Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The 2023 American College Presidents Study (ACPS) was released with sadly predictable results. The ACPS, conducted by the American Council on Education and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) Institute, found that 61% of college presidents surveyed were men, and 46% were white men.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

At The Presidents Dinner in Washington, D.C., last week, 15 college presidents gathered with national media outlets to engage in organic conversation about higher education and some of today’s most pressing issues. But Union College President David R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2023

Brown University President Dr. Christina H. Paxson received the 2023 TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. She has also led efforts for The Brown Promise , which replaces loans in financial aid packages with grants that do not have to be repaid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Paul LeBlanc During his tenure as SNHU’s fifth president, the school grew from 2,500 students to the largest nonprofit higher ed provider in the U.S., with more than 225,000 learners. He also for a time served as senior policy adviser to Under Secretary Ted Mitchell at the Obama-era Department of Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Langston University President Dr. Kent J. Smith, the leader of Oklahoma's only historically Black college and university (HBCU), has announced his retirement, KOSU reported. My family and I have thoroughly enjoyed the years spent at Langston University. My children have grown up on our campuses," Smith wrote. "In

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Higher Education Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

By Devorah Lieberman As we approach the end of 2023, in an era marked by heightened challenges around the world, it has never been more important for university presidents to serve as steadfast institutional leaders during times of crisis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

At one point, a college education was seen as the ticket to career success and advancement, but we live in a capitalist society, and we know what happens when money is at stake,” Wingard wrote in a 2022 opinion piece.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Javier Cevallos was recently appointed president of the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI). Dr. Javier Cevallos Cevallos is currently president-in-residence of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Academe Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

MAGA superstar Elise Stefanik made mincemeat out of Ivy League college presidents Claudine Gay of Harvard, Liz Magill of the University of… BY ALAN SINGER An earlier version of this blog post appeared on the Daily Kos. We are reposting it here with permission of the author.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Across the country, we are confronted with the challenges of extreme polarization, perhaps no more intensely than on our college campuses,” said UC President Dr. Michael Drake. Last December, Congress questioned the presidents of several high-profile universities about potential antisemitism on their campuses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2023

He cited personal reasons for his leave, according to Vermont State Colleges spokesperson Katherine Levasseur. “As Parwinder Grewal Grewal’s departure comes after less than a year in the leadership role. We appreciate you spending the time with us and working so hard.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

As of May 7, Dr. Ivy Taylor, president of Rust College, is no longer with the school, bringing an end to her almost three-year tenure as the institution’s head, Mississippi Today reported. Dr. Ivy Taylor It is unclear whether Taylor – appointed in June 2020 as the school’s first female president – stepped down or was fired.

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Higher Education Today

MARCH 6, 2023

Jack This blog post is part of the American College President Study body of work generously supported by the TIAA Institute. ACE will release The American College President: 2023 Edition on April 14. By Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar and Laura H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Supreme Court heard arguments regarding race-conscious admissions policies, higher education stakeholders gathered to discuss the barriers keeping more women and people of color from becoming college and university presidents. Those figures mirror the realities of California’s public institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2023

Lindenwood University in Missouri is expanding its reach with the acquisition of for-profit Dorsey College, a vocational school in Michigan, the St. Lindenwood Education System, the parent entity for Lindenwood University, is the official purchaser in the deal, and the two institutions will maintain separate accreditation.

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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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Academe Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

BY JONATHAN REES The key part of what the AAUP Redbook has to say about the role of faculty in the selection of a new university president is in the Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities: “Joint effort of a most critical kind must be taken when an institution chooses a new president.

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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

JUNE 29, 2023

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is hosting its second annual trip to Israel Jul. 7-15, the goal being to build capacity, establish relationships with Israeli educational institutions, and expand student and faculty opportunities. Williams TMCF President Dr. Harry L. Morgan State University President Dr. David K.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The University Budget Committee held the first meeting of the academic year presenting budget cuts to all six colleges and a 25% cut to faculty affairs. These are people,” said San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney. “We I don’t want to minimize how hard it is to resize.

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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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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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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.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Alabama State University’s Department of Athletics has announced its plans to launch a competitive women's flag football program in the 2024-25 academic year. The program will be the first at a Division 1 historically Black college or university, according to officials.

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MindMax

DECEMBER 5, 2022

How can higher ed institutions teach students the value of persistence? In the latest installment of our MindMaxing podcast series, “Adolescence to Adulthood,” Lynn University President Dr. Kevin Ross addresses the importance of making colleges and universities safe spaces for students to try, fail, and try again.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 11, 2023

11 October · Episode 176 How CSCU is Building Strong Institutional Foundations 27 Min · By Show Up Strong Online In Part 2 Chancellor Terrence Cheng of CSCU delves into building strong institutional foundations, bridging K-12 to higher education, ensuring equity, and the future of online learning. Every campus is different.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

University of Utah is showcasing the value of academic diversity after the state’s passing of HB 261 , which “prohibits an institution of higher education from establishing or maintaining an office… [that] is referred to or named diversity, equity, and inclusion.” HB 261 goes into effect in Utah July 1, 2024.

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University Business

OCTOBER 27, 2023

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. Now, sometimes my work is having lunch with people and getting them to love the college,” he says.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 8, 2023

The university delayed it late last month, and advocates don’t buy its reasoning for doing so. In 2019, the chair of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of African American Studies asked a panel of four Virginia college and university presidents whether their institutions required a course on race and racism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Welch has been named president and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). He will succeed Dr. Mildred Garcia who left the organization in October to become chancellor of the California State University system. Dr. Charles L.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 17, 2022

It’s an innovative approach to a growing trend at colleges and universities: making naloxone widely accessible across campus, and training as many students as possible to use it. Opioid use is fairly low among college students as a whole—according to a 2021 survey by the American College Health Association, only 0.5

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University Business

MAY 16, 2023

As the Spring semester ends, administration across Florida’s public colleges and universities will have to work quickly to descale most programs or resources related to diversity, equity and inclusion. And that has no place in our public institutions. On Monday, Gov. ” However, a U.S.

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University Business

APRIL 17, 2023

For all the analysis of what’s changed in higher education following the pandemic, the current presidential landscape is a reminder that some patterns are hard to shake despite world-altering events, according to a new study from the American Council on Education and the TIAA Institute.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. colleges and universities. Appointing too many alumni members complicates the board’s ability to view the institution objectively.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And with an increasingly high number of professional accrediting bodies now touching and impacting many colleges and universities, now is the time for higher ed leaders to strive to support and understand how accreditation can improve overall to strengthen post-secondary education even more. There’s a lack of transparency.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Other changes, including some college students being denied access to post-graduation work permits and dependants of students not having access to open work permits, are also set to be included. Particular colleges do not offer the same student and housing supports that public ones do, the president added.

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