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Wisdom Given and Received

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Wisdom Given and Received Higher Ed Leaders Share Advice That’s Helped Them and Can Help You bridget Thu, 10/05/2023 - 06:00 Higher Ed Leadership Professional Development Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) began our Innovating Together Podcast in April 2020. Never make a decision solely on money.

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Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation

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As a leader, I'd say, 'I think maybe this is where we ought to go.' But I began to amend my process. Where are we on this? Where should we be?' To me, that's the fun challenge on the student side, trying to design a set of programs that make people just completely thrilled with where they're headed in life.

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Unconventional Higher Ed Leadership Paths

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And finally, after six or seven Zoom calls, I said, ‘I'm in a point now where I can work at a level of scope and scale and do some of the things that I wanted to do in Hampden-Sydney, that I want to do at Robert Morris. So sometimes, not just wanting to be a president, but wanting to be so badly, you go to a place where it's not a good fit.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

All I really know how to do is run a research group.' She noted that her former boss, UC Riverside's chancellor Kim Wilcox , is now her peer, adding: "He's a great friend and mentor, but all the way along, I haven't thought about having a boss. How do you accomplish things all by yourself? You're partners in transformation.

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Better CRM Tools Key to Reversing Enrollment Declines at CCs

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March 14, 2023. They urge listeners to begin cataloging all the “side doors” through which prospective students inquire about your school and then capture those disparate data points into a unified CRM and student retention platform. TZ: So in fall 2022, for example, as enrollment began to flatten, dual enrollment was actually up 11.5%

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How UCA is Creating a Debt-Free Pathway to a College Degree

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November 14, 2023. They examine UCA’s innovative new program that creates a debt-free pathway to a college degree for all incoming Arkansas freshmen who qualify based on financial need. That's a program that establishes a debt-free pathway to a college degree for all incoming Arkansas freshmen who qualify based on financial need.

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

The University Innovation Alliance

This is an instructive moment at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby recently assumed the role of president. I left Duke University, that I loved and still love, where I have friends, colleagues, and students. I've learned it from all of the leaders that I admire.