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.

• Indeed.com: How To Find Your Passion for a More Fulfilling Career
  June 30, 2021
• ThriveGlobal: Sorry, Not Sorry: Why We Need to Stop Apologizing
  June 23, 2021
• Jobscan: Navigating the Job Search After Leaving a Toxic Work Environment
  May 26, 2021
• Harvard Business Review: What Organizations Can Do to Retain Asian American Talent
  May 19, 2021
• Harvard Business Review: Dear Caregiver, Are You Taking Care of Yourself?
  April 28, 2021
• Inside Higher Ed: Is Diversity Moral? Educational?
  April 14, 2021

Inside Higher Ed News Feed

• New presidents or provosts: Arlington Bethany Haskell Kingsville McPherson Mesa NMJC Springfield TWU
  Francis Arpan, dean of academics at Sisseton Wahpeton College, in South Dakota, has been selected as vice president of academics at Haskell Indian Nations University, in Kansas. Tamara Brown, executive dean of the College of Liberal Arts and […]
• The re-Sovietization of Russian universities
  Image: A new requirement for Russian institutions to have a rector for students’ moral development has been seen by academics as another sign of a country reverting to Soviet-style thought control. Coined during the Soviet era, the position of […]
• Western Conn. State president out after draining reserves
  Image: Western Connecticut State University president John Clark is stepping down amid a financial crisis that resulted in a depletion of 99 percent of university reserves in recent years. Clark, who has been president since 2015, will officially exit on July 14. […]
• Piedmont president to retire; husband resigns
  Image: On Monday, after a special meeting of the Board of Trustees, Piedmont University president James Mellichamp announced that he would retire once a successor is named. A few days later, his husband, Daniel Smith, resigned from his position […]

Inside Higher Ed Blogs

• Museums as Cultural Battlegrounds
  June 23, 2022 by Steven Mintz
  Museums offer an ideal lens through which to study shifts in aesthetics, ethics, civic and national identities, and cultural values.
• Inflation and Budgets
  June 23, 2022 by Matt Reed
  A word problem.
• Improving Community College Transfer Pathways Could Help With Teacher Shortages
  June 23, 2022 by Daniel Sparks
  How improvements to community college transfer policies can alleviate teacher shortages.
• Key Skills for Post-Pandemic Alt-Acs
  June 23, 2022 by Joshua Kim
  Alternative academia after COVID.

HigherEdJobs.com Career Advice & News Feed

• Embrace the Kinks in the Road – HigherEdJobs Podcast Recap
  In the season finale of the HigherEdJobs Podcast, Andy interviews Martin Atkins, a rock star turned higher ed professor who shares his advice for students and higher ed professionals alike.
• From Colleague to Chair, Department to Dean: Faculty Members in Leadership Positions
  Having academics in key administrative roles can foster the viability of shared governance. But this cannot happen by chance. Presidents must assist faculty in developing leadership skills.
• EXPLAINER: What is Title IX and What Impact Has it Had?
  Title IX, the law best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and preventing sexual harassment on campuses, is turning 50.

Harvard Business Review News Feed

• Stop Losing Sales to Customer Indecision
  A playbook to help sales reps nudge customers off the fence.
• 4 Common Reasons Strategies Fail
  Stop blaming execution, and start identifying the underlying flaws.
• Why Microsoft Measures Employee Thriving, Not Engagement
  And what other organizations can learn from their findings.

Diverse – Issues in Higher Education News Feed

• Increase in Credential Earners for ’20-’21 Obscures a Worrying Trend
  In an academic year roiled by the pandemic, colleges and universities posted an unexpected increase in undergraduate credential…
• A Heart for Service
  Dr. Antoine Garibaldi is retiring after many years of working to lift up the downtrodden and marginalized in the education space…
• Virtual Conference Centers Native Student Success, Culture
  The American Indian College Fund hosted a free virtual conference open to Native American high school, college, transfer, and…

• Stop and Check Out this Repost: Extroverts With Social Anxiety – A Rare Sighting?
  April 1, 2021
  Introverts experience social anxiety due to their preference of being alone. But what about extroverts? Do they experience social anxiety? This re-post from eCounseling helps clarify the matter! The website eCounseling.com offers a […]
• 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 […]