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. Safa Zaki, Bowdoin College (Williamstown, Mass.) Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. from Arizona State University in Psychology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. Gay will be the second Black woman to lead an Ivy League university, following Dr. Ruth Simmons, president of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Prairie View A&M University.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Hussain said because DEI functions as a primary point of contact between students with disabilities and the university, it ensures that students are able to access accommodations needed for their learning. Removing DEI offices would then have an impact on the positive gains made to support student success, according to Hussain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. Warner, a former GCU School of Business dean herself, said that during her time as dean, all three of GCU’s academic deans were women then as well.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We’ve invested in Public Health, Addiction Studies, and expanded our portfolio of nursing programs to create pathways from community college to the doctorate in nursing practice. On this last day of 2023, I am reflecting on my 11 years at WCSU. This is my last day as provost, and it has been a rewarding and challenging ride.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Melissa Shivers, senior vice president for student life at The Ohio State University (OSU).

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University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

School leaders are appointed to lead an institution for their quantifiably successful work, like Ron Patterson at Chadron State College. North Idaho College is stuck paying two presidents although neither technically holds the position. Chadron State College’s Board of Trustees has appointed Ron Patterson at a momentous time.

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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.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 9, 2023

As a result of new bans on DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs in the state, McElroy told the Texas Tribune last month that outside concerns over her experience in diversity and inclusion and her career at The New York Times caused Texas A&M to change her tenured contract to a shorter position without tenure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Photo by Trevor Hawks | Michigan State University College of Education Dr. Jerlando F. I was studying decanal work and that was what I wanted to do.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Gay, currently the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was hired after a search that began in July to replace Lawrence S. with very little and put themselves through college while raising our family,” Gay said. College was always the expectation for me. She earned her Ph.D.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. In response, colleges and universities are seeing increased interest in courses and programs that address issues of public health.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

” Imposing fixed time bands is ultimately a political decision that requires input from deans, department chairs and, in most cases, the faculty senate. Problem 4: A Shortage of General Purpose Classrooms and Science Labs Everywhere I’ve taught, there is a lack of general purpose classrooms.

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University Business

JULY 31, 2023

More from UB: ‘Affirmative action made us complacent’: Leaders on their back heels get real on equity Resigning M. said Raymundo Arroyave, professor of Materials Science and Engineering, in a special Faculty Senate meeting. “I Katherine Banks – Texas A&M University M. Bank’s tenure lasted two years. “We

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Edu Alliance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2022

December 5, 2022 by Dean Hoke : In the newest edition of the 2022 Open Doors Report, US university’s international student enrollment shows encouraging signs. Why is that a problem? International students coming to the United States are reported at 948,519, which nears the pre-pandemic level. India – 375,055. Germany – 122,538.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

The six judges in favor of eliminating affirmative action argued that considering race in college admissions is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the 14 th Amendment. Roth and Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez, Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, find the ruling tone deaf.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

That report, Supporting Instruction and Learning Through Artificial Intelligence: A Survey of Institutional Practices and Policies , found that only four percent of respondents reported that their institution had an overall institutional strategy for approaching AI, and only seven percent had strategies at the department or college level.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

With their mammoth lectures, terrible student-to-adviser ratios, heavy reliance on teaching assistants and postdocs, and priority placed on research and grant-getting, many would say that the answer is an unequivocal no, except for the small minority of students who are in honors colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

These are positive developments from the perspective of groups such as the Association of American Universities and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, which promote high-impact practices that increase student engagement and deep learning. Yet the growth of active learning spaces remains incremental. The solution?

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These changes are reshaping how colleges and universities must embrace an adaptive approach to student recruitment and retention. The Shifting Landscape of Higher Education Enrollment Enrollment patterns in colleges and universities are undergoing significant transformations.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

OCTOBER 10, 2022

When you transition from faculty to administration, you tend to go to conferences focused on institutional questions – assessment, retention, general education, equity, and so on. It is not often that a dean or provost has the opportunity to attend a conference in their discipline, so it is wonderful treat when we do.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image: Sacred Heart University administrators have long encouraged students to understand the institution’s mission and values by attending seminars and events designed to reflect and promote the “Pioneer Journey,” the academic, spiritual and social-emotional learning path that encompasses the student experience at the university.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Learn how CSCU’s unification of its once-siloed community college is building a sustainable higher education model and helping improve retention and enrollment. Learn how CSCU’s unification of its once-siloed community college is building a sustainable higher education model and helping improve retention and enrollment.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

She co-founded the Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee, which proposed and won an on-site childcare center and which continues to sponsor events on women’s issues in science. The institution even erected a multimedia display wall of 60 “trailblazing” female faculty members last summer.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Graff, an expert on literacy who also writes widely on colleges and universities. I think it’s fair to say that our offices of the dean of students, student life, and student affairs need to do better. I also thought the Russian military was far stronger than it was. Wrong again. I’m not sure. Let’s look at three.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 21, 2023

However, her appointment was met with backlash from conservatives who questioned her research and advocacy work involving race and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion). José Luis Bermúdez, the interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, also resigned this week as a result of the dispute. In June, Gov.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 6, 2023

This is an instructive moment at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby recently assumed the role of president. Passing the Leadership Torch President Sheares Ashby took office In August 2022, succeeding UMBC's beloved, long-term president Freeman Hrabowaski. I so appreciate his willingness to do that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the same time, scholars are working around the clock to stave off ongoing anti-DEI legislation that has already taken hold in states like Florida and Texas, where many politicians campaigned against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Affirmative action struck down The U.S. In response to the decision, the U.S.

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