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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Danielle Ren Holley, president-elect of Mount Holyoke College. The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Danielle Ren Holley, current dean and professor of law at Howard University.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

University Business

These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but there is still a first time for everything: Mount Holyoke (Mass.), Norbert College (Wis.) and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schools’ histories. Norbert College all fall somewhere around 2,000.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

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. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school. ” Dr.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” Manhattanville remains a private liberal arts institution, but it has changed its orientation somewhat in recent years. Geisler last summer. Focus on the Future.

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President’s corner: How Rob Vischer balances growth with century-old values at University of St. Thomas

University Business

Once a s mall Catholic liberal arts college, St. As undergraduate enrollment at Minnesota colleges and universities has dropped by almost a third over the past decade, Vischer reported St. As the dean of St. What does it mean for the responsibilities that colleges need to take on?” ” How can St.

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AAUP on Florida: authoritarian control wilting higher education

University Business

I’m the faculty advisor for the Federalist Society, for the Law School Republicans, and for the Christian Legal Society. One of his first actions as president was denying tenure to five faculty members and denying the contract renewal of a visiting professor who had been critical of the college takeover. We are in this together.”

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

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Illinois Tech is also one of just 88 institutions named an American Talent Initiative ‘High-Flier’ by the Aspen Talent Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies for ensuring college access and success. Previously, Echambadi served as the dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.