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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

Partly, it’s because fewer college presidents are academics who compiled a scholarly reputation before taking on leadership posts and who continued to speak out about higher education even after their retirement from office. In a thoughtful 2017 opinion piece in The Washington Post , the prolific higher education observer Jeffrey J.

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President moves: 2 decade-plus leaders step back after a job well done

University Business

Tarhule has a clear vision of how to lead Illinois State University through our next crucial stage of development and growth, Martha Horst, chairperson for the Academic Senate, said in a press release. Walker joined Lee University in 2017 after serving 25 years on the pastoral ministry at Mount Paran North Church of God in Georgia.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

He discovered his passion for student affairs first serving as a resident advisor and as a graduate hall director at Miami University Ohio, and he went on to develop his craft in a pair of institutions in Maryland. Before Alverno College, Foy served as Dean of the Faculty at Marian University in Wisconsin from 2018 to 2020.

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Employee retires after 70 years

Inside Higher Ed

“If they did say something, they would’ve been taken care of by the dean and president,” Bell said. Former Tennessee governor Bill Haslem declared her a colonel aide-de-camp in 2017, which recognizes Tennessee citizens for outstanding achievement. “I’m going to miss this place,” she said.

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Lessons for Higher Ed Leaders of Color

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Willis served as an Assistant Professor of History, department chair, faculty senate president, and Executive Dean of Centers at Lone Star College (Houston, Texas). She is a 2017 Cohort Fellow for the Thomas Lakin Institute for Mentored Leadership and was featured in the December 2017 issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

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Incidents on AU campus prompt look into policy

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. ” An official of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression wrote a letter to university president Sylvia M.

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Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

President Vollendorf’s answer was compelling: “My answer has changed in the last five years. In 2017, it would have been the Sonoma-Napa firestorm that hit Wine Country and burned 6,000 homes, and 42 people died. Sonoma State University ran an emergency operations center for ten days straight.