EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

Only applicable towards the yearly subscriptions and expires September 8, 2023. I had been teaching for nearly 30 years when I discovered that I had failed to instruct my students in the basics of critical thinking. My moment of awakening occurred in a conversation with one of the best students in that year’s graduating class.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Dr. Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2023

What are some of the trends related to academic library spending that a student of higher education should understand? Bear in mind that other education-related priorities of the university have also shifted in importance over that time, most significantly the share spent on student success. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

Only applicable towards the yearly subscriptions and expires September 8, 2023. I had been teaching for nearly 30 years when I discovered that I had failed to instruct my students in the basics of critical thinking. My moment of awakening occurred in a conversation with one of the best students in that year’s graduating class.

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WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

I was very excited to see that we had a few students join us this year as well; some attended for professional development and some as panelists for a session. This year’s recipient was Shannon Riggs, Associate Vice Provost of Educational Programs and Learning Innovation, Oregon State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

This involves a commitment to the student experience, which includes interdisciplinary experiential learning and undergraduate research. She previously served as vice provost for academic affairs, dean of residential faculty, and associate professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

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. However, she had worked at high levels of the federal government, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S.

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MindMax

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I’m pleased to share that the latest UPCEA MEMS: Marketing, Enrollment Management, and Student Success conference was as satisfying as always. Schools seeking to grab prospective students’ limited attention will need to find creative ways to communicate their value propositions and differentiators quickly and effectively.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

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. However, she had worked at high levels of the federal government, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

Building institution-wide trust is essential, especially on the accelerated timeline of an interim leadership position, so Chancellor Reyes described his shortcut: "I immediately asked the president to allow me to get a provost colleague, Karen Colley , to become the interim provost. I think it's very valuable.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

Indiana State University announced a few weeks ago that the university would have a smaller budget for the 2023-2024 academic year, and would need to cut around $12 million to make the budget fit. What does this mean for students? Minimally, if at all,” Dr. Chris Olsen, the provost, says. “We

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. Ward, president since 2019, will retire at the end of June 2025, the conclusion of Luther’s 2023-25 strategic plan. The work was done in collaboration with the provost.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

John Karl Scholz (Photo: UO Website) With experience as a professor, economist and provost (which he currently still serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), his focus at Oregon will be student career readiness and postgraduate success. She is also a first-generation student. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Necessary infrastructure to support interdisciplinary programs August 9, 2023 Kimber McKay Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Montana The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2022

“Nine out of ten raise their hands,” said Jean, assistant provost for special programs at MSU. Dr. Daniel Jean, assistant provost for special programs at Montclair State university. It helps roughly 100 students complete college each year. Now, thanks to the support and push from MSU president Dr. Jonathan G.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Implementing a caseload management model in a newly centralized division August 9, 2023 Melissa Grant Associate Dean of Advisement, Office of the Provost, Pace University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. Bacow on July 1, 2023. Supreme Court case Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard College , which could end affirmative action, the consideration of race in admissions. Dr. Claudine Gay is making history.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The decline in students graduating from teacher education programs and the nationwide teacher shortage have become more acute in the past five years. Recruiting more students to backfill the teacher pipeline amid a growing shortage in the U.S. For years, I have been hearing the same story from students at my college.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The Education Department is planning to deploy “secret shoppers ” to colleges around the country to suss out deceptive and predatory practices, particularly around financial aid. It had deans, but it didn’t have a provost. That’s valuable.

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ACPA

JANUARY 17, 2024

She later held the positions of Dean of Women and Dean of Students at Albany State College in Georgia and in a similar position at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. During her years at Fisk, her students helped to institute the Student Sit-ins and Freedom Rides that galvanized the non-violent Civil Rights protests.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Maria Donoghue Velleca, dean of arts and sciences since 2020, said in a Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting this week that even she had been left in the dark on plans for the possible school and that this had influenced her decision to leave her post not at the end of the academic year, as previously announced, but at the end of 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

For many of them, the school has scheduled a “day of service,” wherein students, faculty, and staff can volunteer in their community. The banquet – open to the public but tickets are first-come, first-served – will applaud the achievements of students and the community. In 2023, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip hop.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

On this last day of 2023, I am reflecting on my 11 years at WCSU. This is my last day as provost, and it has been a rewarding and challenging ride. For COVID-19, my colleagues and I worked hard to address the needs of our students. So have the changing attitudes toward higher education.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We asked how she’s met these opportunities: “When I think about my role as Provost at Florida State University , at that point in my career, I was not at all certain that I wanted to be a university president. When I left for a provost job at University of Missouri , I was excited about a new opportunity at a Midwestern university.

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University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

increase and a 47% increase in new transfer students, according to the school website. He previously served as the Institute Community and Equity Officer at MIT and the chief diversity officer and senior associate provost at the University of South Carolina. Patterson himself is no stranger to thriving enrollment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By summer, the college had taken decisive action — hiring Donald Jaamal to be dean of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and Title IX coordinator. “In While Coe has had previous diversity officers, Jaamal operates in an expanded capacity, which is what students, faculty, and staff requested.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Dramatic changes are coming to the education program at Michigan State University (MSU), a response both to student needs and a nationwide teacher shortage. The program’s hallmark feature for roughly thirty years, a fifth year centered on student teaching, will be cut, with classroom practice becoming the focus of a reorganized fourth year.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 14, 2023

It was only after becoming department chair that she recognized the possibilities for broader impact on her students and colleagues: "Every time I step in front of a classroom, I'm the leader of that experience. When I became provost, I thought, 'I don't know how to be a provost. As she put it, "I really like doing science."

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University Business

AUGUST 11, 2023

More from UB: Support for first-year students may be key this fall. Burwell is calling it a job well done after six years of service as president; the 2023-24 academic year will be her last. The 2023-24 academic year will be his last. Two presidential exits, for example, stem from a desire to spend more time with family.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

As David spent the last 40 years working as an academic librarian and the last 20 years as a library dean, his critique carries some weight. A: The academic library is, at its core, about making scholarship available to students and faculty and preserving it for future generations. Hardball will be played. Think a legal Sci-Hub.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Bridging the Gap from Education to Employment (BGEE), an initiative to reimagine career readiness programs for students, launched three years ago and involved design teams from seven universities. Bridget Burns “We’re like a multicampus laboratory for student success innovation,” says Bridget Burns, PhD, UIA chief executive officer. “We

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Coursera blog

APRIL 13, 2023

These programs are expected to begin their first cohorts in August 2023: Master of Business Administration from Illinois Tech – This program prepares students for management careers in the technology space. The curriculum will include industry partner content to provide students with real-world experience.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Jennifer Dale, Community College of Aurora: We want to be an agent of change for students’ social and economic mobility. each) is bundled with student learning resources for every course. We are hoping to launch many of our key microcredentials in the Spring of 2023. We did not want students to “work” at getting to the content.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

All details except the student’s gender and institution have been changed to protect her identity.) Saleema is one of more than 126,000 students, including nearly 17,000 refugees, studying at this tuition-free, nonprofit online university with an all-volunteer faculty. It is a challenge … Should we do better?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. I've gotten my cuts and bruises from that.

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