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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

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She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. When I became provost, I thought, 'I don't know how to be a provost. As she put it, "I really like doing science."

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.

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A 40th Anniversary Love Story: About My Favorite Magazine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I remember seeing copies of Black Issues in Higher Education in various administrators’ offices at Albany State, the historically Black university where I was an undergraduate student journalist in the mid-1990s. The IU Higher Education and Student Affairs Program allowed Ph.D. Many of them now work in higher education.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

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Building institution-wide trust is essential, especially on the accelerated timeline of an interim leadership position, so Chancellor Reyes described his shortcut: "I immediately asked the president to allow me to get a provost colleague, Karen Colley , to become the interim provost. I think it's very valuable.

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Dr. Francine G. McNairy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McNairy served from 2003 until her recent retirement on January 26. The university has been nationally ranked as one of the top regional public institutions of higher education by U.S. Francine G. News and World Report and among Kiplinger Magazine’s 100 Best Values in Public Colleges.

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

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His contract is still pending approval from the state’s higher education system. Justin Schwartz Justin Schwartz – University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder has found its next president, Justin Schwartz, the current executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University.

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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

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She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about the mindset of accepting new leadership challenges, the responsibilities of institutional leaders as employers, required skills for effective leadership, and navigating the small world of higher ed. And I realize it does lead to certain approaches to higher education.”