If you work in research administration, you already know the truth: the job has expanded, but the resources have not. 

Research administrators are now expected to:

• Track federal policy shifts across multiple branches of government

• Interpret agency guidance that is often incomplete, incons

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Killing Sacred Cows — Part 3 of a series examining the unspoken norms, taboos, and protected assumptions in academic research that are rarely questioned, even when they undermine effectiveness and resilience. This series names those assumptions, puts them up for debate, and asks whether they still d...

Killing Sacred Cows — Part 2 of a series examining the unspoken norms, taboos, and protected assumptions in academic research that are rarely questioned, even when they undermine effectiveness and resilience. This series names those assumptions, puts them up for debate, and asks whether they still d...

In times of instability and uncertainty, I tend to focus on opportunity. In stable periods, the status quo becomes entrenched and difficult to challenge. Humans and institutions alike gravitate toward predictability and the comfort of familiar systems. That is why the last five years of turbulence a...