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Motivation is key to success, and Admiral McRaven's commencement speech is a powerful reminder of basic principles for achieving it. His words are always timely, and I encourage everyone to take a few minutes to watch and contemplate. The speech is not only relevant to career success, but also to making a positive impact in life and relationships. Let's change the world together with the help of these principles. #Motivation #ChangeTheWorld #Leadership #Success

📘 **Book Insight: "13 Ideas that are Transforming the Community College World" by Terry O'Banion** 🔍 **Key Takeaways:** 1. **Reflecting America's Education Landscape:** Walter Bumphus highlights community colleges as dynamic, evolving institutions, mirroring America's complexities and transformations. 2. **Broadening Educational Conversations:** O'Banion emphasizes the need for comprehensive discourse on critical issues facing community colleges, targeting a wide audience of educators and stakeholders. 3. **Historical and Future Perspectives:** The introduction traces community colleges' historical development and forecasts their future through 13 innovative ideas, from changing learning paradigms to new leadership approaches. 📚 *#CommunityCollegeEvolution #EducationalTransformation #TerryOBanion #HigherEducationInsights #TheClarkCommunique*

Did you know Phi Sigma Pi offers scholarships to Student Members? Whether you're an undergraduate student or pursuing a graduate degree, Phi Sigma Pi wants to support your academic success. Learn more about the Richard Cecil Todd and Clauda Pennock Todd Scholarship for Excellence in Scholarship, Leadership, and Fellowship and the Rolla F. Wood Postgraduate Scholarship for Improving Humanity with Honor below!

Saturday edition of Word of Advice: ABD (All But Dissertation) is not a designation. It is a status that indicates you completed all coursework and any necessary examinations in a doctorate program. It also signifies the transition from student to candidate status. However, the letters ABD do not belong behind your name. It's equivalent to saying you are John/Jane Doe, High School Senior. While I encourage everyone to celebrate the milestones and victories, let's make sure as academics we're acting accordingly. I have seen this error several times and thought I would help someone out. Be well! #scholarship #leadership #leadershipexpert #leadershipeffectiveness #doctoraljourney #education

Higher education leaders have a golden opportunity in this current crisis—if they are brave enough to acknowledge what is broken and commit to repairing it. Integrity Accountability Civil discourse Critical thinking Intellectual honesty Nuance This should be “college 101.” As Elisha Wiesel, son of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel, wrote in an op-ed published today, “It’s time for university leaders to do their job. It’s time for them to teach.” Teach students how to think, not what to think. Teach them to navigate even the most complex and emotionally laden topics with humility, curiosity, and dialogue, rather than as an exercise in intellectual combat. If we can’t do this work within the sandbox of our academic institutions, where can we do it? #leadership #education #higherlearning

A brutal reality is that to be successful in improving outcomes for all students, the Black superintendent must survive the politics and power of the status quo while simultaneously addressing the sinister force race plays in the leadership dynamic. Read more in my new article in the AASA, The School Superintendents Association School Administrator magazine pp. 38-41: https://lnkd.in/dtbFZg5x | #BlackExcellence #EquityandExcellence #AASAmag HU SOE Institute for Education Innovation

Rice University is one of 25 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose Classification. This elective designation is awarded by the American Council on Education, the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The classification recognizes institutions that have committed to campuswide efforts to advance leadership in pursuit of public goods like justice, equity, diversity and liberty. https://bit.ly/4cykw3i

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The only thing shared governance does in higher ed is prevent change. As as former, tenured professor, I tried, repeatedly, to engage the faculty in my program to discuss the possible need for curriculum changes. Given the fact that our curriculum had not changed in 20 years, all I asked is if we might consider making some revisions. Unfortunately, one senior professor was able to successfully derail the opening to this discussion, over and over again. And so, for five years, when I was there, nothing changed. Two years after I left my program, the curriculum is still stagnant. And, students are still paying tens of thousands of dollars, each year, for the "privilege" of receiving a two-decade old education at an R1. Speak to truth and call this issue out for what it is: corruption.

As you gear up for finals, these words ring truer than ever. The grades you aspire to achieve, the academic success you crave—it's all within your grasp. But to make your dreams a reality, you must seize the moment with action and determination. With each page you turn, and each problem you solve, you inch closer to your goals. Remember, every action you take brings you one step closer to the success you seek. #pgncommunity #professionaldevelopment #passiontoprofession #leadership #pgnnationals #springsemester #welcome #college #university #students