universities

November 3, 2022

Preparing for the Unexpected: Building Organizational Resilience

A notice was posted on the door as I entered Chipotle this week. It warned me that that chicken was currently available as their transportation system […]
October 27, 2022

Making Meetings Matter

“Meetings are usually toxic because they often convey an abysmally small amount of information per minute”.[1] Have you ever felt this way? Having sat through many […]
October 20, 2022

The Leadership Elephant

I’ll start with a simple confession – I’ve read far too much on the subject of leadership. While I’m at it, here’s confession number two – […]
June 2, 2022

3 Trends in College & University Recruitment

For many years I worked in administration overseeing college and university recruitment and retention efforts. When our household had Junior and Freshman boys, I was enjoying […]
August 24, 2015

The Class of 2019: What You Need to Know

Each fall, Beloit College provides an insightful overview of the incoming class of college freshmen. As the years fly by, it is easy to forget the […]
June 16, 2015

The Future of Higher Education: Three Trends

While predicting the future is desirable, it is an elusive exercise. However, careful observation of emerging trends can provide us with early indicators of future change. […]
December 9, 2014

Relevance: A Lifelong Investment

“The worlds wine cork producers want you to know that they’re sorry” (Pierson). A front page article in this weekends LA Times pronounced what happens when success meets […]
September 2, 2014

Six Priorities for University Recruitment Efforts

The expressions of anxious mothers, too-cool freshmen and a steady train of boxes into residence halls this week heralds the arrival of thousands of new students to […]