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Why Strategic Plans—and Other College Plans—Fail
Strategic plans don’t usually fail because they’re flawed. They fail because they’re ignored. After coaching nearly 60 colleges over 16 y...
Think Before You Trust: Why College Practitioners Must Scrutinize Research Claims
As higher education faces external attacks, we must also confront self-inflicted wounds. I’ve never shied away from calling out unproduct...
Holding the Line: Lead Through the Chaos
(A. Solano)
Project 2025 is under way. Here’s what you have control over but first recognize that panic paralyzes. Resolve empowers. Power over panic...
Equity Impact & Equity Intentionality at Community Colleges
It’s critical that educators understand the difference between “equity impact” and “equity intentionality” and why community colleges and...
Celebrating the Good
Over the past four years, higher education has faced its share of challenges and has come through with some surprising and innovative cha...
Addressing False Narratives
Failing to challenge false narratives only helps to perpetuate claims made without evidence. For example, a claim I’ve heard recently is ...
The "In Between": What’s Needed to Improve Student Outcomes
September 4, 2021
[For a deeper explanation, please click on the video above.]
As institutions attempt to implement a variety of priori...
The 5E Learning Cycle
The 5E's is an instructional model based on the constructivist approach to learning, which says that learners build or construct new idea...
Institutionalization Myth vs Reality
What does it mean to institutionalize? That word gets thrown around extensively in higher education. For example, Title V Hispanic-Servin...
The Ongoing Grading Crisis
Grading Crisis Overview
Grading is a touchy subject. It’s intertwined with academic freedom, yet it’s the 800-Ibs gorilla that hardly an...
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