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The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 2: The Challenges of Higher Education Leadership

The Change Leader, Inc.

The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 2: Higher Education Leadership Todays Higher Education leadership is living in a divisive and politicized environment. However, there is no more important time for true leaders to step into top administrative roles and help higher education move into the 21 st century. Unlike what many of our current national and state elected officials are projecting as the qualities of leadership, higher education administrators need to embrace the true characteristics of le

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Edinburgh in Colour: the benefits of extra-curricular activity

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Challenging oneself in an extra-curricular way is a difficult task at the best of times. However, in the words of a self-pitying master’s student (me), the short duration (and intensity) of the course plus the significant financial investment and the pressure to find one’s career passion (graduate job), can make the act of pursuing an intensive extra-curricular activity almost impossible – in fact as I am writing this blog, I am simultaneously juggling three other study-related metaphorical plat

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Higher Education does Valentine's Day: Our top picks

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We look at some of the best Valentine's Day campaigns in Universities and Colleges

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The power of the interdisciplinary

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

While disciplines will continue to underpin the foundations of our knowledge, the issue of interdisciplinary learning and teaching is becoming increasingly relevant for universities preparing students for a changing world. Nonetheless, in the UK, higher education largely remains structured on a conventional, disciplinary basis. Described as ‘one of the more contentious curriculum issues’ (Blackmore and Kandiko, 2012, p. 77), universities may see interdisciplinarity as an opportunity or as a thre

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Building Leadership Capacity: A President’s Perspective Webinar

The Change Leader, Inc.

Building Leadership Capacity Webinar Please join Dr. Katrina Rogers, President of Fielding Graduate University, and Ms. Amy Savage, CEO of Fine Points Leadership, in an interactive discussion on the criticality of and how to build leadership capacity in institutions of higher education. This discussion focused on how to implement Kouzes and Posner’s The Leadership Challenge in higher ed institutions, and what colleges and universities must do to build the next generation of higher educatio

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Weekend in Switzerland

Hope College Network

Sharon Creech is one of my favorite authors. Of all of her books I read in the library growing up, one of my favorites is Bloomability. The novel follows Dinnie as she navigates living with her aunt and uncle in a new country and attending an American boarding school in Lugano, Switzerland. She tackles homesickness, goes on adventures, and makes friends who come from all over the world.