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Dr. Ray Jayawardhana Appointed Provost of Johns Hopkins University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ray Jayawardhana will become provost of Johns Hopkins University (JHU), effective Oct. Dr. Ray Jayawardhana Jayawardhana is currently dean of Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences. Jayawardhana holds a bachelor of science degree in astronomy and physics from Yale University and a Ph.D.

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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

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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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McBride First Gerald Early Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He will be appointed to the Department of African and African-American Studies in Arts & Sciences and serve as a senior adviser to the chancellor. Previously, he was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University. Dr. Dwight A.

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President Moves: Cornell leader steps down as hiring ramps up

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Provost Michael I. Chilton also served as Washington State’s provost and executive vice president and was previously dean of the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences at Binghamton University in New York. Kotlikoff will serve as interim president under a two-year contract. Eden to serve as its next leader.

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Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Condoleezza Rice is a professor of political economy in the Graduate School of Business, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University. Bush’s national security adviser from January 2001-2005, the first woman to hold the position.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. is clearly growing. percent between 2011 and 2021.