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April 2021

A year ago, the theme for the April 2020 issue of Lawlor Focus was “Make a Calculated Pivot." As we reminded members of the higher education…

March 2021

Spring is here! We have all sprung forward, and for so many working in the higher education sector there is an increasing sense of new opportunities…

February 2021

February is always a time of year that prompts us to stop and “smell the roses” and contemplate the months ahead with warm thoughts about…

January 2021

To launch the new year, Lawlor Advisory fielded a survey inviting our higher education clients to share their hopes and aspirations for 2021.…

December 2020

2020 — a year to remember and one we will never forget. In a bit of irony, the term 20/20 vision references normal vision acuity where clarity…

November 2020

Thanksgiving 2020 may be a lasting memory for everyone in light of the times. Uncertainty—along with the constant testing of our mind, body,…

October 2020

Last month Lawlor Advisory fielded a client survey on the 2019-20 recruitment cycle to capture top-of-mind highlights and challenges. Respondents…

September 2020

During the peak of the depression in 1936, poet Carl Sandburg wrote his famous poetry book The People, Yes, which according to reviews “lauded…

August 2020

Last month, we noted that all of us are in a real conundrum and full of uncertainty about what we should do now to plan for tomorrow. As we all…

July 2020

What do we do now as we plan for tomorrow? This is a lingering question impacting all organizations and individuals, particularly those involved…

June 2020

Author and activist James Baldwin so eloquently noted, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is…

May 2020

The confidence to do—and in many cases, differently, is the new challenge facing everyone in college and university communities. As Chronicle…