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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. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree. That number is now over 60%.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree. That number is now over 60%.

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President Moves: Cornell leader steps down as hiring ramps up

University Business

Provost Michael I. The University Business Podcast : Why STEM needs the humanities—and vice versa In Pennsylvania, Albright College President Jacquelyn Fetrow has announced her resignation , effective May 31, after leading the small institution since 2017, WFMZ-TV reported. Who’s hiring? Elizabeth S.

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Dr. Ruth J. Simmons Takes Readers ‘Up Home’ in New Memoir

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Simmons busily prepared to deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Her mother taught Simmons and her siblings what it meant to be a human being. In September, Dr. Ruth J. Dr. Ruth J. “I’m

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National Day of Racial Healing begins to pick up traction as schools pledge to participate

University Business

” It is an opportunity to bring ALL people together in their common humanity and inspire collective action to create a more just and equitable world.” Kellogg Foundation on January 17, 2017, in partnership with their community-centered initiative Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

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

University Business

Earning here Doctor of Philosophy degree in Counselor Education and Supervision, Evans specialized in Student Affairs, Administration in Higher Education, and Human Resource Management. Walker joined Lee University in 2017 after serving 25 years on the pastoral ministry at Mount Paran North Church of God in Georgia. a four-year tenure.