University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Dr. Ben Vinson III Vinson – a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America – is currently provost at Case Western Reserve University. Howard, as a school, has “serious momentum,” and will rise to the upper echelon of research universities, Vinson said. Ben Vinson III will become president of Howard University, effective Sept.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Hired Trevor Bates – Mercy College of Ohio Trevor Bates Mercy College of Ohio has announced Trevor Bates as its next president.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Esters have written an important and useful historiography of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities was published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Esters and Gasman are quick to point out that HBCUs, like colleges and universities in general, are not monolithic.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 28, 2023

Means Coleman, PhD, Vice President & Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, and the Ida B. Coleman implements diversity accountability processes by working collaboratively with Northwestern’s 12 schools and colleges on three campuses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

She is currently executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, the first Black to hold that role in the school’s history. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice and vice provost. Melissa Gilliam Boston University Photography Gilliam, 58, is no stranger to firsts. Gilliam holds a B.A.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school.

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, and at this moment in the history of higher education, small colleges could use one. I think it is easy for lawmakers, the media, and even large sectors of higher education to dismiss small colleges. What is the real impact if a few small colleges close?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

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. They collaborate on projects that improve access to graduate school for under-resourced students and students of color.

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University Business

JANUARY 26, 2024

Hired Lynne Coy-Ogan – Husson University (Maine) The board of trustees at Husson University has selected Lynne Coy-Ogan as its next president, marking the first female to lead the institution in its 125-year history. The university’s college of law officially gained accreditation under Mong’s tenure as well.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. In New York City?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The school is one of only 21 institutions that qualifies for federally designated funding as an Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian serving institution. Without full disaggregation of student population data, the stories, history, and culture of Native Hawaiian students, faculty, and staff can often go unseen in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% noted they received unfair treatment from school administrators. About 45.5%

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As legislative attacks continue to threaten the rights and protections of LGBTQ+ students, an innovative new program at Bard College at Simon’s Rock aims to empower them with the professional and social capital to lead the charge for a more inclusive future. The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass.,

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. She also served on the Board of Trustees for BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii and Ensign College in that role. Frank Sánchez – Manhattanville College (N.Y.) Anne Houtman – Earlham College (Ind.)

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. In addition to these cuts, one lecturer was not reappointed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In April 2023, Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, passed a significant threshold. The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx. Manhattan College has been classified as an emerging HSI for years, says Roy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

At the time, Darling-Hammond was an endowed professor at Columbia University, Teachers College. Howard’s successor will be Dr. Janelle Scott, a professor in the School of Education and African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Most of the officers were primarily white males, which was typical at the time.”

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University Business

JULY 31, 2023

Erica Muhl – Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music’s Board Chairman Martin Mannion announced that Erica Muhl would not be returning as president following a mysterious leave of absence she took in June. . Saint Mary College In a more peaceful leadership transition, Jason Adsit of Mt.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Byrd, former special advisor to the provost at Georgia State University (GSU), said that institutions are struggling to diversify their faculty. who recently appeared on a panel sponsored by Diverse at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in San Francisco. asked Byrd.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Failed searches for college presidents are now commonplace. Given the pay, benefits and prestige, candidates for college presidencies aren’t in short supply. It’s exceedingly rare to see college presidents portrayed as visionaries, change agents or creative thinkers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Graves remembers being a young student in public school, looking forward to the third Monday of every January as a day off. Every King holiday is a day out of school, without intentional reflection,” said Graves. “At Crawford, director of The King Collection at Morehouse College. Dr. Vicki L. King spoke about,” said Bush.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Dr. Claudine Gay is making history. Ruth Simmons, president of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Prairie View A&M University. Supreme Court case Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard College , which could end affirmative action, the consideration of race in admissions. Bacow on July 1, 2023.

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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? The very question—posed by educational historian Bruce A.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. He is co-editor of The Christian College Phenomenon: Inside America’s Fastest Growing Institutions of Higher Learning (2011).

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Susquehanna President's Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Some Musings on College Rankings College rankings continue to proliferate, and in many cases muddy the waters for prospective students and their families. News sends a questionnaire to the President, Provost, and Chief Enrollment Officer of each college with a list of all the institutions in their cohort. Each year, U.S.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to the letter, she will continue to serve as president until the end of the academic year to allow for a “seamless transition” to the school’s next leader. Johnson took the helm at the height of the pandemic in August 2020, leading the school through a challenging period in history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Morgan State University, the largest of Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and universities, is thriving. At that time, they transition to either a professional advisor in their school or major or mostly to faculty advisement.” with some college and no degree. million has been allocated to start the new college.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

“Faculty need to be clear when they are working with students that one of the primary limitations of AI, generative AI, and LLMs is they are crowdsourcing information — by definition, providing for you a majoritarian view of the world,” says Dr. Inara Scott, senior associate dean in the College of Business at Oregon State University.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

Over the past two weeks, the higher education landscape has seen a handful of shifts in school leadership. Some individuals decided to assume the presidency at another school and one who took a step down to pursue their dream job. First-time president Xavier A. Cole, will become the president of Loyola University New Orleans.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

He served as chancellor of the University System of Maryland (USM) for 13 years (2002-2015), president of the Ohio State University for four years (1998-2002), and president of the University of Maryland, College Park for 10 years (1988-1998). I had the great good fortune to, graduate from college, the University of Kentucky.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Photo by Trevor Hawks | Michigan State University College of Education Dr. Jerlando F. I wanted to be a dean at a college or school of education that mattered.”

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