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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”

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Florida A&M's football woes spotlight lack of resources

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Florida A&M University leadership is facing demands for accountability after 26 football players were declared ineligible for their season opener, which the players blamed on inadequate academic advising in a scathing letter to administrators. Demands for Accountability.

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Presidents and Boards Need Social Intelligence

Campus Sonar

I’ve spent the last few weeks listening carefully to trustees, current and former presidents, and the people who advise them. They see what strategically-aligned stories are taking off with their audiences, or diagnose the need to communicate better about university impact and community engagement. One former president put it plainly.

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Treating an infection: How your institution must address sexual violence

University Business

Many schools tried recruiting Shelly, but she chose a private college near a large metropolitan area to take advantage of career opportunities available in an urban setting. Shelly was confident in her athletic ability and believed college would be filled with new social and academic adventures.

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First African American Dean Blazes Trail for Northwestern Music

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She also holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. Based on her extensive years in university leadership, Montgomery suggested that younger people look for mentors in many places, of many kinds.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. If you have a hospital and college of medicine , it adds an important dimension to the job that's hard to visualize.

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Texas A&M’s botched faculty hiring reaches top of the ladder, claims president’s job

University Business

Following Texas A&M University’s botched hiring of a new journalism director and the resignation of the college’s interim dean, the “DEI hysteria” that drew the national spotlight to the university has officially claimed the school’s president. Texas A&M President M.

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