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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.

Pressure, Constraint and... Opportunity? Academic Leadership in 2026

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | 2 p.m. E.T.

While provosts remain confident in their roles and relationships with their presidents, resources continue to be a sticking point as they were in the previous year, according to findings from the 2026 Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers.

Join us for a free live webcast, featuring Inside Higher Ed Senior Editor of Special Content Colleen Flaherty and a panel of experts as they explore how today's academic leaders are facing ongoing resource constraints and political pressures amidst a rapidly shifting postsecondary landscape.

The webcast will cover:

  • How chief academic officers would rate their institution’s academic health, the value of general education and the liberal arts, and what stands in the way of expanding work-integrated learning
  • The strength of the U.S. university research enterprise over the next decade
  • The potential impact of the planned federal accreditation overhaul on higher education
  • AI’s return-on-investment so far, in areas such as individual employee productivity, teaching and learning, and research

Can't attend the webcast? You should still register—all registrants will receive a recording of the webcast and a copy of the presentation slides.