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UNCF to Hold 13th Annual Student Leadership Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

area for professional development. Under this year’s theme of " We Got the Keys: Unlocking the Leader Within”, the conference will feature presentations from corporate leaders to teach and train students – primarily diverse rising juniors and seniors – skills for the professional world.

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Association Names Participants in Inaugural Department Chair Leadership Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DCLI provides professional development to help department chairs cultivate critical skills to overcome common challenges. AASCU Consulting offers the Department Chair curriculum onsite for members who prefer to bring the program to their campus. The first DCLI cohort, meeting Jan. 10-11 in Washington, D.C.,

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Announcing an Innovative Partnership to Empower & Advance Student Affairs Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

In an exciting development, two prominent organizations in the higher education space, The Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) and Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) have joined together to enhance the landscape of higher education through collaboration and shared resources.

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Panel Takes On Higher Ed Burnout

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And Pope-Ruark had a different sort of solution: she called for the hiring of additional accredited coaches—both career coaches and other kinds—to be available to consult with faculty and staff. There was also discussion of how faculty and staff can help institutions see that burnout is occurring.

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PhD & Postdoc Career Night draws over 200 participants

CAPD

On March 16, Career Advising and Professional Development hosted our first PhD & Postdoc Career Night. Representatives came from national labs, consulting firms, government agencies, trading/financial firms, biotech, and more looking for PhD and postdoc level-talent to bring to their organizations.

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Learning at the Edge with Michellana Jester

Kay Peterson

Join us as the Institute for Experiential Learning’s Kay Peterson speaks with Michellana Jester, strategic management consultant and lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management. As a strategic management consultant, Michellana assists clients facing complex organizational and/or leadership challenges move to action.

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

Edu Alliance Journal

Hoke first affiliated with the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates in 2009 as Head of Marketing and Institutional Development; that experience was followed by four years at Khalifa University with the UAE Advanced Network for Research and Education.