As the fall semester gets closer, higher education leaders are finalizing complex plans about reopening campuses safely, plans that must be able to change at a moment's notice as the pandemic continues.
College and university leaders must be nimble and open to disruptive, outside-the-box systems thinking—now and in a post-pandemic world, says UB Future Shock columnist James E. Samels.
The best relationships grow out of collaborative planning and programming, and require a shared philosophy and practice of transparency about future development options, says James E. Samels, UB Future Shock columnist.
What we learned from Simon Youth Foundation (SYF) is that listening to the voice of students helps reach them where they are and across that graduation stage.
As 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, James E. Samels, of The Education Alliance and the law firm Samels Associates, discusses how the life of Winston Churchill reminds us that vision and courage can triumph over seemingly impossible odds. He recently visited Westminster College in Missouri, the home of the National Churchill Museum.
Nothing signals spring like the arrival of opening day for Major League Baseball. Long heralded as America’s pastime, baseball now faces daunting challenges on...
For generations, the American public has been told by venerable think tanks like Brookings, Pew and other educational research foundations and professional associations that...
Thirty years ago, some of us predicted that mutual growth mergers would become a prominent megatrend in the higher education industry. Instead, we witnessed a broad range of institutions that faced impending liquidation.
Thirty years ago, some of us predicted that mutual growth mergers would become a prominent megatrend in the higher education industry.
Instead, we witnessed a...
