Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 24, 2023

Yale University recently announced changes to its mental health policies in an effort to better support students in crisis. The Ivy-League institution will now allow students struggling with mental health problems to take a leave of absence and return to the university when they are ready, The Washington Post reports.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2024

Rochon has been appointed to serve as president of California State University, Fullerton. Rochon holds a bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee University and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He did doctoral work in educational policy studies. Dr. Ronald S.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

political science, Stanford University; M.A., sociology, Stanford University; and J.D., Yale Law School Career mentors: Amna Akbar, The Ohio State University; Guy-Uriel Charles, Harvard Law School; and Devon Carbado, UCLA. Title: Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Tenured: Yes Age: 38 Education: B.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Test-optional admission policies have resulted in increased application numbers and student diversity at many business schools, according to a recent report by the MBA Roundtable and Wiley. Due to test-optional policies, application volumes to business programs rose for most respondents, the study found.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The University of Houston (UH) has retracted a policy requiring theater students to wear vests while rehearsing scenes outdoors, a move put in place after campus police drew a gun on a Black student while he was rehearsing, the Texas Tribune reported. 30 email to students.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

A Stanford University law school dean at the center of a free speech controversy has been placed on leave amid continuing criticism of the March 9 event, at which students shouted down federal judge Kyle Duncan, an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative, who had been invited to speak on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2024

Manuel Martínez has been named president of Dominican University New York. Dr. Manuel Martínez “I am so honored and grateful to be chosen as the next president of Dominican University New York,” said Martínez. Martínez will be the first layperson to lead the university in its 72-year history.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Span has been appointed dean for the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. He served as a professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he holds a doctoral degree. Christopher M. Span Christopher M.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. I applied to non-tenure-line teaching positions, linguistics-adjacent orgs and a bunch of university admin jobs. I babysat for the dean of students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

At this crucial moment for higher education, returning to the public sector to lead one of the top research universities in the world — including one of the 10 largest academic health systems — is an exciting opportunity and a great honor for me,” said Frenk. And he served as dean of the Harvard T.H. His UCLA appointment begins Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Barber II has been appointed founding director of Yale Divinity School’s (YDS) new Center for Public Theology and Public Policy. He will also serve as professor in the practice of public theology and public policy. John's University, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

Yale University has made major changes to its medical leave policy that will allow students struggling with mental health problems to take time off—rather than withdraw—and to return to campus when they’re ready, without reapplying, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

“It’s spring break,” Mity Myhr, professor of history and associate dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at St. Edward’s University, said last week when asked whether faculty members at the private nonprofit Texas institution were discussing the even more sophisticated AI tool.

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WCET Frontiers

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Many institutions have struggled to develop institutional-level policies. In a spring survey administered by WCET, only eight percent of respondents reported that their institution had developed and/or implemented at least one AI-related policy. The initial focus of campus policy discussions has centered on academic integrity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2023

will become provost at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Jun. Previously, he was dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice and senior adviser to the provost on Diversity at Penn ; junior fellow in Harvard University’s Society of Fellows; and assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

Guardia has been named vice president for student affairs at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. He served as assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. in educational leadership and policy studies from Iowa State University of Science and Technology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year. She cited several reasons for the decision to leave the position, including her belief that the university is in good shape and a desire to spend more time with her family. That number is now over 60%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Carolyn Gentle-Genitty Carolyn Gentle-Genitty has been appointed dean for the new Founder’s College at Butler University. She served as assistant vice president for university academic policy and professor in the School of Social Work at Indiana University. in social work from Indiana University.

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Deans for Impact

MAY 2, 2023

She’s a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, leading a team of 30 student, staff, and faculty researchers through the Cognition, Learning, and Development (CLAD) Lab. That directly aligns with the Deans for Impact goal here, right? Want to learn more about the ATTN or our policy framework ?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

She told education professors and deans that the work that they’re doing at the higher education level, is helping by preparing future teachers and ensuring that they’re ready for the demands of a future workforce ready to meet the challenging needs that face education today. Why are we creating more barriers for students?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Clinton … is one of the world’s foremost experts on public policy and international affairs,” SIPA Dean Dr. Keren Yarhi-Milo said in a statement to the SIPA community. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton – a former senator, First Lady, presidential candidate, and U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Jennifer Jones Austin has been appointed a visiting scholar at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. It’s also why I am excited for the opportunity to work with Dean Lindsey and his colleagues at NYU Silver during an inflection point for both the profession and society. Lindsey, dean of the NYU Silver School. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

John Karl Scholz will become president of The University of Oregon (UO), effective Jul. Dr. John Karl Scholz Scholz is currently provost and the Nellie June Gray Professor of Economic Policy at University of Wisconsin-Madison. in economics from Stanford University. Treasury Department from 1997-1998. Scholz holds a B.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Two Houghton University employees were fired after not following the school's email signature guidelines on pronouns, USA Today reported. The Christian university cited the two’s “continued use of pronouns, and [their] email signature and violation of institutional policy after [they] had been asked to remove them.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Esther Jones Dr. Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Before her latest post, Jones served in various leadership capacities including as an associate provost in the Office of Faculty Affairs at Clark University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 7, 2023

Pardis Mahdavi will become president of The University of La Verne, effective Aug. Dr. Pardis Mahdavi Mahdavi served as provost and executive vice president at the University of Montana most recently. and master’s in sociomedical sciences and anthropology as well as a master's in human rights, all from Columbia University.

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Deans for Impact

MARCH 8, 2023

Every university is different…Every district [has a] voice we listen to. ITI ed-prep programs NIU, Illinois State University, and Southern Illinois University are currently participating in DFI’s Aspiring Teachers as Tutors Network (ATTN) and contributing to a policy framework for scale and sustainability, planned to release later this March.

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Deans for Impact

MAY 9, 2023

Deans for Impact partnered with Instruction Partners to reflect on the importance of fostering a continuum of support for pre-service and in-service teachers to enact evidence-based early literacy instruction. Austin State University (SFASU). “We Read more about in-service support on the Instruction Partners blog.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Jose Coll will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at Western Oregon University, effective June 30. Dr. Jose Coll He is currently dean of the School of Social Work and interim dean of the College of Education at Portland State University. Coll was also a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

KerryAnn O’Meara will become vice president for academic affairs, provost, and dean of the college at Teachers College, Columbia University, effective Jul. in English literature from Loyola University in Maryland, an M.A. in higher education from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. O’Meara holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

University of Florida (UF) faculty have expressed worry about a new regulation that would allow college deans to review employment of tenured faculty every five years instead of seven, The Gainesville Sun reported. The Florida Board of Governors will meet in January to discuss the new policy.

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HEPI

JUNE 6, 2023

On the website of nearly every university, you will find an explanation that the institution is a charity. And why are universities not generally talked about as charities, in the same way as, say, Oxfam or Macmillan Cancer Support? Of course, the fundamental question is whether all our not-for-profit universities are charities at all.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

vandenBerg will become president of Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), effective Jul. in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Public Affairs with concentrations in nonprofit management and public policy analysis from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and a B.A.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

Image: Reports of a planned merger between two of Japan’s most prestigious universities, which come only months after a shift in government policy to reward top research performers, have prompted speculation in academe over whether there could be more such moves in the making. Oberlin University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Hicks is a tenured full professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University, where he has served as a dean for the Clemmer College of Education and Human Development. in counseling and counselor education and higher education from North Carolina State University.

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