Deans for Impact

JUNE 27, 2023

United in their shared vision of ensuring all PK-12 students access equitable, rigorous, and affirming learning experiences through well-prepared teachers, our newest cohort of 24 fellows lead educator-preparation institutions and programs spanning across 25 states and DC. John Fisher University Judy A. Abbott , Dean of the James I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Bennett will become dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, effective Feb. in clinical health psychology from Duke, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Morehouse College. Dr. Gary G. Bennett holds a Ph.D. and an A.M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2023

The dean of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music was the first woman in the role and first African American dean at the university in general. Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2023

Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

"The work that we do in the world is so important,” said Kinloch, describing her hopes for advancing equitable policies and practices that benefit students, faculty, staff, communities of people in schools, school districts, and universities around the world. “To Smith University. The individual in that position reports to her.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities.

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University Business

APRIL 29, 2024

The mental health challenges students face are largely derived from the stress they endure relating to academics and isolation. A webinar hosted by TimelyCare last week aimed to tackle some of the main barriers keeping higher education leaders from servicing students in the ways they need most. “What a great time to reach out.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. Our jobs necessarily demand that we’re triangulating between students, professors and others (parents, support offices, health providers, etc.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sacramento State — home to the largest number of Black students within the California State University (CSU) system — is launching what will become the nation’s first-ever Black Honors College. Slated to begin operating in the fall, the honors college will enroll students who have a GPA of 3.5

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

A Stanford University law school dean at the center of a free speech controversy has been placed on leave amid continuing criticism of the March 9 event, at which students shouted down federal judge Kyle Duncan, an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative, who had been invited to speak on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Xavier University of Louisiana, an historically Black university (or HBCU) in New Orleans and top graduator of Black students who pursue medical degrees and doctorates in the health sciences, is partnering with Ochsner Health, the area’s leading medical training center, to open Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Vanderbilt University has announced its work toward establishing a college dedicated to computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and related fields. Dr. Krishnendu Roy The interdisciplinary college will be led by a new dean, who will report to Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. C.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. And she used her visibility as a student leader to advocate for more support services for undocumented and low-income students. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 3, 2023

Birgit Puschner, dean of Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, announced her resignation Monday, effective March 31, citing institutional failures in sexual misconduct investigations and a lack of accountability for alleged perpetrators, according to The Detroit News. Samuel Stanley Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Rutgers University-Newark chancellor and social psychologist Dr. Nancy E. Cantor will soon embark on a new journey to lead Hunter College, the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. This is a magnanimous opportunity for Hunter College,” Eatman said. Both of her parents are CUNY alums.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Exploring Transfer program at Vassar College is a summer intensive that immerses currently enrolled community college students in an academically rigorous environment, providing vital support and encouragement so they can ultimately continue their education at a competitive four-year institution. This is about. —

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Deans for Impact

AUGUST 9, 2022

Deans for Impact · Teaching with a scientific understanding of how students learn. Subscribe: Learning by Scientific Design is a podcast series by Deans for Impact that explores how an understanding of cognitive science, or the science of how students learn, can lead to more rigorous, equitable and inclusive teaching.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

These are the six student-inspired principles that University of Oxford College of Emory Interim Dean Dr. Kenneth Carter has elevated to the faculty level to reignite the community… and it’s working. Oxford College is one of nine different schools that make up Emory University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Vanderbilt University is expanding its nationally recognized no-loan financial aid program, known as Opportunity Vanderbilt. Scholarship recipient families also, typically receive Opportunity Vanderbilt awards greater than full tuition to support housing, food, travel, and other college expenses, according to Douglas L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Jerry Fliger has been appointed president of Bakersfield College. Dr. Jerry Fliger Fliger is currently vice president for instruction at College of the Mainland. Previously, he has served as dean of arts and sciences at Alvin Community College and associate dean at Florida State College at Jacksonville. “Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Yamileth Bazan will become the 30th president of Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. Bazan — whose term begins July 1, soon after the official transition to the new name of Union Adventist University — brings a long legacy of supporting and mentoring students, university leaders, and local church constituents.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

As Dr. Martin Luther King Day approaches this year, colleges and universities across the nation are gearing up once again to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Francis College, in 1964, said Shannon Zlotkowski, assistant provost for DEI at UNE. Johnson, Clayton said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Duke University will be offering full tuition grants to students from the Carolinas with family incomes below $150,000, effective Fall 2023. All qualifying current undergrad will be eligible, and qualifying first-year students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors will receive financial aid statements by Jul.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. IHEP identified these two institutions by using the Equitable Value Explorer , a free, publicly accessible site that analyzes data from colleges and universities across the country. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 6, 2024

For many, that future commences with an anxious summer followed by the start of college. Well before the first college lecture, however, newly enrolled college students should consider a couple questions and a few simple steps that can lower barriers to college success. The who and the what ? and ‘What do I want?’

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University Business

APRIL 12, 2024

Larry Johnson first encountered Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in 2015 as a dean at Broward College (Fla.) when he read the seminal book “Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success.” Johnson is no longer a distant admirer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Kathleen Murray will become acting/interim president of Hamline University, effective Jan. I believe we can work together to build on the university's very strong past to prepare it to thrive into the future," Murray said, referring to Hamline’s students, faculty, staff, and alumni. 1, Star Tribune reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

Smith University (JCSU), effective Aug. Dr. Valerie Kinloch and Trustee Steven Boyd Kinloch is currently the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. One of Kinloch’s goals is to raise the school’s national profile with students, families, and funders. “We

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Image: The University of Wyoming is launching a new program focused on boosting enrollment and graduation rates among rural students in the state. The initiative will provide college-prep training to up to 2,000 high school students selected from 10 rural public schools, funded by a $1.2 million grant from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2023

Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) has received $75,000 to increase retention, completion, and transfer success for male students of color. Within higher education, closing the achievement gap is the conversation most associated with our male students of color,” said MSSI Program Director Dr. Sunni Solomon.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. So why aren’t programs like this one more common?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

University of Maryland campus, Memorial Chapel. The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. The Xfinity Center on UMD campus, formerly the site of Eversfield plantation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

At Georgian Court University (GCU), women leaders are the norm. The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. Increasingly, other colleges and universities are also following in this tradition.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year , and summer sessions have become an essential component of both standard and alternative educational pathways. College credit programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will give Howard University a replacement of actor Hattie McDaniel’s Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. Boseman College of Fine Arts – Howard will host a ceremony titled “Hattie’s Come Home” at its Ira Aldridge Theater Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The American Council on Education (ACE) selected 26 emerging college and university leaders for the 2024-25 class of the ACE Fellows Program. Danielle Egan, dean of the faculty and chief academic officer at Connecticut College. Danielle Egan, dean of the faculty and chief academic officer at Connecticut College.

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