University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

The fallout of the pandemic and recent economic shakeups has recently reminded graduating high schoolers that the pathway to a high-wage job doesn’t necessarily require a college degree. College enrollment rates have been on a precipitous decline, dropping more than 7% in the past five years.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Through the November 2023 HBCU/MSI Research Summit — a joint effort between Virginia Tech’s Graduate School and the Pamplin College of Business — the university welcomed 25 visiting faculty and staff from participating institutions. Photos by A’me Dalton, courtesy of the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business.)

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. ” With degrees in law and human rights from both Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and doctorates from Aberdeen, his academic journey was distinguished. Christopher A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Faculty from the University of Kentucky (UK), Vanderbilt University, and University of North Carolina Greensboro have received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support underrepresented minority faculty at predominantly white institutions (PWIs).

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University Business

JANUARY 8, 2024

Spelman College (Ga.), Vassar College (N.Y.) and Xavier University of Louisiana are now engaged in a partnership with the University of Manchester in the U.K. that aims to seamlessly integrate different layers of the universities from each side of the pond. institutions may have cracked the case together.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Safa Zaki, Bowdoin College (Williamstown, Mass.) from Arizona State University in Psychology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The news of Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps' death on Tuesday, September 19 sent shockwaves across the nation. Blockson, the legendary Black historian, author, and bibliophile who served as curator of the university’s Blockson Afro-American Collection when she collapsed on stage. Dr. Crystal A.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. What can we do?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. Among them are Harvard; Stanford; the University of Michigan; the University of California, Berkeley; and the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Dr. Candace N.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching? This turned into an ongoing debate.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Brian Blake, President, Georgia State University. Brian Blake on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast as he approached his one-year anniversary of becoming President at Georgia State University. Similarities Between Industry and Academia. The Path From College to Careers. A Conversation With M. Thu, 06/09/2022 - 06:00.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

On the flip side, another president didn’t make it into his first year before resigning, and one president of a major university left following two “embarrassing” mishaps. Langston University The only HBCU in Oklahoma will be looking for a new leader as Kent J. . retires after an 11-year tenure at the school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Sol Gittleman has penned a must-read book for anyone with a vested interest in the past, present, and future of American academia. Dr. Sol Gittleman Gittleman, who is the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Emeritus, has emerged as one of the nation’s most important interpreters of the history of higher education.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes. Faculty members, while experts in their fields, might be removed from the current industry landscape.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

20 February · Episode 195 A More Efficient University Business Model For The Win - Part 2 32 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Part 2 of Unity's highly efficient university business model that's generated tremendous growth: it's a case study in revolutionary success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

In a career that has included both academia and the private sector, Dr. Teik C. Growing up in Malaysia, Lim wanted to skip college, join the military and pursue the dream of becoming a pilot. He was subsequently a research scientist at The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research. Thankfully, he moved on to Plan B.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes. Faculty members, while experts in their fields, might be removed from the current industry landscape.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. in 2016.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Two world-renowned universities in London are partnering with technology learning specialists in a bid to foster skills needed to succeed in the technology sector. In partnerships announced this week, Imperial College London has linked up with online coding bootcamp provider HyperionDev.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Image: When Julianna Barnes set her sights on a career in academia, she envisioned eventually becoming a vice president of an institution and assumed it would be her pinnacle role in the profession. years on average, according to the Community College League of California’s CEO tenure and retention dashboard.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida (UF). The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Many of our peer universities have departments,” says Canton.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne PHOTO COURTESY OF CUNY Becoming Dean of Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enables Dr. Dara N. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Among the college presidents to come and go in the past two weeks, two positions were indirectly decided by Gov. Hired Richard Corcoran – New College of Florida Richard Corcoran has officially become the permanent president of New College of Florida after serving as interim president since January.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I will be a better dean for having attended and participated in the conference, hosted by the Classical Liberalism Initiative of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. What is a dean to do? The discourse of trauma, which has largely been seen as a phenomenon of the academic left, has as much purchase and relevance on the right.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

It was 2021, and Galan was working in a summer bridge program, supporting teenagers who were applying to college. A Latino student researching a university department observed that hardly any of the faculty had backgrounds similar to his own. “I It sparked an idea for Galan’s research at the University of California, Riverside. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

It was 2021, and Galan was working in a summer bridge program, supporting teenagers who were applying to college. A Latino student researching a university department observed that hardly any of the faculty had backgrounds similar to his own. “I It sparked an idea for Galan’s research at the University of California, Riverside. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. They’re less likely to have consistent office space on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. Tenure is a key moment at which people exit university doors, perhaps because the doors slammed shut. Nikole Hannah-Jones at University of North Carolina and Dr. Cornel West at Harvard ) reveal a broader systemic pattern.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The Ohio State University College of Nursing uses its Summer Institute for Future Nurses as a recruiting tool for high school students. Dominican University is an Hispanic-Serving Institution. There are ongoing efforts to diversify the faculty so that it mirrors the student population the university hopes to enroll.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Image: Patty Limerick, co-founder and longtime faculty director of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center of the American West, says her firing last week continues to shock her, especially as she had been planning to step down soon anyway. He referred questions Tuesday to a university spokesperson.

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University Business

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The first person of color and only the second woman to hold the post, Claudine Gay will step into her role as Harvard University’s next president come July 1, 2023. The college’s governing board elected Gay to take the reins after an exhaustive search that commenced after current Harvard President Lawrence S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This paucity is mirrored in academia, where only 19.2% of full-time nursing school faculty are minoritized, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. You probably over-prepare for meetings,” says Dr. Rolanda Johnson, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

percent of them are practicing nurses, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). To further advance advocacy and equity in health care, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Nursing will launch a new program in 2023 to teach nursing students about policymaking. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

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University Business

AUGUST 11, 2023

However, the motivation behind these presidents’ break from university leadership is markedly cooler than last month’s more dramatic falls from grace. Burwell – American University (D.C.) American University’s Sylvia M. Burnett – University of Mobile (Ala.) Retiring Dr. Lonnie A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Enrollment remained down at every level from community colleges to graduate schools, but much of academia showed its persistence and resilience. With the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding, colleges and universities have tried to bring students back to campus and provide fresh inspiration.

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Echo Delta

JANUARY 11, 2024

This past December, we got news that Elon Musk plans to launch a new university. Innovator in Chief or Dean of Disarray? The skills and strategies that work in manufacturing and tech may not translate seamlessly into academia. What’s most important is that the answer isn’t simply: that’s what other universities do.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When Dr. Elmer Guy first came to Crownpoint Institute of Technology in 1999 as dean of instruction, he could not have known that, 24 years later, he would oversee the institution’s renaming to Navajo Technical University (NTU). It became the first tribal college and university, or TCU, to offer a Ph.D. Dr. Siri G.

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