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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering. That began my pathway forward and my love of engineering.”

Engineering

Engineering Leadership Provost Deans

Welcome Tricia Serio, our next UW Provost and Executive VP

UW Presidential Blog

MAY 17, 2023

It is my great pleasure to announce that Dr. Tricia Serio has accepted the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. As Provost at UMass Amherst, she launched and led initiatives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for faculty, staff and students.

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Provost Equity Scholarship Inclusivity

Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. ” But the letter does discuss the dean situation. It’s adding them July 1.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Provost Retention Deans

Dr. Anne S. Pruitt-Logan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

During her 17-year tenure at Ohio State, she also served as associate dean of the graduate school, associate provost and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. Following her 1995 retirement from Ohio State, she served for eight years at the Council of Graduate Schools as dean in residence, then scholar in residence.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Engineering Organization Advise Technology

President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

Ennis will be leaving his current post at Coastal Carolina University as provost and executive vice president for a challenging position at Delta State University in Mississippi. In his time at Coastal Carolina, enrollment grew and their first-year retention rate bumped up 6%, totaling 73%, according to AP News. He received his Ph.D.

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Law School Deans Faculty Administration

Survey: Campus facilities' impact on student success

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Joel Frater, who serves on the Society for College and University Planning Council, has seen how campus design, including functionality and flexibility, links to retention. That goes for buildings and their surroundings, says Frater, dean of student services at Rochester General College of Health Careers.

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Facilities Students Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts

Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Women have been making crucial contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since long before STEM was an educational buzzword. Dr. Roberta Rincon, associate director of research for the Society of Women Engineers, agrees. People learn that through who they know, who they interact with,” she says.

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Equity Engineering Faculty Department

Student Lifecycle Strategies for Enrollment and Retention: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 150 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amrit Ahluwalia

The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 11, 2023

Amrit discusses the most effective ways in which schools can engage with students and alumni and how to define specific tactics and priorities that will improve enrollment and retention. At “retention,” you assume that the individual has completed the credential that they enrolled for. Loyalty” is executed on the back of retention.

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Retention Students Model Higher Education

TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Today we welcome leaders from Texas Southern University who share what they learned through their efforts to get people processes and technology working together at TSU to improve student retention and boost enrollment. So give these folks a listen and enjoy. Joanie Garcia: Hello and welcome to Office Hours with EAB. JG: Absolutely.

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Students Technology Advise Faculty

Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

When it’s all political appointees, they see it as a political tool rather than as an engine for a region or state. You finally go from provost or dean to having president or chancellor in your title, which makes the next president or chancellor position easier. They can’t but see it objectively. Andrew Koricich 34:37 Yes.

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Institution Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Higher Education

Building a Sustainable Higher Education Model: CSCU’s Partnership for Workforce Readiness: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 175 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Terrence Cheng

The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Learn how CSCU’s unification of its once-siloed community college is building a sustainable higher education model and helping improve retention and enrollment. Learn how CSCU’s unification of its once-siloed community college is building a sustainable higher education model and helping improve retention and enrollment.

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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Welcome Tricia Serio, our next UW Provost and Executive VP

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

Dr. Anne S. Pruitt-Logan

A Continued Commitment to Community

Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

Survey: Campus facilities' impact on student success

Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Student Lifecycle Strategies for Enrollment and Retention: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 150 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amrit Ahluwalia

TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

Building a Sustainable Higher Education Model: CSCU’s Partnership for Workforce Readiness: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 175 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Terrence Cheng

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