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From Theory to Practice: A Year of Applied Leadership
Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025
April 9, 2025
Graduation Blog: Cameron Hogg

Leading the Future: Navigating AI in Admissions through GWALA
Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025
April 9, 2025
Graduation Blog: Ioannis Koutroulis

“It’s supposed to be fun!” Finding the Joy in Leadership
Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025
April 9, 2025
Graduation Blog: Erin Wentzell

Leadership as a Learned Skill: My GWALA Experience
Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025
April 9, 2025
Graduation Blog: Tamara A. Henry Ed.D.

Making the Most of the GWALA Experience
Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025
April 9, 2025
Graduation Blog: Peter Loge

Developing Leadership Skills in a Time of Transition and Uncertainty
Reflections from GWALA Cohort 5 Fellows 2024-2025
April 9, 2025
Graduation Blog: Allison Sylvetsky

Ask the Chair: The Post-Spring-Break Juggernaut
March 24, 2025
Summer is in sight. How to prepare now for the coming whirlwind that ends with graduation.

How to Get Good at Conflict
March 12, 2025
According to a new book, there are tools we can learn to help us sit with conflict and grow from it.

16 Bold Ideas to Make Higher Ed a Better Place to Work
February 11, 2025
Mini-sabbaticals, weekend email bans, soft-serve for all, and more.

Getting Started: A Basic 10 Point Guide to Launching an Academic Career
February 8, 2025
Dr. Robert Greenstreet provides a ten-step guide for new faculty, outlining key strategies such as understanding institutional expectations, building networks, balancing responsibilities, and preparing for tenure.

Ask the Chair: ‘The Job Keeps Changing and I Can’t Keep Up’
February 6, 2025
How to cope with new work obligations raining down from central administration and onto department heads.

Chairs Can Be the Changemakers Colleges Need
February 6, 2025
Don Chu argues that department chairs should take a much more proactive role in confronting institutional budget challenges.