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
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.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 2, 2023
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine hired an associate dean for faculty affairs to work with junior faculty to ensure they meet important milestones toward promotion. Junior faculty are also paired with senior faculty to help them navigate the early career process.
UW Presidential Blog
MAY 26, 2023
His legacy of bravery and commitment to a society founded on equality and justice lives on in so much of the work and leadership happening across our institution today. Dean Eddie Uehara, who is stepping down as Dean of the School of Social Work after an extraordinary 17 years at the helm, was the first Asian American woman to be a UW dean.
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.
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
MARCH 15, 2023
He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. If you have a hospital and college of medicine , it adds an important dimension to the job that's hard to visualize.
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