Designed as a “how-to” tool for strategic planning at all levels of the organization. This proven book provides step-by-step strategies and practices for developing an institutional strategic plan, implementing the effort through departmental planning, and realizing the goals of the plan through the development of teams and personal/professional planning. Strategic Planning for Smart Leadership simplifies the work of strategic planning for the everyday practitioner, manager, or leader.

  

A comprehensive financial literacy education resource for young adults ranging in age from 17 to 25 was almost non-existent -- until now. In a fun, interesting, and relevant workbook format, each chapter of Dollars & Sense contains to-the-point instructional text and practical worksheets and examples. This ‘hands-on’ application allows the student to become better acclimated to the realities of managing his or her own personal finances as well as serve as a resource for obtaining information and assistance. Additionally, the book can become a permanent fixture of a student's library, as a means of reference long after it is first read and the worksheets completed. Dollars & Sense fills an obvious curriculum gap in schools, colleges, and universities throughout the nation. It serves as a teaching and discussion resource for parents and educators, many of whom may still be perplexed by financial literacy themselves.

It has been thirty years since Allan Bloom wrote the controversial 1987 runaway bestseller The Closing of the American Mind The seasoned professor of philosophy and political science at the University of Chicago and defender of the “great books” curriculum penned what would become one of the major critiques of contemporary higher education. 

As higher education professionals implement the work of the AACC 21st-Century Initiative, recognize the leadership crisis, and address increasing public accountability, leadership training will become increasingly important as the number of potential next generation leaders continues to diminish. (Please see pages 16-17 of the attached; and read the entire issue for additional leadership tips).  

Although each college has its own policies for both student and faculty conduct, as college professors “the buck stops” with us when it comes to controlling the climate and establishing the expectations for civil discourse in our classrooms. 

One often hears that a college or a university is very much like a corporation and hence should be run as such. Yet suggesting that a college or university can be managed like a retail store or a franchise certainly goes against the traditional understanding of the noble pursuits of teaching, learning and research.