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Giving More Than We Get Civic Engagement Programs Inspire A Lifetime Of Service, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

This is the time of year when people make a special effort to be of service to others less fortunate and to the organizations that serve the greater good.

Doing The Right Thing - The 5 C’S Of Leadership In Higher Education, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

We have received substantial evidence recently that the Ivory Tower is not immune to the disoriented values that sickened our economy and caused people to want to challenge the wisdom of Wall Street.

Quality, Access, And Diversity: Inextricably Linked, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

There is an inextricable link among the higher-education values of “quality, access, and diversity.”

Cooking Up High Quality And A Varied Menu, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

"So many people have opinions about what counts as quality higher education that we need to parse them into categories in order to keep the arguments straight."

Turn Teacher Preparation “Right Side Up” Clinical Practice And Innovative Partnerships Promote Access To Quality Education, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

"Reaching what the Lumina Foundation calls Goal 2025 requires a strong collective push and a long list of interrelated initiatives..."

When It Comes To Quality, Parents Are Paying Attention, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

"The recent U.S. News & World Report rankings have a lot of people thinking about quality in higher education."

Moving Beyond The Core Wars What Matters Most: Blending Theory And Practice To Produce Essential Learning Outcomes, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

"Sometimes we academics are our own worst enemy. At a time when we should be focused on increasing access to quality degree attainment, we continue to derail public confidence by creating false dichotomies and pitting ourselves against each other."

Restore International Education Funding To Align With U.S. Higher-Ed Goals, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

"As Congress approaches another budgeting cycle, we must all support the call to restore Title VI funding for FY 2012."

College Completion Effort Should Leverage Institutions With High Success Rates, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

"As we think about the blend of strategies to improve access to quality higher education, why not target initiatives that will make it possible for more underserved students to attend institutions that already produce high retention rates, albeit with a different student body mix?"

Quality: The Indispensable Word In The Push For “Access To Higher Education”, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

"I believe that there are three essential questions for all institutions to ask and answer..."

Welcome, Jayne M. Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

Welcome message from Provost Comstock's first blog post.

What's Love Got To Do With It? Could It Lead Us To The "Great Colleagues" Triangle?, Jamie Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

I used this presentation to close a two day Provost Advisory Council (PAC) off-campus retreat and to inspire strong collegial relationships among this important work group, which I chair. As part of the retreat activities, each PAC member delivered an “Expert Moment” presentation that was to highlight their discipline-related expertise in a way that would be relevant to the group. Generally, my discipline scholarship focused on predicaments in personal and professional relationships. So, in keeping with my recent focus on collegiality on campus, I drew upon literature about close personal relationships to set up an active discussion about what I …

Hot Topic #2 - Local Impact, Global Reach, Jamie Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

This presentation is the second in a series of Hot Topic discussion platforms used (a) to orient the Butler Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee to current issues in higher education and (b) to stimulate meaningful discussion regarding how Butler addresses these concerns. The Hot Topics for review during the 2010-2011 Board meetings are: Accountability: Promoting Access & Student Success; Civic Engagement: Inspiring Students to Become Agents of Change; Global Awareness: Educating Across Borders; and Generating & Allocating Resources: Becoming Market-Smart Supports Being Mission-Driven.

This second presentation combines the discussion on Civic Engagement and Global Awareness, explaining that these are …

Self-Study Leveraging: The Qpc Model For Comprehensive Academic Program Review., Jamie Comstock, Kathy Booker

Jayne Marie Comstock

The past twenty years have brought about a paradigm shift in higher education. During that time, we have changed our focus from what we want to teach to what students need to learn. The academy's position of unassailable authority has been usurped by public cries for transparency, accountability, quality assurance, and quality improvement. To cut expenses, and therefore deter the rising cost of postsecondary education, institutions have borrowed best business practices and started focusing on productivity, efficiency, and reallocating resources.

Shaping The Future: Strategic Planning For Small Colleges And Universities., Jamie Comstock, Rand Ziegler

Jayne Marie Comstock

This paper addresses the importance of strategic planning as a precursor to assessing organizational performance and outlines a change model that has been used successfully at a small college with limited resources. Grounded in extant executive planning processes, this new model demystifies the strategic planning process and establishes procedures that address the practical and logistical issues associated with facilitating a planning process and ensuring that the plan becomes a document that espouses realistic goals, inspires and motivates members of the campus community, and actually provides direction for departments as they create their work plans and allocate resources.