Episode 2.04: A Journey to Inclusive Leadership with Dean Venetria K. Patton From the classroom to the dean’s office, Venetria K. Patton shares how listening, inclusion, and balance shape her leadership across higher education.

Talking leadership, inclusion, and the future of the liberal arts at Illinois—AI, academic freedom, and why joy shouldn’t be deferred.
Episode 2.04: A Journey to Inclusive Leadership with Dean Venetria K. Patton
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Advice for faculty members who shift to administration (opinion) Jennifer Snodgrass shares the key things that have helped guide her in shifting from the faculty to the administration, including putting her teaching skills to best use.

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In times of dramatic change, a liberal arts education endures | The Opinion Pages I often say that the liberal arts prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow—jobs that may not even exist when they begin their studies. The recent, dramatic rise of technology and artificial intellige...

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