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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

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Three college administrators—including one president—will be coordinating goodbye parties at their current institutions as they prepare to move on to bigger opportunities elsewhere. The newly appointed president also serves as a state representative on the Southern Regional Education Boards’ executive council.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

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Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators. in history. “I

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

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Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Bates has a proven track record as a higher education leader around Ohio, as well as in the private sector. The throughline of Bates’ career is his passion for healthcare.

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Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Dies at 67

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Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years. Blank Center for Campus History and a professorship in her honor. Department of Commerce. "Dr.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Unquestionably, the past 40 years have brought many steps forward in terms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, visibility, and consciousness, but in academia it is still a work in progress.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

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Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio.

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First Doctoral Program at a TCU Will Contribute to Native Sovereignty

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TCUs are unique in that their founding principle is to serve indigenous people and their nations, connecting their history to their future, and empowering a new generation of learners with the skills to uplift their communities. The distinctive cultural focus of TCUs is now paired with the academic rigor of a Ph.D.,

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