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Mapping Transfer Pathways: How Data and Equitable Admissions Policies can Support Transfer Student Success

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

By providing financial and social supports for students throughout the transfer process, four-year institutions can promote a transfer-receptive culture that welcomes and nurtures transfer students’ success. 2009, October). xiii Wang, X. Research in Higher Education, 50, 570–588. xiv Education Commission of the States.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

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.'

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

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.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

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.

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The Financial Impact of College Closures

College Planners of America

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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The Financial Impact of College Closures

College Planners of America

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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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

For example, a colleague and mentor at the University of Georgia told me, ‘You're going to be the next head of psychology here.’ How to Thrive in the Small World of Higher Ed In the culture of higher ed leadership, advice and mentoring are among the most important gifts given and received. I hadn't thought about it.’