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Transcendence, Joy, and Grappling with Ideas

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Transcendence, Joy, and Grappling with Ideas

November 3, 2025 | By Constance C. Relihan

Using Judicial Ethics as a Framework for Fair Faculty and Student Grievance Processes

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Using Judicial Ethics as a Framework for Fair Faculty and Student Grievance Processes

November 3, 2025 | By Eric Lyerly

Leveraging Internship Management Software in Higher Education

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Leveraging Internship Management Software in Higher Education

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Professional Growth Through Peer Conversations: Adapting a Teaching Framework

Lonna Summers Rocha, Carrie L. La Voy, and Steven H. White October 20, 2025

It started with a simple question: “How do we evaluate and document teaching?” What followed was not just an adaptation of a framework and evaluation tool but our own professional development with unexpected insights, shared experiences, and a renewed energy for teaching. With the goal of clarifying evaluation of teaching,

Students: The Most Important People on Campus

Figen Mekik October 20, 2025

Not the faculty, not the president or chancellor, not anyone on the senior leadership team, not any dean or provost, not even the support staff. Students are the most important people on a college campus with four-year programs because without them, the two core missions of colleges and universities have

Private Discernment and Public Action

Constance C. Relihan October 6, 2025

I just finished reading Annmarie Caňo’s Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025), and I confess that I am struggling a bit with what to do with it. Caňo’s study provides a clear argument for and an actionable guide to

The Limits of Conventional Career Services: Rethinking Support for Today’s Students

Joseph A. Kitchen and Ronald E. Hallett October 6, 2025

Higher education is under heightened scrutiny from policymakers, taxpayers, and students who increasingly demand evidence to demonstrate the value of a college degree and who are questioning whether pursuing a college degree is still “worth it” (Fry et al., 2024). While earning a degree remains a reliable pathway to stable,

Toward Integrative Leadership in Academic Affairs

Lillian Reeves October 6, 2025

US higher education is facing some of its most urgent challenges, including political interference, financial instability, declining enrollment, increasing tuition costs, restrictions on academic freedom and free speech, and the acceleration of generative AI technologies. Students are second-guessing college as a feasible pathway to financial security, and faculty are facing

Sharing Leadership and Moving to Culture Change to Save Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Values within Challenging State Policy Environments

Today’s environment for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) looks dramatically different than just a year ago. Several state legislatures are now asking colleges and universities to report on their

Adrianna Kezar October 16, 2023

Fulbright Opportunities for Your Students, Your Faculty, and You

If you are reading this, you believe in higher education and are committed to making your program and unit as dynamic as possible. This requires hard work every day:

Laura G. McGee May 15, 2023

The Equity Stakes in Student Evaluations of Teaching for Contingent Faculty

What are the equity stakes in student evaluations of teaching (SETs)? And how are these stakes intensified for minoritized contingent faculty in a two-tiered faculty system? This question is

Edna B. Chun and Alvin Evans June 5, 2023

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