Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

But the university paused moving forward after board members, alumni and others expressed reservations about the May 4 donation, which drew national attention as one of the largest ever for one of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities. I just want to thank her as we move forward for the outstanding job she has done.”

Provost 111

Provost University Deans Schooling 111

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Williams spoke to Inside Higher Ed about her career journey, managing her own professional development, the value of the student success offices housed within the provost’s office, and how others can position themselves as student success champions. While we had some challenges early in the program, it’s thriving.

Provost 98

Provost Professional Development Students Recruitment 98

UW Presidential Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

For more than four years, Mark Richards has served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs with distinction. As I shared at the time of his announcement that he would step down at the end of his term, our entire University owes Mark a debt of gratitude for his excellent work and impact as provost.

Provost 52

Provost Inclusivity Advise Engineering 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Fredrick Muyia Nafukho will become vice provost for the University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel. It is the conviction to create a better world together that excites me about this role. I am honored to partner and collaborate with the diverse, creative and talented faculty, professional staff and student body.

Academic Personnel 94

Academic Personnel Provost Leadership Humanities 94

UW Presidential Blog

MAY 17, 2023

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.

Provost 52

Provost Equity Scholarship Inclusivity 52

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Image: An English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University said his teaching contract has been put on hold after complaints about his instruction on race and racism. 15, I concluded a class and walked out of the classroom to find the provost and the dean of the school of liberal arts and sciences waiting for me,” Joeckel wrote.

Liberal Arts 101

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Deans Provost 101

The Chronicle of Higher Education

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It is time to shift how higher ed talks about, pays, and makes use of presidents, provosts, and deans who return to the faculty. By Lisa Jasinski It is time to shift how higher ed talks about, pays, and makes use of presidents, provosts, and deans who return to the faculty.

Administration 90

Administration Provost Deans Faculty 90

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

MAY 11, 2022

I have previously blogged about doctored program information submitted by four prominent universities—Rutgers University, Temple University, Claremont McKenna College, and Iona College. The university gave false information about standardized testing, student debt, grade point averages of admitted students, student-faculty ratios and more.

University 100

University Organization Deans Schooling 100

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.

Deans 110

Deans Provost Arts And Sciences Department 110

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

I think about my response to this in two ways. One represents the trends and challenges most of us in academic libraries are reading about. Is that latest trend you read about feasible for your library? That interaction taught me a lot about how people view leadership. Especially about higher ed.

Deans 103

Deans Leadership College Advocate 103

MindMax

DECEMBER 15, 2022

What do higher education leaders worry about the most? Former Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Emeritus Dean of the School of Professional Studies at Brown University Gary W. Former Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Emeritus Dean of the School of Professional Studies at Brown University Gary W.

Higher Education 223

Higher Education Education Deans Model 223

Economics and Change in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

An administrator at University of North Carolina at Greensboro is stepping down to protest the way the public institution is going about eliminating 19 academic offerings. UNCG is seeking to drop a range of undergraduate and graduate offerings, including bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and religious studies.

Administration 59

Administration Arts And Sciences Deans Provost 59

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Ben Vinson III Vinson – a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America – is currently provost at Case Western Reserve University. There are so many things about Howard right now that really distinguish it as what I would call a fast-moving locomotive train,” Vinson said. But the presidency does come with some hurdles of its own.

Arts And Sciences 105

Arts And Sciences Deans University Provost 105

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. To note, this is not the first time GCU has had an all-women deanship, said Dr. Janice Warner, provost of GCU. Back in 2014, the number of women deans was just one.

Leadership 109

Leadership Deans University Provost 109

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. A new dean, Joseph Aistrup, was appointed.

Arts And Sciences 107

Arts And Sciences Provost Deans Administration 107

Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The measures come after Bradley University President Stephen Standifird informed the campus this summer of a $13 million shortfall, which amounts to about 10% of the college’s operating budget. At the time, he warned the deficit would persist if the university didn’t make cuts.

Faculty 59

Faculty Provost Deans University 59

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. Getting outside of Academic Affairs, I think, would be very, very helpful for provosts, for vice chancellors as well."

Leadership 84

Leadership Provost Deans Policy 84

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 7, 2023

Dr. Pardis Mahdavi Mahdavi served as provost and executive vice president at the University of Montana most recently. Previously, she was acting dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and director of the Pacific Basin Institute and dean of women at Pomona College.

Deans 83

Deans University Humanities Provost 83

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Stanley left that year after arguments with trustees and the handling of a Title IX report involving then-business school dean Dr. Sanjay Gupta. 13 on-campus shooting and scrutiny in a March report about her reasons for dismissing Gupta. Samuel Stanley.

