WIFI Wednesday & Higher Education News and Blogs

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Weekly WiFi Wednesday Feed

Weekly posts about higher education, management, and living your values with purpose.

• Harvard Business Review: How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted — and You Are, Too
  January 13, 2021
• Harvard Business Review: How to Tell Your Boss You’re Burned Out
  January 6, 2021
• Medium.com: The 3 Breaks You Need to Take Every Day
  December 9, 2020
• New York Times: Reinventing Workers for the Post-Covid Economy
  December 2, 2020
• Harvard Business Review: How to Thrive When Everything Feels Terrible
  November 18, 2020
• Harvard Business Review: How Employee Assistance Programs Can Help Your Whole Company Address Racism at Work
  October 14, 2020

Inside Higher Ed News Feed

• Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education
  Williams Tightens Rules for Students Jan. 19, 6:18 a.m. Williams College has tightened the rules for students who are coming to the campus for the spring semester, iBerkshires reported. They must provide proof of a recent, negative COVID-19 […]
• Colleges start new programs
  Andrew College, in Georgia, is starting a bachelor of science in elementary education. Concordia College, in New York, is adding a bachelor of science in new media communications and digital production. Coppin State University is starting a master's […]
• Author discusses her new book on first-generation students at Harvard and Georgetown
  Imagine the first-generation students who end up at one of the top colleges in the country. They are largely from lower-income families and more likely to be minority students than the entire student body. They enter universities with […]
• HBCUs receive boost from capital loan forgiveness
  Historically Black colleges and universities received much-needed debt relief from the federal government as part of the recent COVID-19 relief bill, a change leaders say allows them more financial freedom to invest in their futures. Congress passed a […]

Inside Higher Ed Blogs

• Where Do We Go From Here?
  January 19, 2021 by Steven Mintz
  How your institution can emerge stronger post-pandemic.
• Ask the Administrator: Am I Climbing Onboard a Sinking Ship?
  January 19, 2021 by Matt Reed
  How to tell from the outside.
• Scott Galloway’s ‘Post-Corona’ Vision for Higher Ed
  January 19, 2021 by Joshua Kim
  Provocative, passionate, smart and wrong.
• America's Education Story in a Pandemic Anecdote
  January 19, 2021 by John Warner
  Punish instead of helping those who need it most.

HigherEdJobs.com Career Advice & News Feed

• Institutional Recovery and Renewal in Stages, Part I
  Over the past year, higher education institutions have experienced declining enrollment and budget deficits, and as a result, salaries have been cut, employees have lost jobs, colleges have closed their doors, and still others have merged. Much has changed and the road to recovery will be difficult. Robert […]
• Sharing Diverse Narratives Through Solidarity
  Sekile M. Nzinga, author of "Lean Semesters: How Higher Education Reproduces Inequity," is one of HigherEdJobs 2021 Authors in Residence. She is kicking off her blog series with an inside look at her inspiration for the book. She says her motivation for completing it had little to do […]
• Federal Financial Aid for College Will Be Easier to Apply for – and a Bit More Generous
  The FAFSA is being simplified through the omnibus spending bill that became law in December. Here, Robert Kelchen, an expert on higher education policy, explains what the simplification and other changes mean for students and families who must fill out to receive Pell Grants, student loans, and many […]

Harvard Business Review News Feed

• Caught in the Middle
  Her boss is white. Her staff are people of color. When racial tensions run high, one leader must learn how to manage both.
• Goodbye Bureaucracy, Hello Common Sense
  A conversation with business expert Martin Lindstrom on how companies can rethink rules, norms, and processes.
• Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety
  Can the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, overhaul the city’s public safety framework amid budget shortfalls and national protests against police brutality?

Diverse – Issues in Higher Education News Feed

• KERRI-ANN M. SMITH
  KERRI-ANN M. SMITH has been named the Inaugural Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity at Queensborough Community College. Associate professor at the institution, Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in English […]
• ROWENA ORTIZ-WALTERS
  ROWENA ORTIZ-WALTERS has been named dean of the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University. Previously dean of the School of Business and Economics at the State University of New […]
• KATHLEEN CORNELY
  KATHLEEN CORNELY has been appointed the Robert H. Walsh ’39 Endowed Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Providence College. It is the college’s first endowed chair in the sciences. A professor […]

• A Guide to Coded Language In Education Vol I. & II – by Subversive.Thread/ClassTrouble.Club
  September 22, 2020
  One of the most popular posts from 2020 has been a What I Find Interesting Wednesday (WiFi Wednesday) post, A Guide to Coded Language in Education Vol. 1. Originally, I found the […]
• The Value of Doing The Things That Scare You
  September 18, 2020
  If you’re anything like me then I run away from fear and the things that make me scared, and I think that’s quite common. Very rarely do I face my fears and […]
• Finding Your Passion — thejobwindow
  September 17, 2020
  If you’re having trouble finding your passion, you’re not alone. Many people aren’t sure what their passions are. We’ve got a couple things to help you out. Finding Your Passion — thejobwindow Finding […]

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