8. Sustaining Women Leaders in Higher Education: A Conversation with Rebecca Pope-Ruark

Podcast: EdUp Provost · Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO)

Opublikowano: 2026-10-21

In this episode of EdUp Provost, host Dr. Gregor Thuswaldner sits down with Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark to examine the growing crisis of administrative leadership burnout in higher education. Moving beyond individual faculty experiences, Dr. Pope-Ruark shares key insights from her book Frayed, discussing why burnout is a systemic organizational issue rather than a personal failure, how gendered expectations uniquely burden women in academic leadership, and how provosts can leverage frameworks like Appreciative Inquiry to build sustainable, human-centered academic cultures. Takeaways Systemic vs. Personal Issue: Burnout is defined by the World Health Organization as an occupational phenomenon...