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Great idea, the answer is no!

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~ Steve Jobs Last week I was having a discussion on campus with a young director. We were talking about the normal madness we all face on our campuses and somehow got around to programs and I mentioned some past programs I’d created. He got a little…

Data Driven Decisions?

I don’t have a particular recommendation other than that we base decisions on as much hard data as possible. We need to carefully look at all the options and all their ramifications in making our decisions. ~ Dorothy Denning Accountability in education has always been a political talking point. But in the late 1990s it…

The Fallacy of Legacy

We enter a career in higher education to help students. Most of us start as instructors and we have that wonderful opportunity to be in a classroom helping people understand something they previously didn’t. I’ve always called them the lightbulb moments, those moments when you see that look of confusion transition into the light of…

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