To Tweet or not to Tweet – a Provost’s quandary
 
Ashley Stempel NU’10 and Jim Stellar
 
This is a bit weird.  Ashley, who is a repeat blogger with me on this site about social media, is going to ask me questions about my comfort level using social media as a serious administrator at a large institution of [...]

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Impact is the Point in Study Abroad
 
Dawn Anderson and Jim Stellar
 
Dawn Anderson started out in my former Office when I was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern University where we were developing study abroad options for our students interested in experiential education. She ended up directing that study abroad office and [...]

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Other Lobe Thinking as It Applies to Rules:  To Follow or Not to Follow
 
Cynthia Bainton and Jim Stellar
 
As administrators we complete tasks, manage projects, and lead people with the goal of fulfilling the missions of our institutions.  Doing these things requires organization and to organize we depend upon rules.  Rules are intended to keep order.  [...]

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