The Importance of Cultivating Allies
If you are a new department head, you are likely focused on doing an excellent job. And you may believe that the work you do speaks for itself. It is
Laura G. McGee
June 20, 2022
If you are a new department head, you are likely focused on doing an excellent job. And you may believe that the work you do speaks for itself. It is
Faculty burnout was present in higher education long before COVID-19 because of the high emotional investment teaching requires of faculty. The pandemic has further exacerbated faculty exhaustion and stress.
Higher education is in the midst of a remarkable period of scrutiny and change. Increased calls for accountability, the college completion agenda, and the classic debate between the liberal arts
Higher education in the post-pandemic era will not be the same as in prior years. While each institution has experienced and responded to the pandemic differently, all face a continuing
Campus leaders face real challenges when it comes to supporting their goals of social justice and equity. The sociopolitical conditions in higher education today present major and unique challenges to
Deborah Borman glanced at her schedule for the day with a wave of anxiety. She was starting on one of the scariest tasks of her new department chair duties, a
Years after the publication of Nathan Grawe’s 2017 book Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education, there is still extensive discussion about how to best approach the impending enrollment cliff.
Higher education often struggles to meet the needs of at-promise students—that is, those from low-income, first-generation, and racially minoritized backgrounds (Kitchen et al., 2021). Colleges and universities graduate students from
The past two years have been traumatic due to COVID, social unrest, and widespread uncertainty, and 2022 is shaping up to be not much different. The overwhelming pressure caused by
When you become department chair, you are likely to gain a new perspective on faculty morale in your unit. As a regular faculty member, you may not have known how
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