Though it’s been years since the heart of the pandemic, getting students to once again consider a college education is still difficult. Many eschew in-person learning altogether or ultimately decide college is no longer an important consideration. Which makes telling the college story more vital than ever. “We thought there would be a surge of […]

Like all leaders in higher education, rural-serving community college leaders must deal with disruptions in today’s higher education landscape. Fostering innovation in rural-serving areas is especially critical as colleges in these locales are often the only choice for students as a point of access to higher education. Local and regional businesses rely on the career […]

The American workplace is in the midst of major generational transition of leadership, and the community college system is immersed in this change. Presidents and executive-level administrators who were born in the tail-end of the “Baby Boom” (born 1946 – 1964) will soon complete the retirement cycle of their generation.  Senior administrators, who are predominantly […]

Have you noticed an increase in higher education administrative positions focused on innovation and strategy? In the past few years, there has been significant job growth in these types of roles in higher education — especially at community colleges where the emphasis on self-sustaining, revenue-generating, entrepreneurial strategies has become more in-demand to lead transformative institutional […]

Local workforce development is a key obligation of the modern community college. It is also an obligation that can easily backfire if not undertaken with extreme due diligence in balancing the competing interests of industry, politicians and the institutions themselves. The oversell of Foxconn’s much heralded, and now very scaled back, investment in Wisconsin a […]

In 2007, when I was considering an offer for a faculty position after grad school, I checked the college’s website to be sure that they had an LGBTQ+ student organization. As a queer-identified educator, I wanted to know that the campus I was committing to had done some of the preliminary work of welcoming LGBTQ+ […]

City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) has designed a framework to help faculty achieve excellence at all stages of the faculty lifecycle. Across its seven colleges, CCC employs more than 500 full-time and 1,000 part-time faculty members. The system on-boards more than 100 new faculty every year – some from industry with little teaching experience. These […]

The Community College Leadership Doctoral Program (CCLP) at Morgan State University celebrates 25 years of educating the next generation of community college leaders.  This pipeline to executive positions at a two-year college or system will help to address the increasing number of positions vacated by the growing number of senior community college leaders approaching retirement. […]

Navigating the complex landscape of higher education requires more than administrative prowess; it demands a leadership style steeped in empathy, transparency and a commitment to holistic growth. By transcending typical modes of authority, true academic leaders dedicate themselves to understanding, supporting and nurturing individuals within the academic ecosystem. These lessons are translatable. Dr. Max Goodwin […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. Whether this is good or bad, higher education has found itself scrambling over the last year and half to address AI and what it means to educators, administration and students. Many fear AI, while many others are embracing it. Addressing it in the world of higher education has […]