James Terhune
Complicated, Messy, and Sad: Reflections on the Spring '24 Campus Protests
I spent much of the last week trying to make sense of my thoughts and feelings about the events unfolding on college campuses across the...
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James Terhune
- Apr 19
- 4 min
JTC Coaching Plus for Emerging College Leaders
Coaching and professional development for emerging leaders program prospectus.
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James Terhune
- Mar 20
- 5 min
After the Search:
Retaining Talent and Cultivating the Next Generation of Leaders As the traditional hiring season in education heats up I have been...
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James Terhune
- Feb 15
- 4 min
It's Time to Normalize Adversity for Students
We need to normalize adversity for students. COVID was a crisis. A real crisis. The genuine article. Literally the entire world shut...
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James Terhune
- Jan 8
- 6 min
7 Tips for School and College Leaders in Challenging Times
It’s a tough time to be leading schools and colleges. The recent turmoil on campuses and fallout from the congressional hearing on...
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James Terhune
- Dec 5, 2023
- 4 min
It May be Time for a New Approach to Campus Unrest
Most afternoons I take a break to go for a short hike or walk with our dog, Tess. There are a lot of nice hiking trails within a couple...
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James Terhune
- Oct 31, 2023
- 4 min
Everything Old is New Again
Welcome to the new look JTC Blog!
When I first launched James Terhune Consulting in 2016, I naively took matters into my own hand and...
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James Terhune
- Oct 3, 2023
- 6 min
US News College Rankings and Higher Education’s Season of Silliness
Much has been written about changes US News made this year to its ranking methodology (placing greater weight on its social mobility metric)
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James Terhune
- Aug 24, 2023
- 4 min
The Best Day of The Year
New student arrival day has always been my favorite day of the academic year.
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James Terhune
- Jul 25, 2023
- 4 min
Crisis of Confidence
The hits just keep on coming for college and university leaders. Hot on the heels of the game-changing decision by the US Supreme Court...
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James Terhune
- Jun 14, 2023
- 4 min
A Time to Speak
We are still emerging from three dizzying years of the pandemic and trying to fully understand their impact on our students, the faculty...
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James Terhune
- Jun 8, 2023
- 4 min
The Summer Between
The summer between high school and college is a unique moment in time. It is punctuated at either end by massive life changes and a flood of
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James Terhune
- May 21, 2018
- 12 min
College Student Suicide and the Relentless Chorus of 'What-ifs'
College student suicide has been very much in the news lately following a May 5th New York Times article highlighting details of recent suic
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James Terhune
- Mar 14, 2018
- 4 min
Getting Free Speech on Campus Right
I’m concerned about the direction and the tenor of the national discussion about free speech on college campuses. But not for the reasons...
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James Terhune
- Feb 6, 2018
- 5 min
Perspective, Process, and Time to Think: An Outsider's Observations on Academe
In the course of my work I am frequently asked about my observations regarding trends, directions, and practices in education as someone who
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James Terhune
- Jul 14, 2017
- 3 min
Inertia and a New Approach to Student Life
As part of a series of focus groups I recently conducted at a residential college, I asked student participants what forces were most influe
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