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By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation

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Recognizing athletic and academic achievement

April 15, 2020April 16, 2020
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education, Jepson School of Leadership Studies

Each year the University hosts a breakfast at which we honor the academic achievements of our athletes. As a student, I barely managed to run occasionally or play softball at a recreational level, so I am always impressed by our

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Two views of education

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education, Jepson School of Leadership Studies

In 1867, John Stuart Mill delivered the inaugural address to the University of St. Andrews upon his installation as rector. Mill argued that education is the means by which we ready ourselves for civic participation. Education helps us recognize and

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Leadership in the face of bias

November 20, 2019November 21, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Education and Equity, Higher Education

I recently posted to Facebook an article about the challenges associated with being a woman in higher education, along with a comment about how lucky I’ve been to reach the level of dean in a sector where leadership roles have

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Leading through financial challenges in higher education

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education

This week I continue my examination of the leadership challenges faced by those of us with fiscal responsibilities in higher education. As noted in my previous posts, an alarming number of private liberal arts colleges have closed recently or made

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How the Canadian health care consortia model could help us contain higher-education costs

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education

Several weeks ago I posted an entry about the leadership challenges faced by those of us with fiscal responsibilities in higher education. I suggested that it is time for financially stressed colleges to imagine new ways to generate revenues. The

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Leading through constant change, even in higher education

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education

Several weeks ago I met with a University of Richmond alumnus who is thinking through how best to design materials and workshops for his team. His industry is characterized by a high level of creativity, competition, and constant change—change in

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Leading by doing: Lessons learned from a successful dean

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to introduce Nancy Bagranoff at a luncheon attended by University of Richmond (UR) female leadership, including faculty, administrators, and trustees. I had mixed feelings about doing so—I am so pleased Nancy will soon

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End-of-semester reflections

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Economics, Higher Education

  As our students and faculty are busy completing and grading final assignments, respectively, I have been reflecting on the semester. This spring, I taught the cross-listed leadership studies/economics class Competition, Cooperation, and Choice. The course covers ground from Bernard

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More leadership lessons from Mill

April 4, 2019April 15, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education, Leadership Theory

In my seminar class at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, my students and I have been reading John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty and thinking about its relevance in our world of hyper-critical speech and online insults. Readers of these

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“Side doors” and mental health – Why leadership is needed now more than ever

March 20, 2019March 21, 2019
Sandra J. Peart
Higher Education

Two stories rocked the world of higher education in the past week. The first, and most widely discussed, was a cheating scandal whereby families of means paid test takers and/or coaches to have their children admitted to elite universities through

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