University Business

JULY 28, 2023

At Wednesday’s National Summit on Equal Opportunity hosted by the Department of Education, presidents, chancellors, provosts, CEOs and secretaries from across the nation heeded Department Secretary Miguel Cardona’s advice to turn this “low point” in higher education into a “turning point.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Levon Esters will become vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of its Graduate School, effective May 1, 2023. Previously, he was coordinator of the Agriculture Teacher Education Program in Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture. “Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

KerryAnn O’Meara will become vice president for academic affairs, provost, and dean of the college at Teachers College, Columbia University, effective Jul. O’Meara was also a 2021-2022 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

George Timmons will become president of Holyoke Community College, pending approval of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, MassLive reported. Dr. George Timmons Timmons is currently provost and senior vice president of academic and student affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. Her father graduated from The City College of New York and her mother graduated from Hunter. “So,

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

By Megan Zahneis Illustration by The Chronicle; Images by iStock The legislation spells out at least 35 positions, from vice provosts to program coordinators, that would qualify as a "diversity, equity, and inclusion officer" and would therefore be banned.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

When President Biden addressed over 32 million viewers for the annual State of the Union (SOTU) last week, he used the occasion to issue a full throttle support for higher education. Sasso, an associate professor of higher education at Delaware State University, an HBCU in Dover. Dr. Royel M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne PHOTO COURTESY OF CUNY Becoming Dean of Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enables Dr. Dara N. Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.”

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

DEI efforts have become a lightning rod for debate in American higher education. For Byrd, this kind of conversation lies at the heart of his goals as vice provost for the Rice’s DEI office. At the private Houston university, officials admit impact is hard to measure — but they also see progress from their work. Alexander X.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 14, 2023

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. When I became provost, I thought, 'I don't know how to be a provost. As she put it, "I really like doing science."

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University Business

MARCH 4, 2024

The University of Florida has officially disbanded all activity related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Ron DeSantis signed a state bill into law that prohibited any expenditures on such programs across all state colleges and universities. A week late, Provost Rahul Shrivastav doubled down.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Elizabeth Dooley is a professor of exceptional student education in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Central Florida College of Community Innovation and Education. She is the academic program director for the Ph.D. Teaching Learning and Development Track.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Dyonne Bergeron will become chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), effective Jul. I’m really excited and honored to have the opportunity to work with brilliant students, staff and faculty at UCI,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

Nwosu Nwosu is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and student success at Herbert H. Lehman College. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Peter Nwosu as the 11th President of SUNY Oswego,” said James McMahon, SUNY Oswego College Council Chair. Nwosu will become president of SUNY Oswego, effective Aug.

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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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University Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But aside from being an effective tool, the advent of the revolutionary technology can help institutions thrive in a changing landscape and improve their commitment to student equity, according to a new report from Complete College America.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Smith Title: Associate Professor of Higher Education; Provost Faculty Fellow, University of Cincinnati Age: 39 Education: B.S., Miller, professor of higher education and public policy at the University of Arkansas, about Dr. Everrett A. Everrett A. psychology, Middle Tennessee State University; M.S.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. This work has never been more important.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? Kimball and Sarah M. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Bartell, Sandra Robinson & Willie McKether Only two-thirds of new college students will complete their degree within six years. For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom. By Denise S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The panel was organized by the Melvin C.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Ted Mason, PhD In the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to ban race-conscious admissions in higher education, experts in the field of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) are at a crossroads. Mason serves as associate provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Kenyon College in Ohio.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

In More Rivers to Cross Part 2 , a confidential survey of Black faculty at both Penn State’s main campus in State College and its branch campuses, found that eight out of ten Black professors experienced racism, and almost half encountered this racism within their first one to three years of service. Dr. Marcus A. Dr. Marcus A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

I remember seeing copies of Black Issues in Higher Education in various administrators’ offices at Albany State, the historically Black university where I was an undergraduate student journalist in the mid-1990s. The IU Higher Education and Student Affairs Program allowed Ph.D. Many of them now work in higher education.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

Jamie Washington — an educator, author, student affairs administrator, pastor, consultant, president and co-founder of the Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI), past-president of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and much more. Lester saw potential in him and invited him to co-lead. That was how Dr. Debra Y.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Anisa Hansen Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Drake University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. Hogan and Viji Sathy.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

But now, with decades of experience in teaching and higher education under his belt, he’s looking at new ways to shape the student academic experience, leading with equity and access in mind. Q: What led you to a career in higher education and, specifically, focused on student success?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Dr. Cady Short-Thompson Short-Thompson is currently CEO and executive director of educational equity at the nonprofit Breakthrough Cincinnati. She previously served as provost at Hope College and dean at Cincinnati Blue Ash College. Cady Short-Thompson will become president of Northern Kentucky University (NKU).

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The PIE News

JUNE 8, 2023

Last month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a mandate into law prohibiting public colleges from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for students, faculty or staff. The law, starting July 1, also limits what public colleges in Florida can teach.

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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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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. Lisa Coleman – Adler University (Ill.)

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University Business

MAY 26, 2023

Before becoming president, at least two leaders have served higher education in an academic or administrative capacity for over 25 years. She oversaw the institution’s transition from a college to a university in 2019 and helped expand its academic offerings and shift its campus operations to one cohesive campus location. “I

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. Five years from now, Byrd and Mason want their membership to reach 100 higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Ruth Simmons, president of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Prairie View A&M University. Experts in higher education, diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated the news, hoping it could signal to other institutions that it is time for more diverse leadership. Player [at Bennett College.]

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