Department heads and academic unit leaders in higher education occupy some of the most challenging administrative positions, balancing the often competing needs of faculty, students, and senior leadership. While all
Listening as a leader is the hardest of practices. While we may intend to listen and even think we are listening, too many distractions keep us from just simply hearing
At a recent regional meeting I did a presentation on what leaders could consider when working with Generation Z (people born between 1997 and 2012). During the discussion, there was
Faculty leadership development is crucial to building the bench of future leaders at our institutions of higher learning. In many ways, our regular practice of promoting faculty into leadership roles
Since before President Trump took office, legal experts have suggested that the administration could use the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to advance the president’s goal of eliminating
It’s been five years since colleges and universities moved learning online because of the pandemic. Although that experience marked many institutions’ first and final taste of online instruction, for some
We are all living with the current US governmental upheaval. In just the past month, we have seen the federal government suffer profound attacks from within. The freezing of federal
Conversations about DEI in education are more heated now than before as people discuss varying viewpoints on the matter of creating inclusive environments on campus amid concerns about academic freedom
Higher education faculty have long relied on federal grants to fund their research and scholarship. Indeed, grants often help faculty obtain adequate facilities, equipment, and support staff for research. They
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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