The Department Chair as Talent Manager: A Discussion Series 

The Department Chair as Talent Manager: A Discussion Series   Recorded on October 24, 2023 | Recorded on November 8, 2023 | Recorded on December 13, 2023 | Recorded on February 5, 2024 | Recorded on February 14, 2024 | Recorded on March 11, 2024 | Recorded on April 29, 2024 | Recorded on May […]

Inclusive Leadership Certificate Program: Build Your Skills and Self-Awareness 

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE Inclusive Leadership Certificate Program: Build Your Skills and Self-Awareness Commit to your growth as a more inclusive leader. Choose from 2 cohorts: Starting September 2, 2024 REGISTER NOW Starting October 15, 2024 REGISTER NOW Overview Effective leadership is inclusive leadership. When our colleagues feel they can show up authentically in all aspects of […]

Summer Bridge Programs: Impact and Tips for Success

Amid growing pressure on student retention and completion rates, much of the current research on factors in student success emphasizes both the importance of early intervention with at-risk students and increased attention to obstacles that confront students in the first weeks of their first term, including academic underpreparedness and the transition from the rigor, study […]

Vetting Early Alert Technologies

As more colleges and universities look to improve the success of those students who are most academically “at risk,” a host of software technologies to assist in early alert have proliferated on the market. Investment in such a third-party technology can be significant; yet many institutions purchase these tools quickly without the up-front decisions needed […]

10 Articles Every Leader in Higher Ed Should Read

Over the past 7-8 years, Academic Impressions has designed and delivered leadership programs for over a thousand leaders across the higher education landscape. We have had the opportunity to work with academic and administrative leaders as well as presidents and provosts. The learning experiences have been outstanding because almost every participant was curious and interested […]

More than Dollars: How Many Opportunities are You Missing with Your Alumni?

Series: Creating the Conditions for Support Everyone is trying to raise more money. Rather than simply suggest the next tactic that can boost giving in the short-term, this series offers a more intensive look at the strategic thinking that drives philanthropic support: Why do donors give? How do institutions strengthen their core and emphasize initiatives […]

Improving Community College Student Success

Last week, a new study involving 13 participating institutions, Jobs for the Future, and the Delta Cost Project released a report on cost return for student success initiatives; with the report, the researchers made available a cost-return calculator that ties program-level cost data to student outcomes in success programs. With increasing federal and public pressure […]

Make Your Threat Assessment Team Effective: Part 1

This is the first of two articles offering practical advice on making behavioral intervention teams effective. The second article, which will focus on five pitfalls to avoid, will appear in late August. An abbreviated version of this article appeared in an earlier edition of Higher Ed Impact. August 4, 2011. In today’s difficult economic climate, most […]

Identifying Opportunities in Your Department’s DEI Strategy: One Alumni Department’s Perspective

Are you wanting to create more opportunities for diversity, equity, and inclusion for your constituents, but not sure where to begin? Here’s how one Alumni Relations and Development Office started. We started from the bottom At California University of Pennsylvania, our Office of Alumni Relations has been working collaboratively with departments across campus to paint […]

Showing Care, Community, and Service Excellence on Campus During a Pandemic

Our care for students in the fall must be expressed, paradoxically, both by the barriers that we put in place to separate our community and by the measures we take to keep our community connected and welcome. Here are examples of service excellence, hospitality, and care from other sectors that can translate well on our […]