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New presidents or provosts: Alma Folsom Maryland NVCC Purdue St. Thomas TCU

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Hovde Dean of the College of Science and the Miller Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science at Purdue University, in Indiana, has been appointed as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity there. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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IU Bloomington provost goes beyond retention for success

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Now I’m provost, so I’m basically overseeing all of those, plus research and faculty development and institutional infrastructure. To give you one example, we have, and every major institution has, supplementary instruction—free tutoring for, say, math or chemistry or computer science or whatever it may be.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

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The other $100 million will be used to establish the Center for the Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa, a hub for a network of at African universities across the continent that will receive funding for faculty development, cutting-edge technology and engineering programs, and other initiatives. Is this diversity newsletter?: