Uncategorized The Extended Doyle Gatherings 12/09/202512/11/2025 October 1991 December 1992 December 1992 November 1996 November 1996 November 1996 May 1997 September 1998 September 1998 My father's funeral in 2018
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots from the Plant Kingdom 12/08/202512/08/2025 Ohio State Buckeyes Indiana State Sycamores Oakland City Might Oaks Goshen College Maple Leafs Chaminade Silverswords Delta State Fighting Okras Copper Mountain College Fighting Cacti Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots that Make a Merry Christmas 12/07/2025 College Mascots that Make a Merry Christmas Western Kentucky Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Denison Big Red U. of North Texas Mean Green Cornell Big Red Stanford Cardinal / Tree…
Uncategorized Colleges that Closed (and Merged) in 2025 12/06/2025 Complete Closures Saint Andrews University, North Carolina Limestone University, South Carolina Fontbonne University, Missouri Bacone College, Oklahoma Northland College, Wisconsin Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Paier College, Connecticut…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots that Live Underwater 07/22/202507/23/2025 Jacksonville University Dolphins (FL) LeMoyne College Dolphins (Syracuse, NY) Hawai'i Pacific University Sharks (Honolulu) NOVA Southeastern University Sharks (Davie, FL) Long Island University Sharks (Brooklyn, NY) California State Monterey Bay…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots that Are Politicians 07/20/202507/20/2025 Brandeis U. Judges (Waltham, MA) Davis & Elkins College Senators (Elkins, WV) Delta State U. Statesmen & Lady Statesmen (Cleveland, MS) Austin Peay State U. Governors & Lady Govs (Clarksville,…
Uncategorized Videos about the Importance of gratitude (~15) 07/14/202507/17/2025 One of my core values in life is gratitude. It is the core value that I have least mastered due to a lifetime of negative thinking. However, it is so…
Higher Ed History The “Forced” Flexibility of Higher Education’s Target Populations 07/03/202507/10/2025 I wrote this to show how adaptable higher education has been to new populations of potential students over the past 150 years. Hopefully you can see how even when external…
Deep Thoughts Articles Elder Academies – A New Population and Shift for Higher Education 07/03/202507/07/2025 I was recently pondering how higher education will adjust to the impending demographic cliff that begins in spring 2026 due to the massive drop in birth rate that started with…
Uncategorized 9 Steps for Leveraging Major and Career Exploration in a Student First Year Lifecycle 06/19/202506/25/2025 A friend, Devin Chaloux, an expert in customer relationship excellence, helped me think about how we use the wisdom of behavioral science to help colleges to guide students to positive…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The 19 Colleges and Universities Named Southwestern 06/13/202512/08/2025 I worked for Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas from 2023-2025. The university seems to be somewhat well known in Texas, but I often hear about other Southwestern-named colleges when people…
Student Success Doyle Student Sense of Belonging Inventory 05/10/202509/18/2025 Doyle Sense of Belonging Inventory (2025) Ten years ago, a team of student success staff and I at Baylor University discovered that if a student self-reported that they belonged at…
Student Success Using Summer Engagement with Students as Powerful Predictor of Future Success 05/08/202506/05/2025 The Real Reason Why Students Get Summer Off Summer holds a unique place in the history of the U.S. and education – but not for the reason most people think.…
Uncategorized The Future of Higher Education – May 2025 05/06/202505/11/2025 In the Summer 2024 I led a course on The Future of Higher Education. The class included university and educational technology leaders from across the world (yes, we had guests…
Student Success Do College Rankings Prioritize Student Success? 04/24/202505/11/2025 As a formal sports fanatic, especially of college sport rankings, in recent years I have transferred this interest to a topic slightly more meaningful - college rankings. If you don't…
Student Success 9 Needs for Student Persistence 04/16/202504/17/2025 What Students Ideally Need Before Starting College Health – are students successfully managing their physical and emotional health? Purpose – do students know what they want to study in college…
Student Success Achieving Goals Template 04/09/2025 What follows is a time-tested and simple but thorough 7-step template for setting and achieving goals. You do not have to complete each of these 7-steps, but the more steps…
Student Success Holistic Advising: Is Student Support Too Decentralized to Best Help Students Succeed? 03/29/202504/29/2025 A shorter version of this article was published by University Business in April 2025. Two Parables Mr. Patel, a 62-year-old retired school principal, was experiencing chronic fatigue, joint pain, and…
Student Success The Research is Clear – Cut Down on Lecturing in Classes (and/or Giving Long Sermons in Churches) 03/23/2025 From Chapter 9 of Adam Grant's Think Again One class is a lecture. The second is an active-learning session. In both cases the content and the handouts are identical; the…
Deep Thoughts Articles University Majors (at Universities) with the Greatest Negative Return on Investment 03/15/2025 2 Majors with lowest return on investment Music - 24% Theatre/Drama - 19% Universities with lowest return on investment Jewish Seminaries - 25% (They were 25 of the top 100…
Student Success 10 Most Proven Methods for Real Learning: Myelin Applied 02/24/2025 One of my, and many others', favorite colleagues at Baylor University was Dr. Rishi Sriram. Dr. Rishi, as students often call him, has the incredible gift of being a deep…
Deep Thoughts Articles Why Freaking Out About AI Destroying Society is Not Wise 01/20/2025 Loved this section of an article by Mitch Colver, Vice President and Associate Provost for Engagement & Retention, American Public University System, on How GenAI is Forcing an Inevitable Ability/Efficiency…
Personal & Family Little Jeff and Laura 01/12/202512/10/2025 If you don't know, siblings share a special bond that typically stands the test of time. Our parents pass away and our children outlive us, but we travel through time…
Uncategorized Jeff’s Typical Work Style 01/04/202509/17/2025 The following are professional work style habits. They are not expectations for others, but tips for understanding how I often go about my work. Provost Office - Jeff Doyle -12/06/2021…
Student Success 4E Student Development Model 01/04/2025 I created the 4E Student Development Model to provide myself, my colleagues, and my students, with a theory for how students should approach their co-curriculum experiences. It makes common sense…
Uncategorized 28 Leadership Values of Jeff (est. 1999) 01/02/202501/02/2025 If you have not read my post on the creation of my philosophy of leadership, please read it first. It includes my 7 core values in 1999. These additional 28…
Uncategorized The Creation of My Leadership Philosophy 01/02/202501/02/2025 Alec Horniman When I was taking classes at the U. of Virginia's Darden School of Business between 1998-2000 while earning my Ph.D., I had a professor whom I considered one…
Deep Thoughts Articles 50 Most Often Outsourced Services at Universities: 01/02/202501/02/2025 Thirty years ago in higher education, outsourcing was a curse word and only used at some universities in relation to food services and bookstores. Since that time, universities have realized…
Deep Thoughts Articles ~80 Ways Colleges Can Save Money without Sacrificing Quality 01/02/2025 When I taught graduate courses for Appalachian State University and Baylor University on the business and finance of higher education, one of the course sections that was essential to cover…
Deep Thoughts Articles A Straight Talk Survival Guide for Colleges, Peter Facione 01/02/2025 Sometimes I read an article that is just so good, I simply want to recreate it in a location where I can always easily find it to share. The following…
Deep Thoughts Articles 10 Main Outcome Measures of Universities 01/01/202501/02/2025 These are the 10 main areas where universities are accountable to themselves and others outside the university for their performance. Any board of regents/trustees and university leaders would be wise…
Uncategorized 1964 – Learning From History 12/31/202412/31/2024 I enjoy history. Earlier this year (2024,) I bought a Time Magazine issue from January 17, 1964 - 60 years ago. I read it cover to cover. In doing so,…
Personal & Family Phillip Jesse Doyle, 1920-2009 12/31/202412/31/2024 Phillip Jesse Doyle was my father's father. This is his obituary and a video I recorded of him at his home on June 3, 1996. He died 13.5 years later…
Student Success 60,000 College Graduates Reveal What Makes a Great College Experience 12/31/2024 These are what I consider the Key Findings on College Worth from Gallup-Purdue Index (2015) The Gallup-Purdue Index results reaffirmed the importance to students of supportive relationships with faculty and…
Personal & Family Maude Ashley Doyle, 1922-2001 12/31/202412/31/2024 This is a 26 minute video of my father's mother, my Mom-Mom. This video was recorded on June 23, 2001, 1 month and 2 weeks before she died unexpectedly from…
Deep Thoughts Articles 30 Colleges that Said Goodbye (Closed) in 2024 12/30/202412/30/2024 The U.S. lost ~30 non-profit universities last year. When I study the states, Pennsylvania led the way with 7 closures. New York and Illinois both lost 4 colleges, and Ohio…
Deep Thoughts Articles 120 Additional Sources of Revenue for Universities 12/30/202401/20/2025 Having taught a graduate course in the business and finance of higher education multiple times, I have learned there are many ways for colleges to make additional money that may…
Personal & Family Chester Marvin Cissel, 1911-1997 12/29/202401/11/2025 https://videopress.com/v/8kIfA2RS?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fdeepthoughtshed.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F05%2Fprocessed-02e58984-0431-47d3-aecb-713a9c3962e7.jpeg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Chester Cissell, 1911 (7/11) - 1997 (3/22) Granddad and Little Jeff In the early 1990s, I developed an idea for a company that I wanted to start called Leaving…
Deep Thoughts Articles Colleges Most Likely to Close – Based on 2024 Forbes’ Financial Health Failing Grades 12/29/202401/08/2025 Having taught a class on Institutional Instability in 2019 and been a student of higher education for more than 30 years, I have a fascination with how and when colleges…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! Top Performers on Social Mobility (US News) 12/27/202401/04/2025 These are the colleges, based on U.S. News' rankings of colleges, most likely to help lower income students advance to higher socio-economic levels. "Economically disadvantaged students are less likely than…
Uncategorized 200 Would You Rathers 12/26/202403/21/2025 I have always found Would You Rather questions to be a fun ice-breaker among folks. AI says this about the game, "The game thrives because it: Requires no equipment, making…
Personal & Family What I Learned from Leading a Student Trip to Ghana 12/26/202412/10/2025 25 Things I Learned and 10 Things I Want to Do Different as a Result of My Trip to Ghana – May 2016 25 Things I Learned on the Ghana…
Higher Ed History HEd History – Residential Colleges in the U.S. Are Less than 100 years Old! 12/26/202412/26/2024 Taken from A Collegiate Way of Living, by Mark B. Ryan Merton of Oxford Perhaps the earliest permanent residential college, still extant, was Merton of Oxford, founded in 1264 by…
Higher Ed History HEd History – College in the 1700s – Harvard & Yale 12/25/202412/25/2024 Taken from A Collegiate Way of Living by Mark B. Ryan "The two colonial colleges of New England were founded by a very specific and peculiar religious sect, British protestant…
Higher Ed History HEd History – Baylor University for One Woman From 1858-1860 12/25/202412/25/2024 Sallie McNeill A Woman’s Higher Education in Antebellum Texas, Rebecca Sharpless in Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives "In December 1858, eighteen-year-old Sallie McNeill and her thirteen classmates received diplomas…
Higher Ed History HEd History – Football Violence has been an Issue for >100 Years 12/22/2024 Taken from Oriard, M. (2014). Chronicle of a (Football) Death Foretold: The Imminent Demise of a National Pastime?. International Journal of the History of Sport, 31(1-2), 120-133. Michael Oriard, was…
Higher Ed History HEd History – Paying College Athletes to Play at the Root of College Football 12/22/2024 Taken from Oriard, M. (2014). Chronicle of a (Football) Death Foretold: The Imminent Demise of a National Pastime?. International Journal of the History of Sport, 31(1-2), 120-133. Michael Oriard, was…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascot Battles – Who Wins the 2024 College Football Playoffs (FBS) 12/20/202412/21/2024 Answers informed by ChatGPT, decided by me. I tried to select the toughest, meanest, image of the mascot I could find. No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana ChatGPT…
Clips to Learn Best of Jordan Peterson (~13) 12/08/202407/17/2025 Jordan Peterson has at times been controversial to many people. I did not listen to him until just a few years ago. At the end of every semester, I invited…
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