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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Hired Devin Stephenson – Florida Polytechnic University Devin Stephenson has been selected to become Florida Polytechnic University’s next president, the second in the institution’s 12-year history. In Campbell’s 137-year history, there have only been five presidents. But Creed’s career was no minor note.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A graduate of Morehouse College, Canton earned a master’s degree in Black studies at The Ohio State University and a doctorate in history at Temple University. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person. Two new hires are expected this year.

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Scholar Fuses Advocacy and Scholarship to Move Equity Needle Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After three decades in academia, Dr. Janet R. At that event, colleagues from early in her career in academia spoke about how when they were young faculty at University of Arizona, Jakobsen built a sense of queer community. Jakobsen is the Claire Tow Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College in New York.

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A Deeper Study of Higher Education Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

In academia, I've always been enamored with folks who can work the art of leadership in a really clear way, all kinds of models, all kinds of people who've inspired me to think, 'If I could just steal a little of that, a little of that.' His work has appeared in The New York Times and USA Today, among other publications.

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Pivotal Moments in Higher Education DEI

Insight Into Diversity

As we share a bit of our publication’s history in this special anniversary section, we also trace the trajectory of DEI in higher education over the past five decades — a period of profound transformation. Supreme Court case in 2003, had a profound impact on DEI efforts in higher education. Supreme Court’s decision in the Grutter v.