Career Advice | I’m Chairing My First Dissertation. What Do I Do? Many faculty members moving into a position that requires guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process have no blueprint, writes Ramon B. Goings. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eQSYZk

Bonne Fête Nationale à mes amis français!

Career Advice | Hiring With Your Head—and Your Gut Trusting our intuition is an important part of emotionally intelligent hiring—as long as we’re thoughtful about testing those intuitions, too, Treavor Bogard writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3IkhPZq

In my guide to writing effective cover letters, I advise against using AI. Not only is it not "your voice," it will likely be the voice of hundreds of other applicants vying for the same job. Originality is key.

A huge thank you to the event team at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue, NYC for not one, but two book signings for Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles! Thank you @wiley.com Executive Editor, Todd Green for making the trip in from Hoboken, NJ to join for a momentous occasion!

Thank you to Sally Amoruso & the EAB team for the invitation to the Women's Presidents Affinity Group to discuss Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles. What an engaging and illuminating conversation among brilliant women presidents serving across the U.S. and in Canada!

Honored to represent North Orange Continuing Education at Saddleback College’s ELL Healthcare Pathways Recognition Ceremony! So inspiring to witness these students’ transformative experiences learning English while training to enter healthcare professions.

Excited to be representing North Orange Continuing Education and CAEP OFFICE at the CASAS Summer Institute! #AcademicSky #ContinuingEd #adulteducation

A delightful and informative thread on how to write a good title for your academic paper. His examples of the "common mistakes" brought back some memories!

Yesterday definitely stirred up thoughts on #leadership. I'm reminded of the wisdom of Dr. Linda Oubré who told me "I always hire people better than me. Many leaders get threatened by people. I really like a strong team who are better at things that I'm not as good at." www.wihe.com/article-deta...

Proud to have represented North Orange Continuing Education at NCORE 2025. One conference theme was fostering #resistance. Pictured is a weekly sit-in at a campus where signs tell stories of impacted community members & a panel of hip hop scholars, practitioners & artists leveraging activism.

Congratulations to WIHE contributing author @lisamednicktakami.bsky.social for her book signing at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue! This excellent book began a series of profiles of women leadership in times of challenge that Lisa wrote for our publication. We're so glad to see the success of her book.

Having a wonderful time in #NewYorkCity. I met the wonderful team and #Barnes&Noble yesterday for a book signing. Today it's more #NCORE events and conversations. #BookSky

The NCORE team has put together a truly beautiful and informative video highlighting the host city for the 37th Annual NCORE. New York City is a wonderfully diverse and thriving community. #AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Diversity youtu.be/hyx0QxArDYw

Proud to be here at NCORE in NYC representing North Orange Continuing Education and North Orange County Community College District!

I've been having fun with my new TikTok account! www.tiktok.com/@lisatakami6...

Honored to have represented North Orange Continuing Education on a WASC Accreditation Team Visit to Oxnard Adult School! Wonderful new colleagues & a fantastic adult school experience.

When applying for a new position in academia or in any industry, your cover letter is as important as your resume. Here are four tips to help you create an effective and personable cover letter. #academicsky #careerskills #resumes #professionalwriting

I had the honor to interview Dr. Jane Close Conoley, the first woman president of @calstate.bsky.social at Long Beach in 2014. She cites her scholarly work, K16 education in all-women schools, and training as a counseling psychologist, as keys to her success. www.csulb.edu/news/article...

Belated congratulations to my colleague Miranda!

Women in the Higher Education C-Suite started as a series of articles for Wiley's newsletter Women in Higher Education. Here's one of my earlier profiles of Dr. Dena P. Maloney, first woman superintendent/ president of the El Camino Community College CA district. www.wihe.com/article-deta...

When I first set out to write Women in the Higher Education C-Suite, I wanted to better understand the trials, the triumphs, the highs, lows and everything in between about women who are thriving in higher education. #AcademicSky #WomenLeaders #HigherEducation #ExecutiveLeadership

Congratulations to @lisamednicktakami.bsky.social! Lisa Mednick Takami, Ed.D., was recently appointed as the inaugural Director of the Community College Technical Assistance Provider, CC TAP. Woman on the Move!