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The New York Times’ ‘Choice’ cut

June 15, 2013

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On Friday, I learned via Twitter — specifically from Charlie Melichar (@melicharlie) — that the New York Times was discontinuing its admissions blog, “The Choice,” after a four-year run. I guess it was time for the blog to graduate. I first discovered the choice back in 2010 — the blog’s sophomore year, I guess — […]

Friday Five: A pioneer blog turns 10

June 14, 2013

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When I first started this blog in the fall of 2005, there was plenty of room to grow. It was not a crowded space. You could count on one hand the number of blogs focused on communications, marketing and PR issues related to higher ed. A couple of them I didn’t even know about until […]

Content strategy is fine, but…

May 30, 2013

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I’m grateful to see the higher ed world talking so much about content strategy these days. This emphasis on thinking about content in a way that connects it with our organizational goals is important. I’m glad that people are writing books and blogs about content strategy, too. And talking about this subject on Twitter. And […]

Disrupt your summer; attend the 2013 CASE Summit

May 21, 2013

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If there’s one topic that causes great consternation and hand-wringing in the halls of academia these days, it’s the topic of disruption in higher education. We read blog posts about it. We watch videos about it. We even read entire books about it. This summer, you’ll have a chance to learn from some of the leading disrupters […]

‘The enemy of clarity’

May 13, 2013

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I got to tune in to the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast last Friday, thanks to the university I work for, which was a sponsor of the event. This annual event is broadcast at sites across the nation. This was the first time I was able to attend. We heard from a lot of great speakers about leadership, […]

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