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International Women’s Day: ¼ of the Top 200 Higher Ed Leaders Worldwide are Women

Insight Into Diversity

Since THE first began collecting data in 2015, the number of women-led institutions has increased from 14% to 25%. institutions in their report and found the national average of women leaders, 30% of presidents and 39% of provosts, to be slightly higher than the global average. Women’s Power Gap (WPG) narrowed the numbers for U.S.

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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sol Gittleman has penned a must-read book for anyone with a vested interest in the past, present, and future of American academia. An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education tells the unique story about what Americans think of higher education.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. At my university, the provost has put in place a prerecorded self-paced, self-directed asynchronous U.S.

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Training faculty to help students in mental distress

Inside Higher Ed

It is modeled on the Red Folder Initiative the University of California launched a decade ago, said Robin Glover, Harvard’s assistant provost for student affairs.) ” The University of North Carolina system recently received a $5 million state grant to extend and update its Mental Health First Aid program , first launched in 2015.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Key Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards Thoroughly Review the Report: University presidents, administrators, provosts, deans, and other leaders actively engage with the contents of the report. Emeritus, 2015-present. Professor of History, CSU East Bay1989-2010, Prof. 00:17:17] Drumm McNaughton: Mm hmm.