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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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After two decades of working in higher education, Shrivastav is championing student success in academics at the University of Indiana Bloomington as the college’s newest provost. Prior, he served as vice president for instruction at the University of Georgia. It’s an order of magnitude bigger responsibilities. Share here.

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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

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That “ elite universities operate on the principle of self-interest above all else ,” and their top priority is to preserve their prestige and brand. That college teaching remains largely what it has always been: an amateur enterprise that fails to take into account the insights of the learning sciences.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

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Image: Carnegie Mellon University–Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, is the only American campus on the entire continent. million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa. As of now there are seven universities participating in the program; CMU hopes to grow that to 10.