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Pronouncements Without Consultation

Grant McMillan

Do you struggle with university leaders who make pronouncements without consulting the Registrar’s Office? This is a common… Read More Pronouncements Without Consultation.

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Tips for Successful Campus Visit For Parents and Students

Great College Advice

Educational Consultant and Professional College Tour Taker The post Tips for Successful Campus Visit For Parents and Students first appeared on Great College Advice. Get the Most from Campus Visits.

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Empower Learners for the Age of AI: a reflection

Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

Academic Professional Development Consultancy Higher Education Learning Analytics Strategy Tertiary Education Theoretical Perspectives Ai Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT

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College application essays: Is it time for something new?

University Business

Rettinger, along with Michele Sandlin from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers consulting extension, believes the best solution is to design an application process that reduces a student’s ability to cheat or lie rather than just hoping they won’t.

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Student Loans, College Costs, and Parental Self-Denial

Great College Advice

College Selection Educational Consulting cost of college Financial aid merit scholarships student loan debtOr, “No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus.”. In 1897, an editorial in the New York Sun responded to an 8 year-old girl named Virginia that there was, in fact, a Santa Claus.

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How to Choose a Major or Career–Taking the Stress Out

Great College Advice

College Selection Educational Consulting career college career college major major universityHow to Choose a Major Today a client and I had a long conversation about how to report her intended college major on her applications. How was she goint to choose a major when she is only 16 years old? She has been stressing out about it. She has many, many interests and an equal number of talents. And she just can’t decide what to be when she grows up. I told her to join the club.

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Update: Moving back to the US

Eric Stoller

That said, I’ll be booking speaking/consulting engagements with conferences, universities/colleges, and companies starting up in May. Just a quick life update. We’re moving back to the United States in April.

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Is An Expensive Private College Education Worth the Money?

Great College Advice

Educational Consultant. College Selection Educational Consulting college Dartmouth elite Harvard Ivy League Princeton private return on investment ROI university value worth YaleSome argue that the high tuition cost of Harvard and other high-priced colleges isn’t worth the money. Clearly, an elite, private education is a lot of money. But the argument that it’s a waste of money is impossible to refute.

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Financial Aid Timeline for High School Seniors

Great College Advice

A good educational consultant is able to help you find these bargains. Your counselor is a resource that you can consult for all kinds of things, and they may know of scholarships that you can apply for that haven’t crossed your radar. Financial Aid Planning for Senior Year of High School. . The financial aid timeline is critical if you want to maximize the amount of financial aid for which you are eligible.

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Top Five Tips For College Fairs

Great College Advice

Application Tips College Selection Educational Consulting college fair college fair tips why go to a college fairCollege fairs are in full swing around the country. To make sure you have the best strategy for the college fairs you might want to follow these five tips.

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Innovation Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does

Regna Consulting

The post Innovation Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does appeared first on Renga Consulting. For me, put simply, innovation is about solving problems. And if innovation is about solving problems, what problems you are solving and who is setting about solving them is key.

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‘This report is unflinching’: Harvard University confronts its ties to slavery

Regna Consulting

The post ‘This report is unflinching’: Harvard University confronts its ties to slavery appeared first on Renga Consulting. For nearly 400 years, Harvard’s most famous motto has been a single word, Veritas , or truth.

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At WPI, the task was to fashion a hand prosthetic for a student in need. They built more than that

Regna Consulting

They built more than that appeared first on Renga Consulting. A group of WPI biomedical engineers took on a project to help a student disabled by an accident. They created something that didn’t exist – a partial hand prosthetic offering physical function.

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Social media in higher education: it’s OK to fail

Eric Stoller

audio Consulting Higher Education Social Media This and that Thoughts-Reflections digital engagement Digital Is People experimentation Higher-Education Lawrie Phipps Libraries on social media podcast Shared humanity social-media University of Cambridge University of Liverpool

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at UNC

Regna Consulting

The post Nikole Hannah-Jones Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at UNC appeared first on Renga Consulting. “…award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones announced that she has declined an offer of tenure from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).

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Making higher education anti-racist

Regna Consulting

The post Making higher education anti-racist appeared first on Renga Consulting. Radcliffe scholar details possible reforms in admissions, faculty representation. BY Colleen Walsh Harvard Staff Writer. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer.

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‘Perhaps they’d never spoken to an educated young Latina before’

Regna Consulting

Aixa Beauchamp is a Newton philanthropy consultant, cofounder of the Latino Legacy Fund at the Boston Foundation, and a philanthropist. The post ‘Perhaps they’d never spoken to an educated young Latina before’ appeared first on Renga Consulting.

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Globe opinion staff and BU Center for Antiracist Research launch The Emancipator

Regna Consulting

The post Globe opinion staff and BU Center for Antiracist Research launch The Emancipator appeared first on Renga Consulting. By Jeremy C. Fox, Boston Globe Correspondent, Updated March 16, 2021, 9:34 a.m.

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Meet the economist charged with keeping Biden’s promises to women and people of color

Regna Consulting

The post Meet the economist charged with keeping Biden’s promises to women and people of color appeared first on Renga Consulting. If confirmed, Cecilia Rouse would become the first Black official to head the Council of Economic Advisers, and only the fourth woman. Rachel Siegel.

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APA’s Apology to Black, Indigenous and People of Color for Its Support of Structural Racism in Psychiatry

Regna Consulting

The post APA’s Apology to Black, Indigenous and People of Color for Its Support of Structural Racism in Psychiatry appeared first on Renga Consulting. Today, the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the oldest national physician association in the country, is taking an important step in addressing racism in psychiatry. The APA is beginning the process of making amends for both the direct and indirect acts of racism in psychiatry.

