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Are you happy at work? How do you measure your job satisfaction? Do you assess how much you like what you do, how many hours you work, how much you are paid, how well you get along with your coworkers, and how closely your values align with the organization’s value? That’s a good start. But I want to bring your attention to something else that is critically important. It’s PROGRESS. In higher ed. administration, it is not uncommon to see a low correlation between effort and r

Leadership Resilience Explored and Strengthened In this episode, my two guests talk about the quality that can increase your ability to weather storms and come out stronger. That quality is resilience. My guests talk specifically about appreciative resilience and leadership and you’ll soon understand why. My guests are Dr. Jeanie Cockell and Dr. Joan McArthur-Blair. The focus of this episode is their new book entitled, Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leaders

AUTHORS: Callihan, Kristy M. Associate Dean of Communication, Humanities and Technical Studies Summerson, Karen A. Associate Professor of Mathematics; Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning ABSTRACT In the spring of 2014 a state task force report provided the Pikes Peak Community College Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning the motivation to develop an adjunct advancement program. The program includes an application process and allows for two additional tiers

This article appears in the January 28, 2018 issue of the Eagle Tribune. Not so long ago, public colleges and universities in America received most of their financial support from state taxpayers, and as a result, the cost of attending these institutions was relatively low. In 1985, a $150 per semester scholarship from a local bank covered the cost of my tuition at Oscar Rose Junior College in Midwest City, Oklahoma; and in the years that followed I continued my education at

Higher education has reached a critical moment of opportunity for re-valuing academic leadership. In an Inside Higher Education article titled “Producing Academic Leaders,” Pierce (2011) describes the looming crisis that will be created by increased retirements of presidents and no one in the pipeline who is willing or able to fill the void. Across the country, searches for academic deans, chief academic officers, and other academic leadership positions go unfilled, and insti

Here’s the information we need to help underserved students take the next steps InInstructors lead a roundtable discussion with students at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas, to discuss their video-game projects. The college is affiliated with Achieving the Dream’s National Reform Network. Photo: © Ralph Barrera/Austin American- Students, parents, policymakers and the public need good information to understand how well community colleges are doing to help students suc