How Do You Navigate a Potential Age Discrimination Situation?

How Do You Navigate a Potential Age Discrimination Situation?

In this Ask the Expert episode, Dan Griffith, mediator, lawyer, and HR leader, addresses what to do when you suspect age discrimination played a role in a hiring or restructuring decision at your institution. Be sure to read the accompanying article, Am I a Victim of Age Discrimination? Separating Facts from Beliefs [https://www.higheredjobs.com/AskTheExpert/articleDisplay.cfm?ID=4694&Title=Am%20I%20a%20Victim%20of%20Age%20Discrimination%3F%20Separating%20Facts%20from%20Beliefs].

S5 Ep109: Not Just for Students: Bringing Life Design to Your Entire Campus

In this episode, Dr. Patrick Brugh, director of the Center for Staff Life Design at Johns Hopkins University, talks about how life design -- an approach originally built for students -- is now helping staff figure out where they want to go, who can help them get there, and why they should stay.

Is the Third-Year Tenure Review Really Make-It-or-Break-It?

In this Ask the Expert episode, Dr. Emilio Ulloa, associate diversity officer for MSI (Minority-Serving Institution) Affairs and professor of psychology at San Diego State University, addresses how tenure-track faculty should approach the third-year review. He touches on points from his article Navigating the Make-Or-Break-It Third Year Review [https://www.higheredjobs.com/AskTheExpert/articleDisplay.cfm?ID=4609&Title=Navigating%20the%20Make%2DOr%2DBreak%2DIt%20Third%20Year%20Review] and explains why reframing the review as a diagnostic checkpoint, treating feedback as data, and balancing pride with humility can help faculty stay on track and course-correct before the formal review arrives.

S5 Ep108: Pause Before You Panic: Supporting Student Mental Health on Campus

In this episode, Dr. Alexis Redding, faculty co-chair of higher education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, explains how colleges and universities can better support student mental health through stronger campus-wide systems and more empowered practitioners. She examines how institutional silos create friction for students navigating support services, what faculty and staff can do to have more meaningful conversations before defaulting to referrals, and how institutions can use student voices and low-cost strategies to identify and address gaps in care.

S5 Ep107: Recognizing Military Family Appreciation Month on Campus

In this episode, Dr. Paul Tontz, assistant professor at Arizona State University, and Dr. Monteigne Long, director of veteran and military services for the Texas A&M University System, return to discuss Military Family Appreciation Month and what campuses can do to meaningfully recognize and celebrate military-connected students and their families.