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CATHERINE DIDION

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She served as vice president of The Didion Group, an international consulting firm where she focused on science and engineering clients. Catherine Didion Catherine Didion has been appointed senior director of development for the College of Engineering at Boise State University in Idaho.

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Quality and the Student Voice

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

In this blog post, Nichola Kett (Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement) and Megan Brown (Development Consultant, Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland – sparqs) explain what is meant by quality, why hearing the student voice in quality processes is so important, and provide examples of how this works in practice.

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OLIVIA LAPEYROLERIE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lapeyrolerie previously served as vice president at the public affairs and political consulting firm SKDK. Olivia Lapeyrolerie Olivia Lapeyrolerie has been appointed chief communications officer at the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research.

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Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes, Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Long known for mentoring young women of color who aspire to careers in college sports, Barnes also consults with collegiate athletics programs on strategic planning, leadership training, and team building.

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Advise Your Leaders: How to share ideas like an external advisor

The Humphrey Group

Consultants: they charge you a fortune to look at your watch and tell you the time. As someone who’s been hired as a consultant on leadership, talent and communication, I always laugh at this joke…and take note that though true, companies seem to keep hiring consultants!

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CIP Students Share Their Gratitude

CIP

I t takes many hands to support families in their journey toward success - no matter what that definition of success may be.

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 2023 Higher Education Predictions with 2022 Year in ReviewChanging Higher Ed Podcast 136 With Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Deb Maue

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton, CEO and Higher Education Consultant at The Change Leader and Deb Maue, Senior Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing at Aurora University, discuss what has happened in 2022 and predict trends in higher education for 2023.

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Ohio Bill Requires Higher Ed Faculty to Teach "Both Sides" of Climate Change

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cirino said he “didn’t actually consult with climate people.”

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If we build it, will they come? Lessons from creating the #NASPA22 Discord Community

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

Since leaving on-campus roles almost ten years ago, I have learned that part of my job as a consultant and executive coach is aiding organizations and leaders through the process of change and experimentation. So to no surprise, I found myself in a similar role serving on the conference leadership committee (CLC) for the 2022 NASPA Annual Conference, offering both a place-based experience in. Source

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Why getting out and about is a great idea for Digital Professionals #2

Terminalfour

Events are time and money well spent (worth their weight in gold in free consultancy

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Top 6 Disruptions for Higher Ed InstitutionsChanging Higher Ed Podcast 130 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Larry Large

The Change Leader, Inc.

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AAC&U Selects the Schools for the Third Annual Institute on ePortfolios.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This Institute’s yearlong model will enable campuses to receive mentorship and consulting as they engage in the complex work of instantiating ePortfolios across courses, and in some cases, across programs and curricula.”

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Dr. Rema Vassar Elected First Black Woman Chair of Michigan State University Board of Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The board also passed a resolution authorizing the board chair to negotiate and enter into an agreement for consulting services for board governance and bylaws and policy development.

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Three Things I’ve Learned about Leading a Global Business

The Humphrey Group

All of our staff and consultants were based in Toronto. When I joined The Humphrey Group in 2001, we were a boutique firm of three employees (I was number three!).

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University of Texas System Board of Regents Suspends DEI Policies, Puts Them Under Scrutiny

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To ensure adherence to the guidance highlighted in the letter from the Office of the Governor on February 6, 2023, the Texas A&M administration made a decision, after consultation with the System Office of General Counsel, to standardize faculty application requirements.”

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PROGRAM/CURRICULUM REVIEW

ACEI

ANNOUNCING – ACEI Global Consulting Group’s Program/Curriculum Review. Contact: ACEI Global Consulting Group is a division of the Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc. The post PROGRAM/CURRICULUM REVIEW appeared first on ACEI Global Consulting Group.

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McKinsey Recruiting Events for PhDs and Postdocs

CAPD

Consultant Panel & Recruiting Kick-off at MIT January 25 at 5:30 PM in 32-144 McKinsey & Company is among the most prestigious global Management Consulting firms in the world and a trusted advisor to many of the world’s most influential businesses and institutions.

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Myrna Adams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Adams now works as an organizational consultant, tackling such issues as workplace bullying. When Myrna Adams retired in 2003 as Duke University’s first vice president of institutional equity, she was hailed for “her commitment and passion to issues of equal opportunity, respect for individuals and trying to make Duke a better place for everybody.” Hallmarks of Adams’ efforts at Duke included making the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Back and Forth

Eric Stoller

One of these days I’ll get around to writing something about my move from being a freelance consultant (9 years!) It’s been ages since I updated my blog. I guess having two kids has prioritized my time just a bit.

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ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor

University Business

The bot’s score, Terwiesch wrote, shows its “remarkable ability to automate some of the skills of highly compensated knowledge workers in general and specifically the knowledge workers in the jobs held by MBA graduates including analysts, managers, and consultants.”

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Dean Hoke Appointed President and CEO of the American Association of University Administrators

Edu Alliance Journal

In 2014 he became Co-Founder in a new educational management consulting firm, Edu Alliance Ltd.

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IBM Survey Reveals Low Awareness of STEM Opportunities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although students, job seekers, and career changers are optimistic about the growth of STEM jobs and believe that digital credentials are useful, many have low awareness of the opportunities that are available, according to a report commissioned by IBM and conducted by Morning Consult.

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BCG recruiting opportunities for MIT PhD’s & Postdocs

CAPD

BCG has announced their spring recruiting events which are intended for any PhDs, Postdocs, MDs or JDs interested in consulting with BCG, specifically those interested in applying for our Bridge to BCG Consulting program.