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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I like being able to work with students, faculty, and colleagues in a different kind of way [that] made me more aware of the community of higher education and not just a department, class, or advising relationship with a student. From 2012 to 2018, Meredith also carried out its largest fundraising campaign yet, raising more than $90 million.

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From Competency to Resilience: Navigating the Complexities of College Presidencies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the turnover numbers ticking up, those who aspire to a presidency may be asking themselves what professional development opportunities and experiences can best prepare them for a solid fit and long tenure. Those are powerful insights for their boards, faculty, and communities.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He describes his current work as “being a thought leader, resource person and a fundraiser, a person looking at innovative ways to implement some of our programs and activities that we provide for students at UCLA.” AAP staff works with students, faculty, and staff at those schools and at UCLA to create pathways.

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Succession planning: How to find a community college president

University Business

Leaders who are familiar with the needs of the college and the surrounding region can be highly effective in supporting fundraising and friend-raising due to previously established relationships with community leaders and donors. Known entities ensure stability, enhance trust and have a much shorter on-ramp. References Gonzalez, K.

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Connecticut College president resigns under pressure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As the controversy continued, faculty members overwhelmingly issued a vote of no confidence in Bergeron’s leadership in early March. I care deeply—and I always have—for the success of our faculty, the well-being of our staff, and above all, the intellectual, social, and professional development of our students.

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Connecticut College president is stepping down

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I care deeply—and I always have—for the success of our faculty, the well-being of our staff, and above all, the intellectual, social, and professional development of our students. “For the past nine and a half years, I have devoted myself to advancing educational excellence and equity at this College.

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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Because whatever their professed claims, neither student learning nor equitable outcomes are pre-eminent institutional or faculty priorities. Accreditors could, for example, require institutions to undergo professional development training in teaching. First, however, let’s ask why those inequities realities persist.