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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Every step of the way, something pushed me to decide to go to college, to become a faculty member. Embracing Leadership Opportunities From department chair to interim chancellor, President Stokes served in leadership positions at three institutions before joining UNM. Florida State had a lot going on at that time.

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Texas A&M Interim Dean Resigns After University Backtracks on Hiring Journalism Professor

Insight Into Diversity

José Luis Bermúdez, the interim dean of Texas A&M University’s College of Arts and Sciences, resigned on Monday after the university backtracked on its hiring deal with renowned journalism professor Kathleen O. My continuation in this role would be a needless distraction as you all continue the work that we have begun.”

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Binghamton University Looking to Hire 30 Replacement Faculty and 36 New Faculty with $6.5 Million SUNY Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million SUNY grant and is looking to hire 30 replacement faculty and 36 new faculty, Pipe Dream reported. The grant – part of a $53 million SUNY-wide hiring initiative – will go towards creating faculty positions with a heavy focus on research. BU deans were asked to create proposals for the new faculty positions.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. ” That is, undergraduate programs with fewer than 12 students per full-time faculty member over a period of five years are no longer accepting new students.

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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul Sniegowski has been named the 21st president of Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion.

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Grant Fuels Black Studies Faculty Expansion at the University of Rochester

Insight Into Diversity

Mellon Foundation’s Higher Learning program, the department will further its goals by hiring new faculty members from several fields. Sproull Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, said in a press release. Thanks to a new $3 million grant from the Andrew W. and Mary L.

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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Beasley will join the faculty of its Joseph F. The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F. “The He will teach and give guest lectures at the law school, the Honors College, and the College of Arts and Sciences.