Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Eatman Six new directors and board officers were elected during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, D.C. James Madison University President Dr. Jonathan R. Morgan State University President Dr. David Wilson was elected treasurer.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 8, 2024

Since the eighties, women comprised a majority on college campuses while institutional leadership remained predominantly male. The 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have been released, and analysis reveals that, for the first time, 50 of the top 200 institutions are led by women.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 6, 2024

After months of deliberation, Brown University administrators announced the reinstatement of SAT/ACT testing requirements across the institution. The new policy will launch with next year’s application cycle, effective for the class of 2029. Doyle III, who served as committee co-chair, in a statement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Javier Cevallos Cevallos is currently president-in-residence of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Javier Cevallos has been named to this important leadership role,” said Dr. Mildred García, president and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). “As

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: As Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, seeks to enact sweeping reforms to dramatically reshape higher education in the Sunshine State, students and faculty alike have protested legislation that would ban teaching certain topics, limit institutional authority and undermine tenure protections.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 11, 2024

Raritan Valley Community College President, Michael McDonough, has been selected to serve on the Presidents’ Council of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge in 2024. Brad Mortensen, president of Weber State University, will chair the council.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 14, 2023

Leadership Opportunities Are Everywhere For most of her years working in higher education, Chancellor Larive was more interested in being a faculty member and lab administrator than moving into campus leadership. When I became provost, I thought, 'I don't know how to be a provost. We do that every day at universities.

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The transformation of Higher Education institutions has been an ongoing journey, gaining momentum due to the sweeping changes triggered by COVID-19 and a growing awareness of existential threats like climate change, inflation, housing insecurity, and institutional discrimination. My story is not uncommon.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

Building institution-wide trust is essential, especially on the accelerated timeline of an interim leadership position, so Chancellor Reyes described his shortcut: "I immediately asked the president to allow me to get a provost colleague, Karen Colley , to become the interim provost. I think it's very valuable.

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University Business

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Thomas Burns had built himself quite the seniority and reputation at Belmont University in Tennessee. As the provost of the private liberal arts school for nine years until 2022, Belmont’s enrollment grew by more than 2,000 student,s and he helped oversee the merger of two other postsecondary institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

Over the past few weeks, higher education has seen students vehemently express opposition to Israel’s ongoing military operations in Palestine, transforming campuses to protest zones. Protests on college campuses are not new. Overnight, police cleared the tent encampment. They’ve historically been present.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Even as Webster University was losing tens of millions of dollars a year, its top leaders received five-figure raises, boosting their pay to among the St. Louis region’s highest-paid college leaders.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

12 December · Episode 185 AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education 49 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blogs Two ways to improve support services for adult learners with learning disabilities In our new survey , 100% of university presidents and provosts identified graduate and adult learner enrollment as a priority. Dyslexia, Executive Functioning Disorder), your university’s support services could make all the difference.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Image: When Glynis Fitzgerald was named the College of Saint Mary’s first new president in 26 years last November, the Roman Catholic women’s college seemed to be set to continue the work of the outgoing president, who was widely credited with helping to grow enrollment and pull the Nebraska institution out of deep debt.

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University Business

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Graduate school enrollment has been a bright spot for many universities in recent years but leaders may not be able to hang all their financial hopes on continued growth. All of the presidents—and almost all of the other leaders surveyed by EAB—said increasing graduate and adult enrollment is a priority. Nearly one-third of U.S.

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University Business

JULY 31, 2023

Following the California State System’s high-profile hire of Mildred García as chancellor over two weeks ago, two major university presidents at Texas A&M and Stanford caught the national radar following their high-profile resignations. Saint Mary College In a more peaceful leadership transition, Jason Adsit of Mt.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Two University of Louisiana System leaders have changed the state’s dynamic in the past two weeks as they pursue new opportunities within the state’s framework, which has drawn some pushback. Not so long ago, Murray had retired from the presidency at Whitman College (Wash.)

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

23 article in The New York Times , “ How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life ,” which chronicled how universities have signed lucrative contracts with sports betting companies to promote online gambling to their students and campus communities.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Three college administrators—including one president—will be coordinating goodbye parties at their current institutions as they prepare to move on to bigger opportunities elsewhere. Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college.

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University Business

MARCH 22, 2024

Alger has long established a strong commitment to civic engagement among student as well, becoming one of the first recipients of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Standout Campus President Award for increasing student voting rates. Education leaders within AU and beyond have responded quite positively to Alger’s appointment.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

26 December · Episode 187 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions 55 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Grade given by Deb Maue: A.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Embracing Leadership Opportunities From department chair to interim chancellor, President Stokes served in leadership positions at three institutions before joining UNM. I think that's what they were looking for when they named me as interim president. My parents had high school degrees but didn't talk much about college.

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

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

As higher ed nears the looming enrollment cliff , colleges and universities looking to drive enrollment growth must identify more pathways for students to obtain a college degree, especially in the case of first-generation students. She started her education career in K-12 and moved to community college leadership.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Image: If the Biden administration wants to create a list of “low-financial-value” postsecondary programs, it’s going to have to overcome stiff opposition from the higher education lobby, which decried the plan as a slippery slope, problematic and potentially dangerous.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 30, 2024

30 January · Episode 192 Strategic Presidential Communication in Higher Education 42 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton This episode addresses the required strategic presidential communication training, planning, practice, and consequences for presidents and boards.

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University Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

And the most recent smattering of presidents to soon depart is a stark reminder of that. Of the four college and university presidents whose run will end this academic year, only one is retiring on satisfying terms. Naval War College (R.I.). – Occidental College (Calif.)

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University Business

JULY 20, 2023

The University of Minnesota and Carnegie Mellon University—two R1 research universities—and the highly selective private liberal arts college Wesleyan University have rendered a student’s connection to alumni irrelevant when considering their application. to 30.8%.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Perspectives of a long-time R1 / AAU president that current presidents can put into use to overcome current challenges in higher education. In this episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton invites Dr. Brit Kirwan back to discuss the dynamic and challenging landscape of higher education.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JANUARY 19, 2024

Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed A Conversation With Lisa Vollendorf, President, SUNY Empire State bridget Thu, 01/25/2024 - 06:00 Image Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom At the University Innovation Alliance (UIA), we like hearing the thoughts of higher education leaders at all levels of experience.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 22, 2022

With the health of American democracy hanging by an unraveling thread, our old approaches to civic education are woefully inadequate to combat this existential threat. I have been a participant and leader in higher education’s civic engagement movement for more than two decades. Work in this area has become mainstream.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2023

29 August · Episode 170 Improving Presidential Tenure and Effectiveness in Higher Education 30 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Insights for universities to cultivate longer and more impactful presidential tenures, resulting in greater stability, improved institutional performance, and strengthened relationships.

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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. Kauvar, and E.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. Now, many of these presidents are departing just as new challenges are emerging. years in 2006, 6.5

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