For students and staff, institution and academic program closures often come with little warning. They can trigger shock and grief. If you’re an institutional leader, these same closures can leave you feeling disoriented and unprepared. How do you shift your focus from retaining students to getting rid of students? For something so complex, how do […]
Many faculty feel overwhelmed by the overlapping crises in higher education, and that they have little agency for making change. But faculty can take action to make change right where they are by leveraging their strengths and preferences as leaders and building effective networks of colleagues with complementary abilities. By identifying opportunities for meaningful change […]
Time is a limited factor for all. As a department chair, you likely need to delegate tasks or responsibilities to others to ensure that your most important work gets done. However, as workloads have increased over time, you’re also careful not to overwhelm faculty and staff with unnecessary work. You know there’s a way to […]
Jeff has close to a decade of experience leading and managing all areas related to law school advancement. He is responsible for planning and executing the programs which develop and support the School of Law’s annual giving, major gifts, planned gifts, board management, and capital campaign programs. Jeff has a keen understanding of the psychology […]
Tara Stopfel Warden specializes in leadership and program design in advising and enrollment management. Tara was the founding director of UC’s Center for Exploratory Studies, selected as a national exemplary practice program in 2007 for supporting students through major selection. She established the university’s Office of Advising & Academic Services in 2014. In 2016, she […]
Reggie is responsible for management of the Northern Illinois University Alumni Association, including board relations, financial and staff management, and programmatic success. Reggie started in alumni relations more than ten years ago, initially focused on geographic chapters and affinity groups, before branching out into volunteer management and engagement metrics. Drawing on his business background, he […]
Jeff Bohrer’s career has focused on supporting the mission of educational institutions through academic technology administration, support, and training. Jeff currently serves as a program manager for digital credentials initiatives at IMS Global Learning Consortium, a nonprofit member organization whose mission is to enable the adoption and impact of innovative learning technology. Jeff leads a […]
Justin manages the University of Ottawa’s strategic initiative to become, and remain, a recognized leader in service excellence. The university is committed to putting students at the center of its educational mission and strengthening every element of the student connection. As a skilled facilitator and motivational change agent, Justin collaborates with all university sectors to […]
With a background in STEM and a passion for the liberal arts, Dr. Gentile has spent her time in higher education concentrating on the design of exceptional student-centered experiences. As the dean of arts and sciences at Westminster College, much of her recent attention has been focused on ways to support faculty and students involved […]
Karen is best known for her work in facilitating organizational transformations at all levels of UC Davis. These change efforts involved designing and implementing an administrative shared services center, leading strategic planning efforts to improve ailing operations, assessing human factors in change, creating stronger connections between customer requirements and resource redeployment, and developing action plans […]
