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Top 10 Salary Negotiation Strategies Aug 9 2018
There are some instances in life where a few minutes of action can make a big difference in your everyday life. One of those is salary negotiations.
A famous study done by Linda Babcock for her book, Women Don’t Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation—and Positive Strategies for Change, provides insights into this. She shares that only 7% of women negotiate their first salary compared to 57% of men. Those who negotiate secure an average increase of 7%.
Empathy and Higher Education – Being mindful and making a difference Jul 26 2018
What does it mean to be a good person? Who gets to define it? Why does that matter for higher education and you? In this current political climate, it becomes so easy to judge others.
When I was a kid I knew I wanted to be a teacher. In those days, it was because I was excited to write on an overhead projector. As I got older and started high school I developed a passion for history. I was able to see that history was more than just names, dates, and facts. Rather, it was a roadmap of sorts that helped me make sense of what was happening in the world. It’s hard to know where you’re going if you don’t understand where you’ve been.
Shared Cubicles: The Search for Community in Higher Ed Jul 12 2018
Adjunct teaching has to be the loneliest occupation. You spend your days (and some nights) with students who are not your friends, who may think you are cool or funny or mean. They may joke with you; they may lie to you, it’s hard to tell. You prepare for classes in shared office space, so if your schedule lines up with other instructors, you might get to know them a little in between printing handouts or posting grades. You relate on brutal commutes, ungrateful students, and summer insecurity. You will not likely see these same folks next term because someone’s schedule changes or has a class canceled or they leave teaching. It’s all possible. You might pass the chair who hired you in the hall, and they will smile and maybe ask how things are going. More than likely they are holed up in their closed-door office along with the other tenured folks. You don’t see them often, partly because you aren’t invited to most meetings.
From Iowa to Oregon: My Journey in Higher Ed Jun 21 2018
I am a product of my environment: physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. As soon as I realized the power my environment had on me I began to see the adjustments I wanted to make to alter my trajectory. Rather than reacting to my daily to-do lists, status meetings, and solving mundane problems that more than likely weren’t my own I began putting my energy into finding spaces that were conducive to who I wanted to be and how I wanted to live.
Introducing DEAR OWHE Jun 7 2018
Dear OWHE Members,
I am proud to present a new blog topic for the OWHE blog! Dear OWHE is an opportunity for OWHE members to write to the Board of Directors to hear about their thoughts on different topics and issues in higher education and the world. We’re starting with some insight from the OWHE Board Members who departed the board this May. We hope you enjoy reading about their experiences! And, we encourage you to write in questions to us by emailing me at education@owhe.org or filling out this anonymous form!
Cheers,
Sharece Bunn, OWHE Director of Education 2017-19
Dear OWHE,
OWHE Book Club Kick-Off Timeline! May 20 2018
Hello amazing book club members!
Here’s the deal! I have ZERO discipline for some things - chocolate consumption, running plans, and occasionally book club readings. So, I have created a suggested OWHE Book Club timeline for those of you who might be a bit like me and struggle to follow guidelines when grades are not being administered.
This spring, we (as a group) decided to read Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria. As spring is almost over, it’s time to dive in.
I’ve created a basic timeline for the sections of books we should be reading over the next four weeks. We can do it! I believe in us!
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Prologue and Intro - Pages 1-79 -- Week One -- May 21-27
Not Just a Hobby: Professional Value in Adult Extracurriculars May 17 2018
January is typically a time filled with resolutions to better ourselves and make positive changes in our lives. Kate and Courtney, two twenty-somethings fresh out of their graduate programs and enjoying their first year of professional work in higher ed, both decided independently to take on new hobbies. Late February, Courtney asked Kate if she thought what she learned during her “adult extracurricular” was transferrable to her professional work.
Fun fact: the answer was yes.
This blog is a condensed version of lessons and skills learned in two very different places: Roller Derby and Improv Comedy, and how these transferred into our professional lives.
Kate’s Lessons from Roller Derby: