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

University Business

Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. Half a year as Nichols College’s interim president was all the board of trustees needed to determine William Pieczynski was the right person to lead the university for good.

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These 15 colleges offer the most financial aid for international undergrad students

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Colleges and universities are discovering new technologies to capitalize on the significant influx of foreign-born students, but there might be no better tool than cold hard cash. The most gifting public institution—the University of Vermont, according to U.S. Washington and Lee University Va. Wesleyan University Conn.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yolanda Vivian Williams-Goliday Dr. Yolanda Vivian Williams-Goliday’s first priority is to make sure that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is a supportive and inclusive space for its LGBTQ+, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary community. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University.

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Journal places warning on flawed abuse-homosexuality study

Inside Higher Ed

Throckmorton also provided his emails pointing out the issue in 2006 to Donald I. Grove City, in Pennsylvania, is a Christian liberal arts college. The article says they were all at Alliant International University: Templer, Marie E. Templer, a now-deceased author of the paper. A professor named Donald I.

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

Inside Higher Ed

The drop led to financial difficulties, which were exacerbated by VLS’s independent status, meaning it was not backed by a larger university or system that might help cover costs. It’s been a rough decade for Vermont’s small liberal arts colleges. Smolla believes that trajectory is changing.

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Questions remain after release of new Pell Grant regulations

Inside Higher Ed

Before new programs can start, a college or university will need staff on board and to train those employees, along with funding beyond the Pell Grants, which typically don’t cover the total cost. Then, an institution will have to get approval from its accreditor, a corrections agency, and the U.S.

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Indigenous Ways of Knowing, a Faculty’s Journey to Redesign Native American Art Online Course

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How it Started The initial meeting was in person and included Laura Wind-Norton, then Dean of University Transfer and Liberal Arts, who deserves much credit for organizing the project and team. Fall, from the Four Seasons series, 2006, by Wendy Red Star.