Fresh From the UIA (Higher Ed Leadership)

Angela Duckworth headshot

How Behavioral Science is Transforming Student Success

By UIA
Angela Duckworth, co-director of the Penn Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative, discusses the threshold for institutions joining the program, how it supports first-year and transfer students, pitching it to administrators, and using the resulting data.
UIA Annual Report

Our First Decade of Innovation: The UIA’s 2024 Annual Report

By UIA

In 2024, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) celebrated a decade of transformative impact. What began in 2014 as a bold experiment by 11 universities has grown into a collaborative movement to dramatically redefine what’s possible in higher education: increased student success. We knew that graduating thousands more students would require reimagining how institutions tackle big challenges. Together, we innovated, shared knowledge, and built a culture of collaboration that now inspires change far beyond our campuses.

Maria Lynn Miranda, Chancellor of University of Illinois Chicago

Data, Values, and Engaged Leadership

By UIA
Marie Lynn Miranda, Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago, discusses attentive leadership, the central role of values, building community, strategies for handling a crisis, and tracking overall objectives and key goals.
Satish Tripathy

Leadership, Innovation, and Institutional Success

By UIA
Satish Tripathi, President of University of Buffalo, discusses his unlikely path to leading a top research university, core elements of a successful institution, developing a personal leadership style, and the importance of learning from context and history.
Mung Chiang of Purdue University

The Power of Leadership and Team Building

By UIA
Mung Chiang, President of Purdue University, discusses a major R&D grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the art and skill of making consequential decisions, fund raising through team building, and the importance of patient listening.
Kim Wilcox, Chancellor, UC Riverside

Empathy, Collaboration, and Engagement in Higher Education

By UIA
Kim Wilcox, Chancellor of University of California, Riverside, discusses the appeal of higher ed leadership, an inside view of budgeting, embracing empathy and collaboration, and understanding what students actually need.
Eric Waldo, President + CEO CA College Access Program

Crafting U.S. Higher Education Policy

By UIA
Eric Waldo, President of the DC College Access Program, discusses the dollar value of higher education, finding his way into the White House, stellar leadership examples, and commonsense leadership advice.
Daniel Greenstein, Chancellor of the Pennsylvania Ststem of Higher Education

Transformation and Blogging in Higher Ed Leadership

By UIA
Dan Greenstein, Chancellor of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education, discusses blogging about his leadership lessons, some basics of redesigning a university system, tips for initiating a redesign, navigating team buy-in, and balancing efficiency with innovation.
Kevin Kruger, President, NASPA

The Craft of Higher Education Leadership

By UIA
Kevin Kruger, retiring President and CEO of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, discusses the pleasures and pressures of leadership, how he approaches this work, his leadership recommendations, and how to prepare for a sea change in higher education.

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