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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.

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A Guide to Department Chair Merit Badges

What if, Hollis Robbins asks, chairs could earn ceremonial merit badges for accomplishing feats that only those in academia could truly appreciate?

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Learning a Language Called ‘How to Provost’

Laurie McLary reflects on what it’s like to wholly, humanly inhabit an administrative role whose language and norms you are only just learning.

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A Satirical Toolbox for Deans

Lisa Chasan-Taber and Barry Braun offer advice on how to fail at being a dean without really trying.

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Rebooting the Presidency

If we help our campus leader have a more balanced role, it will lead to meaningful gains in presidential effectiveness, satisfaction and longevity, writes Ryan Hays.

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3 Mindset Shifts and 6 Strategies Leaders Shouldn’t Forget

The pandemic may be over, Patrick Sanaghan and Erica Barreiro write, but top administrators should still use its lessons to navigate today’s challenges.

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A Campus Leader Needs to Find Their Social Voice

If you’re a president or aspire to such a role, you’ll do a better job if you gain your social media footing, write Rachael Hagerstrom and Laurie Fenlason.

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The Provost as Swiss Army Knife

Theresa Billiot offers strategies for how top academic officers can drive positive institutional change while maintaining their own well-being.