I have been thinking a lot about retirement. I have accrued the necessary years working as a faculty member and administrator in higher education. I have reached the age required to receive the governmental retirement benefits I have earned through the mandatory contributions from my paychecks since I held my
Faculty service is an often ignored area where inequities have become more apparent in recent decades, particularly with women and faculty of color taking on more service that is undervalued and unrewarded. We were approached to participate in the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s 2024 Presidential Commission on
Late spring semester in 2025, the president of a midsize liberal arts college convened an emergency meeting of the senior leadership team. A highly respected dean had submitted her resignation, citing burnout and a desire to return to the classroom. She would be gone in six weeks.
In a national study I conducted for my doctoral dissertation of how university libraries are implementing AI systems, one library leader shared a distressing discovery. Not long after installing a system, the library learned that the AI was building user profiles that stored students’ intellectual behavior far beyond the library’s
Early in our careers, we both believed that educational leadership followed a particular formula. You needed to earn the right degree, hold the correct title(s), and follow a clearly defined ladder. If you didn’t see your specific skills or mindsets reflected in the leaders around you, it was easy to
Each spring, university campuses are spruced up: Lawns are mowed and stages assembled, and rows of chairs fill the arena. Graduation is a time-honored tradition, celebrating students’ hard work and
Higher education leaders agree that recruiting, retaining, and engaging professional staff continues to be a top challenge at many colleges and universities. This article focuses on how leaders can develop
When I interviewed Olivia during the summer of 2024, I was collecting stories from higher education administrators about leadership and burnout. Olivia is a senior leader in academic affairs whose
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