Academic search committees have a clear purpose to interview and hire the most qualified candidate for their vacant position. However, they also have the responsibility to ensure the search process is fair, inclusive, and equitable for all. Unfortunately, many search committees have not identified nor properly trained someone to serve as an inclusion advocate in […]
THE SUCCESS AT GETTYSBURG COLLEGE This article is the first in a series by Ashlyn Sowell, Gettysburg’s associate vice president and campaign director. Here, Sowell reviews 4 lessons about campaign communications and volunteer management that she and her team at Gettysburg learned — from their volunteers. “Leveraging these key lessons,” Sowell adds, “we have successfully […]
With over 25 years of professional experience in large healthcare and higher education organizations, Erin has a unique combination of quality service-delivery, operational know-how and strategic instinct. She serves as the Chief Operating Officer at NYU Steinhardt, overseeing a number of cross-functional teams. Erin’s central skillset revolves around improving the fundamental building blocks for success, […]
Recent studies have chronicled enrollment shortfalls and their impact on institutions across the country. Yet, given the increase in tuition discounting over recent years, it’s imperative that institutions manage the critical metric of net tuition revenue and not just enrollment numbers. This will require a more unified and methodical approach — and close collaboration between […]
Establishing retention efforts for underrepresented faculty is just as important as recruiting, hiring, or onboarding them. We will discuss ways campuses may unintentionally fail at retaining talented faculty due to a lack of thorough and meaningful planning, including the absence of high-quality mentoring programs for underrepresented faculty. Our guest speaker, Dr. Bridget Turner Kelly, will […]
Eric received his MLS from Drexel University in 2012, and began working at the Penn Libraries Education Commons when it opened immediately thereafter. The Education Commons is entering its 3rd year of operation and serves students, faculty, and academic groups from across Penn’s campus. Eric’s responsibilities involve every aspect of running a library commons space: […]
In her position, Helen’s responsibilities include oversight of university academic program policy and procedures, accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and compliance with the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education regulations. She oversees the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment. She is also responsible for general education, the First-Year Reading Experience, and […]
Dr. Brock serves at Rio Salado College, the largest in headcount of the ten Maricopa Community Colleges, and the largest public online community college in the nation. Rio Salado serves more than 41,000 online students annually. Dr. Brock was appointed to her position in 2011 after serving as the college’s interim vice president and, previously, […]
Learn how to better partner with faculty to maximize your CFR efforts. With the increasing competition in public research funding, CFR professionals must partner with faculty to maximize private funding. Discover how one CFR team increased dollars raised for faculty by tenfold by pulling the following success levers: Creating awareness of available funding opportunities and […]
With the growth of online education, institutions face the challenge of effectively measuring the quality of online teaching and the teaching competencies of their online faculty. Rather than using new practices tailored to a specific online learning environment, many institutions use basic evaluation methods that are not responsive to individual course considerations. Applying new practices […]
