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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

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Dr. 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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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

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Title: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Drexel University, Jointly Appointed, History and Africana Studies, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 42 Education: B.A., Ramos, jointly appointed in History and Africana Studies, serves as an assistant professor in the Department of History at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

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These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but there is still a first time for everything: Mount Holyoke (Mass.), Norbert College (Wis.) and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schools’ histories. Norbert College all fall somewhere around 2,000.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

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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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Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora

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Dartmouth College has launched the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life (IBICL), a research center focused on the study of the Black diaspora. The institute is part of "Toward Equity," a three-year strategic plan to improve Dartmouth's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

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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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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

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Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders. Sherri Charleston studied the intersection of U.S.