Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

On the flip side, another president didn’t make it into his first year before resigning, and one president of a major university left following two “embarrassing” mishaps. More from UB: Higher fees for higher ed: How schools are combatting newly proposed tuition hikes Retiring presidents Kent J.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

Over the past two weeks, the higher education landscape has seen a handful of shifts in school leadership. Several presidents who decided to hang up their cleats and move on were lauded for their accomplishments, while others… not so much. First-time president Xavier A. Located in Melbourne, Fla.,

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

The Path From College to Careers. President Blake has proposed a four-pillar strategy for the shared aspirations of Georgia State: research and innovation; student success; college to careers; and identity and placemaking. So my college-to-careers pillar is all about creating that ecosystem here. Adding the Human Element.

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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. Among the slate of presidents to announce their plans to retire in the next year, all three double as school alumni. Ron DeSantis and his plan to re-envision education in Florida.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

If you have a hospital and college of medicine , it adds an important dimension to the job that's hard to visualize. And so, shadow the budget officer of the university. When I became an associate dean, he said, 'Make sure that you ask everyone in your teams if you're doing something wrong.' Sit down with the lawyers.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

The past week saw a top 10 research university gain its first female president and a pair of small private schools electing new leadership. She was the first woman president at Minnesota, and the same is true at Pitt where she will be serving as the 236-year-old school’s 19th chancellor. She starts in July.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As colleges and universities welcome students back to campus this fall, the news about the future of higher education could not be more dismal. ” We think the higher education landscape is brighter, assuming colleges and universities make some strategic adjustments.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It’s hardly a new observation that, in corporatespeak, colleges and universities are ailing companies. As Temple University president Jason Wingard writes , our attrition rates would send a corporate entity into meltdown. The school newspaper, and then a national journal, picks up the incident.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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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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. But Wesleyan University President Michael S.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

However, in this episode of the Weekly Wisdom Series , we spoke with President Casey Sacks , who began working at West Virginia’s BridgeValley Community and Technical College after serving two years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the U.S. We got $3 million that none of the other colleges got.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Leading With Informed Optimism While President Randall was appointed to his current position in August 2021, making him a relative newcomer compared to many other higher education leaders, he's hardly a newcomer at the University of Utah. Randall is the 17th president of the University of Utah.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Image: For decades, Jewel Bell was a staple of King University, a small Christian college in Bristol, Tenn. She was a confidante for students and later a gatekeeper to the president’s office. So through Jewel, we’re really connected with the school well into the early 20th century, which is amazing.”

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We asked how she’s met these opportunities: “When I think about my role as Provost at Florida State University , at that point in my career, I was not at all certain that I wanted to be a university president. My parents had high school degrees but didn't talk much about college.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. Is the college ready?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Last week Matt Reed (“Confessions of a Community College Dean”) lamented unused funds given by donors in his post “ Dead Money.” I don’t even think an old-school Ed Anger Weekly World News wacko politics-laden rant would do the trick for me when it comes to this subject. Blog: Just Explain It to Me!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey Lincoln University In an email sent on the day of her death , Candia-Bailey, who served as vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, a historically Black university, accused Dr. John Moseley, the university's president, of harassment and bullying. “You

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 9, 2023

Micro-credentials are also money-making opportunities for colleges and universities that can help address deficits and fund other pursuits. The more time that was taken to incorporate the multiple voices of the university community and design the program, gives more value to the micro-credential. And you hit it on the head.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

She recalled: “Coming out of World War II and the internment camp, my father’s family had no money, so he put himself through college, working three jobs. He would drop off his homework, stay for tests, and then drive off to his next job so that he could pay for college and graduate as an electrical engineer. She holds a B.A.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Schooling opportunities for children may be non-existent in some locations, apart from international schools, ranging from merely pricey to eye-wateringly expensive. Dr. Taylor served in a variety of higher education positions ranging from faculty, academic administration, accreditation commissioner, and university President.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. colleges and universities. Meanwhile, political appointees only view their schools as political tools. from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Koricich earned a Ph.D.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 25, 2023

25 April · Episode 152 How to Attract and Inspire Underrepresented Students: Lessons from Lucy Cavendish College 37 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Replicate the highly successful Cambridge Lucy Cavendish College model in the US to attract and enroll underrepresented students. Roundabout Now, a boot camp program similar to U.S.

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EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

This is not to say that universities and colleges have not been delivering online education for a very long time. But I think all of that context really matters if you're a university or a college leader today and you're trying to answer the question of do I go this alone? CH: Okay, so why does 2011 matter?

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EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

This is not to say that universities and colleges have not been delivering online education for a very long time. But I think all of that context really matters if you're a university or a college leader today and you're trying to answer the question of do I go this alone? CH: Okay, so why does 2011 matter?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 25, 2023

So maybe I'm a student, cafeteria worker, professor, or dean. The biggest killer of innovation initiatives is when the university president or CEO or business unit leader charters a person or a group and says, 'You are my discovery group. and three master’s degrees from Columbia University. How do I test it?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 14, 2023

Before McCombs, Elissa was Assistant Director of the MBA Program at Texas A&M University’s Mays School of Business. Elissa’s knowledge is drawn from her experience as assistant dean and director of the MBA program at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

University Diversity and the Drive for Inclusive Campuses of Tomorrow In the wake of SCOTUS’ ruling against Affirmative Action in college recruitment, higher education institutions are struggling to identify alternative ways to diversify their student bodies. This move couldn’t have come at a worse time.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. ” An official of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression wrote a letter to university president Sylvia M.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Creating a Clear Pathway to Community College Using the Common App, CSCU created a legislature-driven, GPA-calibrated automated admission program that will be implemented at the state’s 17 technical schools and CSCU’s 17 community college campuses. Both institutions are part of the City University of New York.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) has recently issued a statement on board independence and leadership, marking a critical moment for academic institutions. 00:31:48] Drumm: Mary, welcome to the show. [00:31:49] 00:31:49] Mary: It’s great to be here, Drumm. There we go.

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Helix Education

MARCH 31, 2023

Susan Aldridge : In just the last two years there have been over 80 college or university closures, and in this post-pandemic environment, with the COVID funds that sustained a number of universities ending, we’re looking at the real fiscal challenges at some of our institutions. That isn’t a small number.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JANUARY 19, 2024

She went on to explain how this has been detrimental to institutions’ ability to deliver on the promise of public higher education: “We do not have full transferability at most institutions, so students leave behind on average 40% of their credits when they go from a community college to a four-year institution.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2023

Brit has served as chancellor at the University System of Maryland for 13 years, president of The Ohio State University for four years, and president of the University of Maryland College Park for 10 years. If you want to find a good dean, you look for a good department chair. My encore performance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Across the country, we are confronted with the challenges of extreme polarization, perhaps no more intensely than on our college campuses,” said UC President Dr. Tensions surrounding this most recent conflict – which has resulted in thousands of deaths, mostly of those in Palestine – have flared student protests and hostility at colleges.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

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.

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