Filter & Sort
The Things We Think and Do Not Say
How broken is higher ed? A current president lists the ways.
Office Hours
We want leaders to come and tell us what’s going on. Here are some tips to make the most of media visits.
‘One Last Time’
Twenty years after co-founding Inside Higher Ed, Doug Lederman teaches us how to say goodbye. (Though his next chapter won’t be sitting under a vine and fig tree.)
Dialing for $$$
The fun of fundraising: doing part of the president’s job that others find icky.
Just the Facts of a Presidency
You cannot make this stuff up. Seriously. You just can’t.
Communication: It Never Hurts to Be Reminded
What we talk about when we talk about talking. Or, what the experts say we should think about before we speak.
Oops. We Forgot to Teach Faculty How to Write
Do effective presidents need to learn how to overcome their academic training to communicate with non-scholarly humans?
The Unexpected Burden of Leadership
Some of the hardest work can be providing emotional support to everyone.