A blog about leadership and other contemporary topics in higher education
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Enrollment Cliff or Enrollment Wall? The Peril of Ignoring the Needs of Non-Traditional Students
Small institutions are threatened not so much by an enrollment cliff as by an “enrollment wall,” or the barriers that traditional institutions unwittingly erect for non-traditional students. We…
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Transparency Is Overrated
Transparency. It’s what we say we want from everyone: our spouse, our pastor/priest/rabbi/imam, our politicians, our employees, our boss. The great philosopher Billy Joel sang about it: Honesty…
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Leadership Is Like Bathing in the Dead Sea
Many years ago, my institution paid for me to go on a tour of Israel. As with many such Israel tours, our trip included an overnight stop at…
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Be A Solutionist
When I first approached my mentor about my interest in going into higher education administration, the first piece of advice he gave to me had to do with…
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When They Say It Isn’t About the Money
We are given all sorts of justifications by those who have to deliver bad job news to us. “I tried everything I could to prevent it.” “I did…
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The People Who Will Work
From time to time, I’ll be sharing some aphorisms about leadership, management, higher education, and human nature passed along to me by a professional mentor. I’ll not reveal…
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