

He told Inside Higher Ed , by email, he is “unaware of any perks” and declined to discuss payments he received as a faculty member. Administrators must STOP minimizing what has happened at MSU — and what happens still. Penn State, for its part, is unwilling to share any details of Spanier’s exit agreement.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

The department wrote a Dear Colleague letter in February that said any entity involved with the administration of an institution’s federal student aid is considered a third-party servicer, which puts them under the department’s oversight authority and subjects the companies’ contracts with institutions to regular audits.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2023

New presidents can accomplish this by identifying a seasoned individual or a consultancy to interview administrators, faculty, staff, students, board members, and members of the community to understand the institution’s aspirations and challenges. Tier one includes representative bodies of faculty, staff, and students.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

A driving force behind this rise in tuition is that some administrators and presidents prioritize rankings and performing well vis-à a-vie their competitors. There are also more administrators per student than before. The problems are real and are affecting society as we know it. This addresses only 30% of the problem.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Student, faculty, and public protestors come together at Washington Square Park near New York University on April 23, the day after NYU leaders directed the NYPD to arrest over 130 protestors. In total, more than 2,400 arrests reportedly have been made on campuses, including students and faculty members of all races, genders, and religions.

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

His interest in divorcing higher education from what he perceives as a far-left agenda antithetical to American democracy has invited judges, faculty and administration, and similarly skeptical conservatives across state lines to deliberate on the current state of higher education. “He is taking names.

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University Business

APRIL 26, 2024

Forward to today, she has secured a new contract at Hollins University that extends her role as president until 2030 and was elected chair of the board of directors for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Mary Dana Hinton believes she’s earned the right to be an optimist.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. Biden Administration U.S. Using the authority Congress granted to the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding student federal loans. Some good news came in late summer as U.S.

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University Business

MAY 1, 2023

When Georgia’s Board of Regents approved a new policy at the end of 2021 that allows its state colleges’ administration to punish tenured faculty without pushback, AAUP President Irene Mulvey called the state an “outlier.” ” It seems as though eliminating tenure is slowly moving closer to the mean.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Student debt relief dashed The Biden-Harris administration’s plans to forgive thousands of dollars in student loan debt for individuals fell through this year in a partisan 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court, which deemed the plans unconstitutional. Those who did not receive a Pell Grant would have been eligible for up to $10,000 in relief.

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