When it comes to understanding the mental and physical health of administrators and faculty members, higher education still largely lacks the data to observe how stress impacts the job, studies find. In particular, higher education executives can feel the stress of not only fulfilling their day-to-day tasks and responsibilities, but also serving as mentors for staff members, students and campus community members.
McDonald explained that if leaders don’t take the change to step back and recharge, they run the risk of not being at full capacity — which is what’s needed to truly make a difference.
