What The Best Christmas Movie Ever Can Teach Us About Teaching
A Muppet Christmas Carol is not just the best Christmas movie of all time (Elf being a close second); it is an apotheosis of teaching. Its lessons are simple but important: know your subject, connect with your audience, understand your medium, and prioritize high quality in all of your efforts.
Accreditation Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
Remember, accreditation is here to make you better, not to give you nightmares. Plan, persevere, and maybe throw in a horror movie marathon to remind yourself that, even when a case of the accreditation scaries sets in, there still aren’t any clowns around—things could always be worse.
How (not) to make Strategic Plan: Jurassic Park Style
In their recent presentation, “Jurassic Strategy: What Not to Do When Choosing Goals, KPIs, and Benchmarks,” Susan and Emily used the fictional story of Jurassic Park to explore how choosing poor strategic goals, KPIs, and benchmarks can make an institution ineffective (or fill it with escaped, blood-thirsty, prehistoric reptiles, as the case may be.)
Higher Ed Accreditation, Strategic Planning, Outcomes Assessments, and Institutional Effectiveness
Ashley wanted love, and also an institutional effectiveness plan.
Four More “Elf” Life Lessons
Four things Buddy the Elf teaches us about work, life, and the importance of putting maple syrup on everything.