Fresh From The UIA

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.

Javier Reyes, Interim Chancellor at the University of Illinois Chicago, discusses his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons learned from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of 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 second of two blogs, the University Innovation Alliance celebrates its 2022 accomplishments. This installment reviews five of the UIA's strategies for scaling the most promising student success practices.

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.

 

PORTLAND, Ore., (FEBRUARY 16, 2023) — The University Innovation Alliance, the

The University Innovation Alliance offers a roundup of its data-based and practice-informed playbooks enabling higher ed institutions to foster student success: Proactive Advising, Completion Grants, and College-to-Career.

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.