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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

So You Want to Be a Disrupter

Jeffrey Herbst offers advice for how college leaders can prepare themselves for bruising battles over controversial changes in institutional direction.

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Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

Leading Through Uncertainty

As leaders, we can help others manage uncertainty, even if we can’t provide all the answers, Jen Heemstra writes.

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Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

How to Ensure You’ll Never Be a Chair Again

Want out of the chair role? Lisa Chasan-Taber and Barry Braun offer 10 tips for failing (up).

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Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

Keep Calm and Carry On

Higher ed leaders need to carefully consider their unique contexts in charting a path through the current chaos, Susan Elrod and Adrianna Kezar write.

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

How Can Deans Support Faculty Well-Being?

Support for faculty well-being should be an expectation of academic leadership, Richard Badenhausen writes.

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Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

A President’s Journey to AI Adoption

José Luis Cruz Rivera explains how he’s come to use AI in academic leadership, and the sources of inspiration and learning he’s found along the way.

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Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

Reimagining the CFO Role

The CFO role has gotten progressively more challenging, Jen Meyers Pickard and Melody Rose write.

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Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

Chairs Can Be the Changemakers Colleges Need

Don Chu argues that department chairs should take a much more proactive role in confronting institutional budget challenges.