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by Todd Benson With the sudden escalation in both public concern and genuine risk associated with COVID-19, COACHE’s team has been discussing the implications for faculty. As we discussed the issue, an important question that arose was , “Who might we be...

COACHE research on the professoriate is shaping the future of higher education leadership, so we are eager to attend next week’s annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities, “ Shaping the Future of Higher Education: An Invitation...

by Adrianna Kezar, PhD. Dean's Professor of Leadership, University of Southern California; Co-director, Pullias Center; Director, Delphi Project For this guest blog post, we asked Prof. Adrianna Kezar to apply her research and experience to cite, critique...

by Kiernan Mathews Several years ago, I observed here that the assistant, associate, and vice provosts and deans with institution-wide responsibility for faculty success (I call them “chief faculty affairs officers” or CFAOs) often find themselves alone...

by Kiernan Mathews What leadership is required to help faculty do their very best work for our institutions? That was the organizing question when, earlier this month, I served as Educational Chair to a second cohort of academic leaders in the Seminar on...

by Kiernan Mathews This article was originally published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning “What do the faculty think?” It's a question that governing boards and presidents ask routinely—or don't ask at their peril. It's also the question that...

2018 here at the Collaborative brought with it growth far surpassing our faculty surveys. We collaborated with the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE) to launch the first ever Seminar on Leadership of the Faculty , a three-day workshop for...

Skidmore College, a liberal arts college in upstate New York, wanted to understand climate and leadership challenges within their academic departments. As faculty groups rarely had the opportunity to collaborate, it became increasingly difficult for...

The forthcoming book, Success After Tenure: Supporting Mid-Career Faculty, offers a unique perspective on how to support mid-career faculty. The book focuses on issues faced by mid-career faculty and examines innovative programs and models that can be...

by Lauren Scungio This year's annual meeting of the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) runs from November 11th through 13th in New Orleans, LA, and we can’t think of a more appropriate place to explore this year’s theme “Resilience...