A First-Year Plan for New College and University Presidents
Marcia Brown Mintz Senior Advisor Newly appointed college and university presidents are welcomed enthusiastically and inaugurated ceremoniously amidst excitement, new ideas, and hope for the future. Yet, the term can also begin against a backdrop of pressure points...
The Challenges of Strategy and Leadership in Higher Education
This whitepaper was originally written by Founders Tom Gilmore and Larry Hirschhorn and then revised with Principal Barry Dornfeld. We describe some of the dynamics particular to leadership strategic planning in higher education. We emphasize the “loosely coupled”...
Culture by Design: What Do You Need to Know in Higher Ed
Erin Konkle Manager “What did you do to my kid?” This is how Rick Miller, President Emeritus of Olin College of Engineering, opened the 2023 Coalition for Life Transformative Education (CLTE) conference. The question was posed to President Miller by an Olin parent...
Leveraging Transitional Leadership Moments in Higher Education
Erin Konkle Manager An unusual number of college presidencies are up for grabs [1]. Rapid changes in the higher education landscape, increasing scrutiny paired with wavering public support amid the rising costs of a degree, and the substantial disruption of Covid-19...
Tenure in the 21st Century
The challenge is to explore and imagine what the institution of tenure could and should be in the 21st century and to find a way for it to happen.