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New presidents or provosts: Alma Folsom Maryland NVCC Purdue St. Thomas TCU

Inside Higher Ed

Sean Burke , associate provost of Luther College, in Iowa, has been selected as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Alma College, in Michigan. Richmond Hill , interim provost of the Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College, has been named to the position on a permanent basis.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

So the institution’s disclosure that it briefed the Board of Visitors on not just a department but a possible division-level unit of computational and data science stunned many on campus. ” Beyond Data Science. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

And then I’ll talk about Peter Freeman , one of the first Deans of Computing at Georgia Tech. Peter Freeman (Founding Dean and Dean Emeritus at Georgia Tech's College of Computing). He has authored or co-authored more than 200 journal articles, books/book chapters, and refereed conference/workshop papers.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

After the nearby College of New Rochelle closed in 2019 amid financial woes, Manhattanville hired its dean of nursing and launched its own School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Feroe, former acting president and interim provost, was named interim president. Geisler last summer. Focus on the Future.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The dean of the Becker School reports administratively to the provost office and is subject to all the normal graduate and undergraduate governance review boards, while the school itself has a designated faculty and its own academic leadership. Sebastián Royo is provost of Clark University. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Fine arts, communications degrees qualify as STEM for immigrants

Inside Higher Ed

Now, international graduates of these programs on F-1 visas are eligible to extend their stays in the United States by 24 months (or up to 36 months ) to gain relevant work experience with a STEM optional practical training visa—a privilege earlier reserved for those who earned the likes of engineering or computer science degrees.

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