Ask the Administrator: Making the Leap from a For-Profit
Welfare Reform, For-Profit Education, and Community Colleges
Simplify, Simplify
By Matt Reed. Very smart people sometimes have trouble getting out of their own way.
One of my first acts at Brookdale was to take a form that faculty were required to fill out annually reporting on their professional development activities and reduce it from about six pages to one, consisting of exactly two questions. More...
The Whole and the Sum of Its Parts
Sounds Wrong, But…
By Matt Reed. A new piece in Liberal Education claims that for-profits caused the rise in the use of adjuncts. Did they. More...
Listening at the Table
By Matt Reed. On Thursday I got to attend a reception for new high school grads who received college scholarships from the foundation associated with a local bank. It was one of those circular-table receptions at which each table includes a few parents with students, a benefactor, and someone who works at the college. My job was to greet the students and parents, and to help them feel welcome. More...
“Need Blind”
No Strategy: Work Smarter
By Tim Jones. It feels good to agree when someone asks for your help with a project or marketing initiative. When you say yes, you fill coworkers with joy, relief, and a sense that their request is valuable. At the same time, you get to be the agreeable, collaborative, easy-to-work with, always-willing to-help colleague who never causes conflict. Sometimes, that’s the perfect outcome. Everyone wins. More...
10 Ways to Bolster Crisis Communications Planning
By Jamie Kelly. There is never downtime in higher education—there’s simply a shift in priorities. The summer months provide an opportunity for strategic planning, reporting, advancing new initiatives and connecting more deeply with colleagues. It’s also a valuable time to reflect on crisis communications. We know crises can occur at any time, but the summer months may provide a reprieve as the campus activity slows down during this period. More...