Engineering 81

Engineering Deans University Provost 81

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

In 1998, he began teaching at the University of Alabama, and then joined the University of Cincinnati in 2002, where he rose to full professor, department head, associate dean for graduate studies and research, and ultimately dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Engineering 112

Engineering Leadership Provost Deans 112

Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Gilliam, an accomplished scholar, research scientist, and physician, currently serves as the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University. Gilliam holds degrees from Yale University, the University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health.

Medical School 105

Medical School Empower Provost Deans 105

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words. In many cases, partners jointly completed a project that benefitted both institutions. Below are a few of the key themes that appeared in multiple capstone projects from past participants.

Arts And Sciences 52

Arts And Sciences Provost Retention Deans 52

MindMax

DECEMBER 15, 2023

One thing I love about this conference, hosted by UPCEA, is that it attracts a broad cross-section of higher education professionals: everyone from deans and provosts to higher ed marketing and enrollment management specialists. A user doesn’t have to navigate to a new web page unless they explicitly want to learn more.

Humanities 130

Humanities Provost Retention Deans 130

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2023

About three-quarters of the materials budget goes to ongoing subscriptions, the bulk of which are scholarly journals, while the other quarter is spent on one-time acquisitions, such as new books. then versus about 1.5% How is the story of institutional spending on libraries changing?

Deans 100

Deans Allocate University Provost 100

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Throughout her long and storied career in higher education, Cantor has served as a department chair at Princeton University and has been a provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan. I believe firmly that it isn't about the individual's achievement.

College 114

College University Equity Leadership 114

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Nine out of ten raise their hands,” said Jean, assistant provost for special programs at MSU. Dr. Daniel Jean, assistant provost for special programs at Montclair State university. His untimely death is a stark reminder about the importance of our work,” said Jean. “It

Provost 104

Provost College Deans Organization 104

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

But this month, a private Christian university’s provost and dean told him his contract renewal for next year would be on hold while they investigated the unit, Joeckel said. A decision about Joeckel’s employment will be made by Mar. 15, according to a PBA letter sent to him.

Provost 89

Provost Deans University Equity 89

UW Presidential Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

I’m also delighted to be working with several new UW leaders including Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Tricia Serio , Dean of the School of Social Work Michael Spencer and Dean of the School of Pharmacy Jayanth Panyam as they begin to their first academic years at the UW.

Deans 59

Deans Provost Schooling Leadership 59

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation The best recent show about academia over the past few years is not The Chair , although it was pretty good. The provost of House of the Dragon , otherwise known as the Hand of the King, has the almost impossible job of keeping the knights (faculty) happy and the place running more or less smoothly.

Academia 97

Academia Deans Provost Leadership 97

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2022

” The report says, “The white man archetype of presidential leadership perpetuates racial inequity by sending racialized messages about who can and should apply for a college presidency” and by “positioning white men as the ‘natural’ choice.”

Provost 66

Provost Deans Leadership Department 66

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities , published by Johns Hopkins University Press, provides personal anecdotes from past and present HBCU students and leaders about the critical role that these storied institutions have played throughout history. But the book is not merely an exercise in nostalgia.

Leadership 120

Leadership History Environment Provost 120

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. Claudine Gay, president-elect of Harvard University. Dr. Claudine Gay is making history. Bacow on July 1, 2023. The job will be challenging for anyone, but especially when you’re the first Black woman in that role.”

Postsecondary Education 137

Postsecondary Education Arts And Sciences Deans Leadership 137

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

Strayhorn, vice provost and interim dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Virginia Union University. "I prefer to lean into hope rather than despair," said Dr. Shawna Patterson-Stephens, v ice president for inclusive excellence and belonging at Central Michigan University. "Our The panel was organized by the Melvin C.

Arts And Sciences 95

Arts And Sciences Students Inclusivity Higher Education 95

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

As vice provost of student academic success and enrollment management at James Madison University in Virginia, Molina approaches student success from a curricular perspective, focusing on student learning experiences and how educators can best support their students. We also work with the summer and winter sessions.

Administration 98

Administration Provost Advise Students 98

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

Arts And Sciences 124

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Schooling Computer Science 124

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

And faculty members say this year’s event was going to feature the provost, Heather Coltman, playing piano, something the last event’s committee rejected. In addition, other experts such as our distinguished guest speaker were involved in the discussions about the event.” 9 resignation letter says.

Provost 100

Provost University Faculty Organization 100

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Necessary infrastructure to support interdisciplinary programs August 9, 2023 Kimber McKay Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Montana The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. Learn more about the program and future cohorts.

Provost 52

Provost Leadership Allocate Department 52