Fresh From the UIA (Higher ed leadership)

Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College, discusses good and bad examples of leadership, showing vulnerability as a leadership strength, finding work-life balance, the best way to deliver bad news, and DIY executive professional development.

Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay, discusses technology partnerships with higher ed institutions, implementing a chatbot system, the risks and rewards of adopting any new tech, and how a tool reflects the intentions and abilities of its user.

Bridget Burns, University Innovation Alliance CEO, discusses higher ed's core design flaw, predictive analytics and at-risk students, chatbots, college-to-career best practices, completion grants, and innovating through failure.

Valerie Sheares Ashby, President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, discusses becoming the first new leader in decades, the nature of servant leadership, how higher ed can shape the future, and how self-care is vital in doing her work effectively.

Bridget Burns, founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, celebrates the UIA's Innovating Together Podcast 100th episode, discussing its origins, the challenges that all higher ed leaders share, and the qualities necessary for successful leadership.

Taylor Randall, President of the University of Utah, discusses leading with pragmatic optimism, setting expectations to manage transformation, reshaping curriculum based on student input, and how passion and creative tension can fuel positive change.

In the first of two blogs, the University Innovation Alliance celebrates its 2022 accomplishments. This installment reviews impact and scale of UIA initiatives, diffusion to the field through a variety of media platforms, and the invaluable partnerships that make their work possible.

The University Innovation Alliance revisits some of its favorite conversations with higher ed leaders on the Innovating Together Podcast during the 2021-22 academic year, including Alexander Cartwright, Michael Rao, M. Brian Blake, Kristina Johnson, Kim Wilcox, and Freeman Hrabowski.

Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University, discusses introducing online education through disruptive innovation, the fate of schools that don't evolve, the necessary discomfort of honesty in leadership, and personal stories as a tool for human connection.