SPH Consulting: Mergers and Acquisitions in Higher Education
Gary Stocker, Ricardo AzzizHigher education is in the midst of great change and transformation, and SPH Consulting Group is here to guide you. Not unexpectedly, major future-oriented institutional restructuring, including mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, corporate conversions, and closures, are increasingly common. An environment that is characterized not only by significant challenges, but also by even greater opport... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 4 months ago |
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In this 7th and final podcast episode, Dr. Ricardo Azziz addresses this set of questions regarding leading existential change in higher education.
1. We have talked about the 7 competencies for higher education leaders from the book. What are ... more
Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed: mergers, closures and other major institutional restructuring.
This is the 6th in a series of 7 podcasts reviweing this book. In this podcast, Dr. Ricardo Azziz discusses the topic of:
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In this 5th of 7 podcast episodes, Dr. Ricardo Azziz reviews aspects of leadership courage.
The basis of the podcast series is his new book: Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed: mergers, closures, and other major institutional restructuring.
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This episode reviews two more competencies from the 2025 book: "Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed: Mergers, Closures, and other Major Institutional Restructuring"
Authors: Ricardo Azziz, Lloyd A. Jacobs, Bonita C. Jacobs, and Richard Katzman... more
Here are the questions, Dr. Azziz addressed during this podcast episode.
1. The case you used for this competency ( Sensing and driving the pace of change) was the merger of Kendall College and Louis National University. Share with our listen... more
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Here are the questions Dr. Ricardo Azziz addressed during this podcast episode.
1. You list 7 critical competencies for BSC. Where did they come from?
2. We talked about how you used case studies throughout the book in our first podcast.... more
Here are the questions asked in this first review of Dr. Azziz' book: Leading Existential Change in Higher Ed, Mergers, Closures and other Major Restructuring
1. Early in the book you discuss how the type of leadership that brought us here generall... more
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