April 2013 – Reflections On Higher Education

Month April 2013

Our Universities: Hire Power

Courage is essential when hiring.Ā  Self-confidence is required to say, ā€œWe need people who are more knowledgeable than we are.ā€Ā  Impossible for a narcissist or a self-absorbed leader… and hiring in any other way dooms any organization to failure. ā€œNever…

Our Universities: The Presidency

University presidents carry a moral burden to act with integrity.Ā  When they don’t, universities suffer and communities, students, and alumni pay the price. ā€œā€¦for what is a share of a man worth? If he does not contain the quality of…

Our Universities: Solvency

Maintaining solvency – fiscal health – is always a matter of priorities. Attitudes toward solvency are evident in actions. This is especially so with long-term decision making about the direction an enterprise moves. Solvent universities and other organizations always have…

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