Back in the day, universities used to be thought of as ivory towers. But now if you’re not connected, you can’t be productive. Collaboration begins to be the driving force of relevance, connectivity and productivity because it’s that way that not only will you succeed as an institution but your larger community will succeed. Collaboration becomes very, very vital internally — that’s shared leadership — and externally — that’s The Akron Model: Luis Proenza, UA president. [read more]