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Kindness: Words of Wisdom
A few years ago I had the privilege of Stanford Professor Bob Sutton share a piece I wrote on kindness (What is Success?) via social medi...
Equity in Grading
What does it mean when two students with the same academic performance and socioeconomic background receive different grades from two dif...
Zanshin: In Between Zoom Meetings
(A. Solano)Ā
Zanshin is a Japanese concept I learned from my mentor at a young age, but I didnā€™t fully understand and appreciate until much later. Za...
Productive Online Meetings
(A. Solano)
March 11, 2020
With more institutions of higher education transitioning to online classrooms, they're also moving to online meetings to op...
Marketing, Advertising & Branding Your College
Marketing is how you see yourself.
Advertising is how you act in public.
Branding is how others see you.
Peter Gasca, Business Advisor & Lec...
Leadership Reconsidered: 20th Anniversary
It's the 20th anniversary of the publication,Ā Leadership Reconsidered: Engaging Higher Education in Social Change. (Link to PDF). This pr...
Start & End Meetings On Time
Colleges are busy places, and any number of things can come up that might prevent membersā€™ timely arrival and departure. While unforeseen...
Doers & Inputters: Minimizing Burn Out
I've argued that typical institutions of higher education have only about three months to work on major priorities (see the article with ...
What is Success?
Recent experiences have caused me to reflect on the meaning of success. Iā€™ll share my reflection journey.
Outside of family, Iā€™ve been t...
Student Success: Food, Grounds, & Janitorial Services Workers
Imagine a scenario where there is a vice president, academic senate president, faculty from a variety of disciplines, union president, gr...
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