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Colleen Flaherty
Senior Editor for Special Content at Inside Higher Ed
Colleen Flaherty, Senior Editor for Special Content, previously served as Student Voice Editor for Inside Higher Ed. Prior to joining the publication in 2012, Colleen was military editor at the Killeen Daily Herald, outside Fort Hood, Texas. Before that, she covered government and land use issues for the Greenwich Time and Hersam Acorn Newspapers in her home state of Connecticut. After graduating from McGill University in Montreal with a degree in English literature, Colleen taught English and English as a second language in public schools in the Bronx, New York. She earned her M.S.Ed. from City University of New York Lehman College as part of the New York City Teaching Fellows program.
Academic Leadership Under Pressure: What Provosts Are Saying in 2025
Tuesday, October 22, 2025 | 2 p.m. E.T.
Provosts remain committed to and confident in their institutions’ academic missions. But their work is increasingly shaped by resource constraints, political pressures and the urgent needs of students and faculty.
Join us on Wednesday, October 22, at 2 p.m. E.T., for a free live webcast as expert panelists help unpack what it means to lead in academic affairs in 2025. The discussion will draw on the findings of the 2025 Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers by Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research. The survey of 478 provosts revealed that while most are glad to have pursued administrative work, only 29 percent report consistently having the resources to implement initiatives.
Other findings: Leaders are responding to a shifting landscape within and outside higher education, with nearly a third reporting curriculum updates to prepare students for artificial intelligence in the workplace, and more than half reporting declines in federal funding under the second Trump administration. Some 47 percent cite a “strategic compliance” approach to this new policy environment and 41 percent, a “wait and see” approach. Many institutions are also trying out new ways to support research funding. Student mental health and well-being are other pressing concerns
Register for the live discussion and bring your own questions for the expert panel. Even if you can’t attend live, register to receive a recording and other information to help guide decision-making on your campus this year.