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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

As a tenured full professor of political science, a former director of graduate studies and admissions, dean, and now vice president for diversity, I view the crisis of Black faculty and staff retention in the Academy as a quiet earthquake — slowly moving beneath the ground, embodying the terrors that make academic life untenable.

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5 higher ed thought leaders we are following

EAB

Busteed joined us in 2021 for our Presidential Experience Lab , EAB’s signature event for college and university presidents to take inspiration from out-of-industry exemplars to consider thought-provoking concepts, lessons and trends to help shape their leadership e­fforts and institutional strategy. Grawe Nathan D.

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Stanford questioned over response to 'Mein Kampf' photo

Inside Higher Ed

The woman holding the book has her forefinger on her closed lips with the fingernail facing outward; her brow is furrowed and eyes are narrowed. Dee Mostofi, a spokeswoman for the university, said, “No one is being punished or investigated by the university for reading a book.” ” In the letter dated Jan.

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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). Presidencies Derailed: Why University Leaders Fail and How to Prevent It by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E.

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Presidential exits: Some leave on a high note, others entrenched in scandal

University Business

Grewal, however, faced student, faculty and community backlash for his plans to reformat their library systems into an “all-digital” model that would have eliminated several full-time positions and a huge selection of its books. Rafn will step down, and Kristen Raney will become the school’s first female president.

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President moves: 2 decade-plus leaders step back after a job well done

University Business

Tarhule has a clear vision of how to lead Illinois State University through our next crucial stage of development and growth, Martha Horst, chairperson for the Academic Senate, said in a press release. Mark Walker – Lee University (Tenn.) More from UB: AI at HBCUs: The next digital divide or a great reset? a four-year tenure.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

” He has published more than 75 articles and four books, which have focused on the advancement of STEM education and the optimization of environmental and water resources. in civil engineering from Arizona State University. The Benedictine president-elect holds a Ph.D. Presidents stepping down Frederick G.