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

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Roach Dean of the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, has been chosen as president there. Vischer , interim president and former dean of the law school at the University of St. Daniel Pullin , John V. Thomas, in Minnesota, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Patrick Wolfe , Frederick L.

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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. In the vast majority of schools in the country, when we talk about student success, we talk about graduation rates and retention rates and DFW [D, F and withdrawal] rates, stuff like that.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

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The graduate school has offered two-year master’s degrees through CMU’s renowned college of engineering since 2011. million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa. Image: Carnegie Mellon University–Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, is the only American campus on the entire continent.