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2022 Interim Strategic Plan

 In the face of executive leadership changes, this university was able to develop this interim strategic plan, or “bridge plan,” with broad campus engagement in less than half a year.
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A President’s Message to Planners

 How Oberlin's president set the stage for the college's strategic planning effort.
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A Refreshing Dialogue on Presidential Leadership
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Breaking Barriers

 The University of West Georgia, toward dismantling silo thinking and promoting a sense of ownership within the workplace, formed a cross-divisional group: The Barriers Team. It was part of an initiative to recognize and encourage employee engagement, develop operational efficiencies and effectiveness, and eliminate obstructions to staff success.
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Consortia

 Consortia, their impact on cooperating institutions, and critical factors in inter-institutional planning were the subject of a recent study for the United States Office of Education. This article, by staff members of one of the the studied consortia, is devoted to a discussion of the process of consortium decision-making.
Webinar Recordings

Destination 2030
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Entrepreneurial President
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How Presidents Can Be More Effective
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How Strategic Presidential Leadership and Institutional Culture Influenced Fund-Raising Effectiveness at Spelman College

 An explanatory case study qualitatively examines Spelman College using the presidential leadership strategy, decision approaches, and preferred institutional culture types of three past presidents as the embedded units of analysis. Despite novel leadership strategies and unique decision approaches, each president's fund-raising initiatives were successful. Viewing fundraising through these lenses provides a good starting point for institutional planners desiring to develop a research agenda for more effective funding-raising campaigns.
Conference Recordings

Keynote: The Empowered University

 Freeman A. Hrabowski III has led a transformation of UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) from a young, regional institution to an innovative research university. In our opening keynote, he discusses how—by taking a hard look in the mirror, understanding strengths and weaknesses, assessing opportunities and challenges, and engaging in difficult conversations—an empowered campus can innovate in course redesign, group-based and experiential learning, entrepreneurship and civic engagement, academic inclusion, and faculty diversity.
Blog

Looking for Leaders

 To gain insight into how institutions can launch and manage effective leadership searches in this highly competitive market, we turned to SCUP Board of Directors Member Margaret (Peggy) Plympton, a principal at AGB Search.
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President’s Session | Every Student’s Dream Matters

 Come learn how Lorain County Community College (LCCC) identifies game-changing innovations and aligns resources to bring them to scale.
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Presidential Transitions
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Presidents, Change, and Teamwork
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Quickly Building a Bridge

 Executive leadership changes at Northern Michigan University led the interim president, interim provost, and Board of Trustees to call for a bridge plan to clearly articulate strategic work happening throughout campus. This article describes how the university was able to develop an interim strategic plan with broad campus engagement in less than half a year.
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Reducing the Lame-Duck Syndrome
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Succession Planning

 The key is that the process of leadership formation is not random and serendipitous, but rather intentional and well planned.
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The Inevitable Interim
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The President’s Role in Cultivating Positive Town-Gown Relations

 College presidents should strive to engage their colleges and communities to develop a college town atmosphere and economy.
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Why Do Most Institutional Presidents Look Roughly the Same?

 An institution’s governing board should determine how diversity initiatives will be prioritized during the search process.