In the first part of this article, I discussed levels of intervention to help shift a system toward health. If we want to change trends such as exhaustion and burnout, we need to address the structures that are causing these patterns. I highlighted workload as a likely contributor to exhaustion and recommended that we reassess what we’re asking of our faculty, staff, and students to ensure it’s realistic and humane.
Connections Are Everything: Putting Relationships at the Heart of Higher Ed
As academic leaders, we are under so much pressure to deliver—enrollment targets, strategic plans, graduation rates, AI policies, and on and on—that we can lose sight of what our students