Higher Education

Joseph Brennan

May 3, 20194 min read

What Presidents Should Expect from their Marketing & Communications Offices

There's a new emphasis on improving marketing and communications in higher education, driven by the enormous pressure on institutions...

Joseph Brennan

Mar 9, 20181 min read

Presidents worry that the public misunderstands higher ed. Strategic communications is the solution

According to the latest Inside Higher Ed survey of college presidents (3/9/18), the overwhelming majority believe that the public...

Joseph Brennan

Feb 8, 20187 min read

What Can You do with a Liberal Arts Education?

Adapted from my address at the induction ceremony for the University at Albany’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, May 13, 2016 There are many...

Joseph Brennan

Feb 1, 20181 min read

Survival Tips for College Presidents

Based on our decades of experience counseling campus CEOs on both the public relations and legal aspects of crises of all kinds, we’ve...

Joseph Brennan

Feb 1, 20181 min read

Object Lesson: the crucial role of trustees in facing crisis

On a foggy December morning in Iowa City, students and professors arriving at the University of Iowa’s campus were greeted by a shocking...

Joseph Brennan

Feb 1, 20181 min read

Leading a Campus Through Crisis: the role of college and university presidents

Presidents, chancellors and other top leaders of higher education institutions have an important role to play in providing normative...