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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. This is a full-circle moment for me, because Dean Holley was my very first hire as president of Howard in 2014,” said Dr. Wayne A. Danielle Ren Holley is breaking ground.

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Program Equips Community College Students to Obtain Four-Year Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

First-generation students and those from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds are given priority in the application process for the five-week summer program at Vassar, a private liberal arts institution in New York state. Scholarships are awarded to cover tuition and room and board.

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President’s corner: Why Ed Feasel values cultivating global citizens at Soka University

University Business

” Feasel’s experience as a higher education administrator is deeply rooted in SUA’s mission to develop global citizens. Before becoming the private liberal arts school’s second president, he was a founding faculty member and became the dean of faculty after SUA graduated its first class.

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. The dean had an envelope in his hand and gave it to me. “On Feb. “On Feb. “They asked to speak with me privately.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

With the integration of the BSDT, Clark is positioned to empower scholarship, pedagogy and innovation related to creative arts, media, design and technology. Clark decided to bring in the BSDT along the same organizational and administrative lines as other academic schools at Clark.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. Agricultural sciences’ assistant professor population also grew, including a 33.5

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

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Academic Affairs Improving completion rates in gateway courses: Applying a root cause analysis model and equity lens Betsy Dunn-Williams, Dean of Academic Success, Campbell University Academic transformation framework implementation: Enhancing professional practice in higher education Dr. Denise Brown, Associate Dean of Health Sciences, The Christ (..)