Erroneous College Acceptance Letter Spark Crisis

Posted on: 26, Feb 15

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Flawed process devastates 800 eager students About 800 applicants to Carnegie Mellon’s elite master’s program for computer science had a brief moment of excitement before their hopes were dashed after receiving erroneous acceptance emails from the university. The emails were sent on a Monday, and by mid-day Tuesday Carnegie Mellon’s …

UM and Missoula Still Making Crisis Management Mistakes

Posted on: 08, Oct 13

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Errors become far less forgivable when you make them time and time again… The University of Montana, and especially its football program, have been making negative news for a couple years now. In fact, there had been so many alleged sexual assaults and other misconduct by student athletes, and so …

Live College Crisis Management Chat

Posted on: 03, Sep 13

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We talk crisis management in higher education this Thursday at 7 pm EDT Institutions of higher learning naturally encounter situations requiring crisis management. After all, they are tasked with maintaining the safety and well-being of students and ensuring the integrity of faculty and staff, with a wide range of potential …