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A 2011 research report, “The Bias Against Creativity: Why People Desire But Reject Creative Ideas” published by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, stated that some people have covert biases against creativity when there is a level of uncertainty about the imagined result. I thought of academic leaders who do not appreciate creativity. By creativity I am referring to diversity of all types (e.g. race, ethnicity, geographic background, and free thinking).
In recent years I have noticed that higher education sometimes places greater emphasis on personal qualities than on skill set and experience. Are we stifling administrative creativity at our universities by hiring individuals for higher education jobs with whom we feel comfortable (e.g. ...