by Tyra Pickett | Jan 1, 2026 | Blog
The start of a new year often brings renewed energy, fresh priorities, and institutional goal-setting across higher education. Strategic plans are revisited, accreditation timelines loom, enrollment targets are discussed, and performance metrics re-emerge. Yet amid...
by Tyra Pickett | Dec 15, 2025 | Blog
December arrives quietly, but it carries weight. In higher education, December is not an ending. It’s a hinge — a threshold between what has been demanded of us and what we may choose next. The semester still presses forward. Budgets tighten. Planning cycles peak. Yet...
by admin | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog
Winter in academia can feel like a double punch: short days, long nights, and an endless to-do list. Deadlines, teaching, research—it all keeps piling up while the world outside feels gray and uninviting. For faculty, especially women of color who often shoulder extra...
by Tyra Pickett | Nov 15, 2025 | Blog
In higher education, leadership used to be measured by stability — consistency, reliability, steadiness. But as institutions face chronic disruption, shifting metrics, and evolving expectations, the old scorecards no longer capture what leadership truly requires. In...
by Tyra Pickett | Nov 1, 2025 | Blog
Crises in higher education — whether financial, political, cultural, or public health-related — place enormous pressure on both institutional leaders and faculty. Presidents and academic leaders are often expected to provide direction, maintain morale, and make...
by Tyra Pickett | Oct 15, 2025 | Blog
Every fall, I feel the same shift. The air thins, the light changes, and the work—somehow—feels heavier. It’s not that the tasks are new. It’s that the energy carrying them isn’t mine anymore. I can feel the echo of a former version of myself still trying to keep the...
