Teaching Oral History as a Response to Collective Trauma

Every student in higher education is suffering from the impacts of COVID-19, and for many this communal trauma is compounded by the fight for racial justice. No one will emerge from these experiences unaffected. While the classroom often remains one of the only constants for students facing upheaval from global, national, and regional crises, problems […]

Navigating Work-Life Balance as a Woman Leader in Higher Education

The stresses of the past year have hit women especially hard. From taking on extra work to helping family members and managing the logistics of remote learning for their children, women’s workload — both mental and physical — has dramatically increased during the pandemic. We have heard time and again from women that they are in need of strategies that help set […]

Recruiting, Training, and Engaging Alumni Volunteers in a Digital Environment

Instructors Clarybel Peguero, Ed.D.Senior Director for Volunteer EngagementDuke Alumni Association, Duke University   Parks SmithDirector of Strategic OperationsVirginia Commonwealth University Course Highlights 1hr 41m of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 01/28/2021 Alumni volunteers are immensely valuable to institutions in both their service and giving power— they tend to give 10 times more than […]

Principles for Leadership in Higher Education (Online Bootcamp)

Principles for Leadership in Higher Education February 17, 2021 – March 17, 2021 Important Links Welcome! Thank you so much for joining us on this learning journey for new and emerging leaders! Over the course of these five weeks, you will learn from our expert instructor as well as from your peers, and you will have opportunities to apply what […]

Institute for Online Student Retention and Success

Institute for Online Student Retention and Success December 15 – 17, 2020 Learn how to retain and prepare online students for success. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to check back as it […]

Tailoring Advancement Communications to Ages and Life Stages

When you create uniform messages with mass appeal for your donors and alumni, you may actually be pleasing very few people. Have you considered segmenting your communications for a more personalized and focused marketing strategy?    Join us for this virtual training to learn how the life stages of your donors and alumni should inform your medium and your message. You will learn which messages and platforms best appeal to groups of different ages and life […]

Institute for Annual Giving

Institute for Annual Giving January 21 – 22, 2021 Hear the latest and best thinking for keeping your annual giving strategy competitive, nimble, and relevant to the current times. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. […]

Title IX Appeal Officers: A Skills Training and Certification

As you navigate the new Title IX appeal process, you might find certain aspects difficult or confusing. Are you prepared to navigate the mandated timelines effectively? What elements of the investigative process should you focus on when reviewing your case? How do you handle situations where the judgment of your colleagues might have been compromised? […]

Department Chairs: Reflect, Refresh, and Plan for the New Year (Virtual Training Only)

Department chairs are under increasing pressure to manage and direct complex situations. In addition to navigating the changing landscape of higher education, you are making difficult budgetary decisions and supporting faculty under extreme duress – all while managing the effects of the pandemic on your own personal life. How can you create a plan to […]

Teaching a People-First Language Approach

Quantitative researchers and analysts commonly focus their writing exclusively on data accuracy without taking the importance of language into account. This focus on data – rather than on the people who are represented by the data – can result in material that is accurate from a methodological standpoint, but not appropriate or accessible to non-technical […]

Defining Your Role as Chief of Staff

The role of Chief of Staff in relation to the President or other leader varies on many factors, such as how new your President is to the role and how involved they want you to be with decision making. Join us for this one-hour webcast to learn how to: Determine the needs of your President […]

Measuring Academic Program Cost and Demand to Improve Resource Allocation

Measuring Academic Program Cost and Demand to Improve Resource Allocation December 8 – 9, 2020  Learn how you can calculate and analyze the financial performance of your academic programs so you can make more informed resourcing decisions. CPE credits are offered for this event. If you require CPE credit, you will need to log in […]

Strengthen Student Community Building in Digital Spaces

As you reflect on this fall and prepare for another partially or fully remote semester, you may have found some successful strategies that have helped students build community online and others that have fallen flat. As students return after an unorthodox fall term, it will be more important than ever to strengthen online community building. […]

The Inclusive Leader’s Approach to Accountability

We’ve all said or done something at work that unintentionally upset or offended someone. We may shy away from holding ourselves and others accountable for resolving the situation because we want to prevent further harm that comes from the shame or disappointment associated with admitting a mistake. But inclusive leaders see things differently — they […]

Microcredentials and Digital Badges in Higher Education

Microcredentials and Digital Badges in Higher Education December 16 – 17, 2020 Explore how to assess the needs of your students, institution, and industry to determine the most valuable badges to pursue. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as […]

Anti-Oppressive Practices in Clinical Education

Clinical practitioners and the educators who train them should be prepared to work with individuals from a variety of racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. However, critical conversations around bias, marginalization, and oppression are all too often relegated to the background of – or completely absent from – coursework in clinical disciplines. In many disciplines, most […]

Understanding and Interrupting Privileged Classroom Practices

Historically, classrooms in higher ed have been molded by implicit cultural norms such as competition, lecture, and perfectionism. When we investigate the hidden values and practices we have inherited, we discover how we can unintentionally contradict our students’ cultural identities and hinder their learning. By noticing, interrogating, and interrupting the patterns that have shaped both […]

Frontline Fundraising: Essentials of Gift Solicitation

Frontline Fundraising: Essentials of Gift Solicitation March 3 – April 7, 2021 Important Links Developing Rigor in Your Fundraising Team | Webcast Recording Anticipating and Overcoming Objections in Frontline Fundraising | Webcast Recording Small Events for Donor Cultivation | Webcast Recording Strategizing Multiple Fundraising Attempts in Fundraising | Webcast Recording Developing Your Parent Giving Strategy […]