The past academic year has not been a good one for college and university leaders. Leaders at all levels are responding to crises such as state-mandated changes to DEI policies,
To be relevant in the future for our changing society and world, higher education must adapt, embrace disruption and uncertainty, and learn to navigate constant flux. With the looming demographic
We’ve all been there. You are sitting in a meeting with a committee or your supervisor, considering a potential new program, curriculum, or policy to meet a perceived need on
As academic leaders, we are under so much pressure to deliver—enrollment targets, strategic plans, graduation rates, AI policies, and on and on—that we can lose sight of what our students
Discussions about race, identity, and equity are often touted as the prerogative of people of color. Historically underrepresented groups are asked to lead and be responsible for all discourse on
In the first article in this series, we defined and explained the concept of design thinking for higher education settings and described how our college-level administrative team used the framework
In dozens of discussions I’ve had about artificial intelligence this year, faculty members have offered variations of a single lament:
I wish someone would just tell us what we need
Part one of this two-part series focused on a major game-changer effort at Lehigh University—developing a new College of Health. The article noted that many of
In an academic setting, a game-changer is something that truly changes the way a significant portion of the campus works and, more importantly, how the external world sees your institution
It’s that time of the year for those of us on semesters: students are returning to campus, orientation sessions are wrapping up, we’re putting the final touches on fall
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