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Chancellor Reyes told us that his mandate was much different: "The president, as well as other mentors that knew that I was considering being the interim, they said, 'If you're going to do this, don't be the interim. Be the chancellor. Your institutions need you to be a chancellor that will continue to make decisions.'
She noted that her former boss, UC Riverside's chancellor Kim Wilcox , is now her peer, adding: "He's a great friend and mentor, but all the way along, I haven't thought about having a boss. When you're a faculty member, you're your own boss. He was a senior faculty member who told me you have to remember that it's not about science.
In her professional life, President Sacks collects mentors whose leadership skills or strengths have impressed her and whom she can always count on for advice. Prior to these positions, she was Assistant Provost at Colorado Community College System from January 2009 to December 2016. That was formative.” Dr. Sacks holds a Ph.D.
A student could spend their precious college years losing friends, mentors, coaches, and campus jobs. A surprisingly large number of them failed before COVID-19 struck, but the pandemic hastened the demise of many financially weak institutions. Not to mention the high cost of losing credits in unplanned transfers. Colleges fail.
A student could spend their precious college years losing friends, mentors, coaches, and campus jobs. A surprisingly large number of them failed before COVID-19 struck, but the pandemic hastened the demise of many financially weak institutions. Not to mention the high cost of losing credits in unplanned transfers. Colleges fail.
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Moving into higher education, I had a supervisor and mentor, Mary Hendrix , Vice President of Student Access and Success at Texas A&M University Commerce. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one for a 2009 series of Inside Higher Ed articles on college rankings.
Moving into higher education, I had a supervisor and mentor, Mary Hendrix , Vice President of Student Access and Success at Texas A&M University Commerce. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one for a 2009 series of Inside Higher Ed articles on college rankings.
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She's consulted for years with a leadership coach and four mentors, and she mindfully embraces a rhythm of self-care: "Every meeting that I am in, that individual expects me to be at my very best. And to be at my best, I must take care of myself. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.
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