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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

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Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Hired Trevor Bates – Mercy College of Ohio Trevor Bates Mercy College of Ohio has announced Trevor Bates as its next president.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University. in African American studies and sociology from EIU; and an Associate of Arts in African American studies from Olive-Harvey Community College.

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Harvard Names Dr. Claudine Gay to Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. Gay will be the second Black woman to lead an Ivy League university, following Dr. Ruth Simmons, president of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Prairie View A&M University. I love this place.

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Five Tips for Helping Post-Secondary Students Overcome Failure

Faculty Focus

However, sometimes things do not go according to plan, and they may face obstacles that derail their goals. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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Five Tips for Helping Post-Secondary Students Overcome Failure

Faculty Focus

However, sometimes things do not go according to plan, and they may face obstacles that derail their goals. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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Context, Cultural Insight Bring Diversity to the Dramatic Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What can the arts do to heal and help us see a better future?” As an undergraduate at the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara, Lee was a computer science major. She needed one more general education course to graduate, and wound up taking dramatic structure, a complex course with Dr. Bert O.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s. Banks to serve as president.