Stereotyping can create a self-fulfilling prophecy which impacts students’ performance by challenging their academic ability or competence. Continue Reading Teaching and Learning Centers as Catalysts for Faculty Diversity Development: ow.ly/3zre50jUS3x

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As budgets tighten at colleges and universities, academic leaders are repeatedly urged to be more entrepreneurial in their approaches. “It’s time to think outside the box... Continue Reading Can Innovation Be Taught?: ow.ly/QJQZ50jH6ML

The Kirkpatrick model is essentially a classification scheme, and he stated, “One shortcoming of taxonomies is that they do not fully identify all constructs underlying the phenomena of interest, thus making validation impossible”. Continue Reading: ow.ly/D45Z50jDkPM

Does the leadership development that current and prospective academic leaders participate in make any real difference? If so, what difference does it make? Continue Reading Assessing the Impact of Leadership Development: Part 1, The Kirkpatrick Model: ow.ly/M23I50jCpzQ

“Tenure track” make it sound like there’s a smooth set of rails that will take you from hiring through to a position on the permanent tenured faculty, “tenure obstacle course” might be a better description. Continue Reading Five Tips for Making Tenure: ow.ly/wvpg50jADFi

Succession planning, or targeted leadership development, is not very common in higher education institutions, perhaps because of the corporate cronyism it often calls to mind. Continue Reading Succession Planning: Developing Future Leaders from Within: ow.ly/j3WN50jyKSL

Broach the topic in a meeting, you’ll immediately detect a rise in the level of stress in the room. And when word spreads, even people in units not directly affected by the proposed reorganization often will become apprehensive as well. Continue Reading: ow.ly/zd9Q50jxpNQ

I was able to accomplish my scholarship goals and experience the rejuvenation for which sabbaticals are known. In reflecting on my experience, I recommend the following steps to anyone interested in pursuing this type of leave: Continue Reading: ow.ly/ilRK50juuXJ

This simple strategy can play a role in bringing a campus together around priorities that are shared widely and a leadership team that is broadly regarded as unified and legitimate. Continue Reading On a Shoestring: ow.ly/uhBa50jt6Zx

Nearly all forms of academic leadership involve supervising change. Curricula have to be adapted to keep up with advances in pedagogy, the evolving needs of the student body, and new discoveries in the discipline. Continue Reading: ow.ly/VBsF50js0xM

Sharing responsibility for creating a productive work setting within the department and institution result, at least to a great extent, from how well each member of the community carries his or her own fair share of the common workload. Continue Reading: ow.ly/h0nX50jr30M

At its core, mentoring consists of advice and guidance that a person with experience, skills, and knowledge (the mentor) provides to someone who may be less experienced, unfamiliar with how to approach certain... Continue Reading Speed Mentoring: ow.ly/jHkS50jpKkC

How do we know if a student has learned enough to attain a degree or credential? Likely, the answer is currently phrased in the form of credit hours... But the credit hour, was never intended to measure student learning at all. Continue Reading: ow.ly/jr8k50joxuX

Educational institutions feel compelled to respond to stakeholders about MOOC development, and for those institutions unable to partner with an organization such as Coursera or edX, there can be a number of considerations. Continue Reading: ow.ly/SFcu50jnsIb

Explore updates to Title IX under the Trump administration and keep informed about what you need to know as Title IX continues to take shape. Learn More About From Cross Examination to Safe Harbors: A New Day in Title IX Compliance: ow.ly/dkAy50jmGGI

One of the biggest issues in online education is attrition. “Student retention is a noteworthy issue for higher education institutions and is closely tied to accountability” Continue Reading Seven Ways to Combat Attrition in Online Courses: ow.ly/8MYP50jm3WK

When academic administrators are alone—no faculty members or representatives of the press in sight—one of the things we complain about most bitterly is accreditation. Continue Reading Accreditation from a Positive Leadership Perspective: ow.ly/maFT50jkyP0

Over the past two decades, the responsibilities of academic department chairs have grown in both number and complexity. The newer work for chairs has not replaced traditional duties but rather has been layered on top of them. Continue Reading: ow.ly/Kblr50jji4P