OCTOBER 17, 2024 | written by STEVE ULRICH

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1. Admin 101: Making Friends in High Places

by David Perlmutter, Chronicle of Higher Education

“A longtime fund raiser at a small liberal-arts college recounted the following forlorn story: He traveled frequently with the university’s president. They were on one such trip when, out of the blue, the older gentleman — who had been a dean, a provost, or a president for almost half of his life — remarked that the development officer was “really my only friend.”

That president has since passed away (which is why I feel I can share the comment). But the situation is not an anomaly. “It’s lonely at the top” is a commonplace in many industries, and higher ed is no exception. Often as you ascend the administrative ladder, the increasing isolation you experience goes unexpressed, except in rare private moments like the one I described.

Which raises multiple questions for current and future leaders, including ‘Can you actually make friends and maintain those relationships as you move up the ranks on a campus?”

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