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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.”

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‘House of the Dragon’ Is Obviously a Thinly Veiled Exploration of Academic Politics

Inside Higher Ed

The show you want to watch if you want to understand how a university actually works is HBO’s thinly veiled academic drama, House of the Dragon. From the outside, a university appears to be a coherent organization, much like the image House Targaryen presents to the people of Westeros.

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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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President moves: 2 decade-plus leaders step back after a job well done

University Business

Prior to Tarhule’s recent stint as president, he served as ISU’s vice president for academic affairs and provost for three years, as well as a professor in the Department of Geography. He’s also served high-level academic leadership positions Binghamton University and the University of Oklahoma.

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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

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Embracing Leadership Opportunities From department chair to interim chancellor, President Stokes served in leadership positions at three institutions before joining UNM. I think that's what they were looking for when they named me as interim president.

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Michigan State president out after battle with trustees

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Michigan State University president Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr. However, some individual trustees have previously spoken with news organizations or appeared at a virtual Faculty Senate meeting, and their statements early on indicated a clear division, with some members resisting the move to sack Dr. Stanley.

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Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

“When I came to Empire State University last summer, I said to our chief, ‘Do not worry, you will never hear me say the word crisis or emergency unless people or property are genuinely threatened.’ And he said, ‘Thank goodness, you may be the first university president to speak like that.’”