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ACE Names 26 Emerging Higher Education Leaders

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ACE Fellows Program boasts having strengthened institutions in American higher education since its 1965 inception. Danielle Egan, dean of the faculty and chief academic officer at Connecticut College.

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To note, this is not the first time GCU has had an all-women deanship, said Dr. Janice Warner, provost of GCU. Warner, a former GCU School of Business dean herself, said that during her time as dean, all three of GCU’s academic deans were women then as well. So this is not something that is really abnormal or different.

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Universities are ousting their mental health directors

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Image: Like many institutions aiming to better serve student mental health needs, Wright State University in Ohio is redesigning its counseling center. Wright State dean of students Chris Taylor announced Rando’s termination in a one-paragraph email to the Division of Student Affairs staff on Feb.

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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

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For example, what difference does a population of 1,500 students at one institution make in the grand scheme of higher ed? Those students can always go to a larger institution. Imagine how much poorer our industry would be without just this one institution that apparently knows how to inspire a love of education.

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Renaming of the Presidential Citation to the Anne S. Pruitt-Logan Presidential Citation

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She later held the positions of Dean of Women and Dean of Students at Albany State College in Georgia and in a similar position at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. During her years at Fisk, her students helped to institute the Student Sit-ins and Freedom Rides that galvanized the non-violent Civil Rights protests.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

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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Survey: Campus facilities' impact on student success

Inside Higher Ed

30% of students say poor maintenance, cleaning or overall building conditions have had at least some impact on their ability to learn. Image: A common concern among campus facilities directors has long been not having a seat at the table of top institutional officials. Don’t give up that seat. ” COVID Clean.