Peer to Manager: Navigating Your Transition into Leadership

A promotion to a new position, especially when the promotion is internal, is often cause for celebration and proof that your hard work is paying off. However, promotions also come with a unique set of challenges, from building credibility in your new role to managing friendships. Join us for this one-hour webcast, where you will […]

David Lindahl

David is a computer scientist with over 16 years of experience applying a unique ethnography-based methodology for uncovering and addressing the unmet needs of researchers, undergraduates, librarians, and office workers, using in-context observations, interviews, cultural probes, and collaborative design activities. He has held positions at the Xerox PARC Research Center, the University of Rochester Libraries, […]

Erin Pitts

Erin has worked for access and success in higher education for 15 years. She has experience with GEAR UP, TRiO, former foster youth, and degree mapping for completion. Erin currently serves as the Success Coach for Bridges to Baccalaureate (B2B) at Front Range Community College (FRCC) in Fort Collins, CO. She is also the Co-Principal […]

Spotlight on Innovation: How Southern New Hampshire is Replacing Remedial Education with Just-in-Time Academic Assistance

SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION SERIES The US Department of Education has awarded multi-million dollar “First in the World” grants to 24 colleges and universities that are innovating to solve critical challenges with access, recruitment, retention, and student success. At AI, we have interviewed each of the recipients to learn more about the projects these institutions are […]

Understanding the Impact of Stress on Your Leadership Style

Academic Impressions’ Five Paths to Leadership® Assessment has been leveraged in our leadership programs for years; thousands of leaders in higher ed have benefited from this dynamic model exploring how one’s leadership styles manifest under normal circumstances and how they change under stress. Having a deeper understanding of your own leadership styles in varying situations […]

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 […]

Kevin Pollock

Drawing on experience as a high school and junior high school teacher; university admissions, enrollment, and recruitment director; and community college student services vice president, Kevin is an advocate for college access and student service quality initiatives. Under his leadership, St. Clair formed high school partnerships for early college and middle college programs; joined Achieving […]

Roger Bounds, Ph.D.

Roger Bounds serves as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and is a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences.  Dr. Bounds provides leadership for the Faculty Affairs division in the office of the Provost and for the Teaching and Learning Center at NAU. He also co-facilitates the NAU University Leadership Program. Dr. Bounds has been […]

Kristin Daiber

Kristin Daiber is the Director of the Office of Student Retention at Western Carolina University—a regional comprehensive university in the mountains of Western North Carolina where access is part of their mission. Kristin’s work in retention focuses on fulfilling that mission as she leads efforts to support traditionally underserved students including those who are first-generation, […]