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Using 'small wins' to experience big success.(Panel Discussion)

Women in Higher Education

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Executing large-scale changes on campus can take years, even decades. To make a difference, consider adopting a more grassroots approach: focusing on "small wins."

Pioneered in the mid-1980s by Karl Weick, the concept involves adopting practices that have an immediate effect. At the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) conference in Tampa in March, a panel of administrators discussed how small wins can be used in student affairs to shape administrative practices including working with students, staff development, intra-organizational relations, programming and assessment.

The panel was: John Schuh, chair of ed leadership at ...

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