University Business

APRIL 23, 2024

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s testimony on Capitol Hill last week , followed by the arrest and suspension of over 100 pro-Palestine student demonstrators, has ignited a new wave of fiery campus protests across some of the country’s most reputable schools, including Yale, MIT and NYU.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

The Academic Engagement Network is partnering with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in a new project to reignite the historic alliance between the Black and Jewish communities in combating rising antisemitism and find ways to counter prejudice and hate facing Blacks and Jews. Black and Jewish communities in the U.S.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. The University of Arkansas, for example, has welcomed a record number of students this school year, topping 32,000. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2023

Racial hiring practices in college athletics saw minor improvement but gender hiring practices declined, according to the 2022 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card (CSRGRC) from the University of Central Florida (UCF). Notably, HBCU athletic departments have high percentages of both ethnic minorities and women.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

Najam Haider, chair of religion at Barnard College, a private women's liberal arts college that is part of Columbia. Universities have long been sites of student political expression and protest, said Barnard history professor Dr. Premilla Nadasen.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 26, 2023

When it comes to hot button issues, should institutional leaders speak out or remain neutral? Multiple university presidents issued public statements condemning the attacks. There is a long history of university leaders not being neutral,” noted Tomasi. “In

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Image: Scholars in Florida are angry, disappointed and divided over a recent joint statement , signed by Florida College System presidents, promising to “not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in critical race theory or related concepts.”

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Williams School of Law is now called the University of Richmond School of Law. Williams, who attended the institution from 1846 to 1849 when it was Richmond College, was a trustee and a benefactor whose gift helped establish the law school. ” Editorial Tags: History Racism Virginia Is this diversity newsletter?:

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University Business

JANUARY 12, 2024

Leadership at Harvard University will get to test their equanimity after a headline-worthy shakeup that shot one of the world’s most prominent institutions of higher education into the defensive on the first days of 2024. Air Force colonel, has tendered his resignation as president of Norwich University.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2023

Despite recent efforts to raise state funding for higher education and consolidate public universities, its public university system and state-related institutions are desperate for more financing to curb Pennsylvania’s rapidly declining student enrollment and intimidating college costs. compared to 11.3%.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Unpacking the AAUP Report: A Critical Look at Political Interference in Florida’s Higher Education The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently released its comprehensive report titled “ Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System.”

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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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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 3, 2023

Image: While campus sustainability efforts have steadily grown over recent decades, COVID caused a pause at many institutions. Nelson recalls how one institution with a ban on Styrofoam ordered a product that met sustainability guidelines, but Styrofoam got delivered instead. Now campuses have begun refocusing on sustainability.

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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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The PIE News

MARCH 7, 2024

Speaking with The PIE as the Task Force on Expanding United States-India University Partnerships, formed by the Association of American Universities, visited the country, the president of Tufts University reiterated a focus on the bilateral relationship. “I “It’s been a productive trip in India.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College. I am also lucky to be an Honorary Fellow of this institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Edward Montgomery, president of WMU. "He He is a proven scholar who also has been elevated to leadership roles at major public universities in three states, including at Kentucky's flagship institution. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The report comes at a time when colleges and universities across the country are excavating their pasts and working to publicly acknowledge and correct for their roles in historic wrongs. Colleges have renamed campus buildings and programs in efforts to atone for past connections to problematic campus leaders and donors.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 25, 2023

25 April · Episode 152 How to Attract and Inspire Underrepresented Students: Lessons from Lucy Cavendish College 37 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Replicate the highly successful Cambridge Lucy Cavendish College model in the US to attract and enroll underrepresented students. Roundabout Now, a boot camp program similar to U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 22, 2022

Ironically, we fear being seen as political, while institutional leadership is politicized. Leaders in higher education regularly renewed calls for civic and service learning through a series of reports and exhortations, even as American society, its institutions and the nature of political conflict underwent dramatic change.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Image: For decades, Jewel Bell was a staple of King University, a small Christian college in Bristol, Tenn. She was a confidante for students and later a gatekeeper to the president’s office. “To have that history about the people, institutions and events right outside my door was phenomenal,” he said.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Knight Commission had CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) perform some projections that are featured in a new report that looks at the top 54 public institutions’ football programs, particularly in regard to the incoming revenue from college football playoffs and new lucrative conference media contracts.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

He also led the school through seven of its largest freshman enrollment classes in Langston’s 126-year history. steps down at a time when Langston’s total enrollment has been steadily declining for the past decade, like other regional colleges in the state. Previous to that at Saint Paul College (Minn.)

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 23, 2023

But the liberal arts are currently under fire in higher education, with Marymount University in Virginia recently eliminating nine such undergraduate degrees. The cultural domain consists of the arts and religious and sports institutions because they are all part of the public arena. The liberal arts isn’t limited to the humanities.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

On Monday, the Republican from Nebraska traveled to Gainesville to see the campus and meet with members of the university community. During his trip, Sasse repeatedly sought to draw a line between his career as a politician and what he sees as the “consensus-building” role of a university president.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

And just this week, Cabrillo College in California announced it would change its name to distance itself from Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, an explorer who used slave labor and whose expeditions “set the stage for colonial conquest of California,” according to a report by the committee that studied the name.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

College-educated voters, once solid supporters of the Republican Party, now overwhelmingly favor the Democrats. Different polls and exit polls reach slightly different conclusions about the size of the Democratic advantage with college-educated voters. One major focus will be the curriculum of public colleges and universities.

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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. Historically, high presidential turnover has had detrimental effects on academic institutions.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

The Supreme Court’s long-awaited decisions on two cases that would implicate the fate of race-conscious admissions at public and private institutions’ undergraduate levels finally came out last week. But Wesleyan University President Michael S.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 22, 2023

President turnover is a major problem for higher ed leadership, with the average tenure of leaders serving in this capacity at one institution declining sharply from 10 years to a shocking 3.7 Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the University of Maryland mathematics faculty for 24 years.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. Dr. Daria J.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JANUARY 19, 2024

Lisa Vollendorf ’s first presidency, she brings more than a quarter century of perspective and experience at public institutions. Sonoma State University ran an emergency operations center for ten days straight. During that time, the institution was threatened. And this puts a lot of pressure on us to up our game.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He also described the positive climate that can grow from shared leadership experiences and institutional data, and the importance of maintaining professional respect even during episodes of profound disagreement. Brian Blake sat down with us to discuss his first year at Georgia State University. Click here for the full audio.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

He also described the positive climate that can grow from shared leadership experiences and institutional data, and the importance of maintaining professional respect even during episodes of profound disagreement. Brian Blake sat down with us to discuss his first year at Georgia State University. Click here for the full audio.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

He discovered his passion for student affairs first serving as a resident advisor and as a graduate hall director at Miami University Ohio, and he went on to develop his craft in a pair of institutions in Maryland. Before Alverno College, Foy served as Dean of the Faculty at Marian University in Wisconsin from 2018 to 2020.

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EAB

APRIL 17, 2023

Here are four components of a successful health care administration program—and profiles of five institutions succeeding in this market. Specifically, our research team examined two institutions (i.e., Methodology Our researchers investigated five different programs, chosen based on high completions (e.g., on campus, online, hybrid).

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