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Affirmative action reaction: Higher ed leaders weigh in on Supreme Court’s decision

University Business

But Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth and Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez, Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, find the ruling tone deaf. Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based non-profit, filed a lawsuit against Harvard on these grounds.

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

Insight Into Diversity

As a tenured full professor of political science, a former director of graduate studies and admissions, dean, and now vice president for diversity, I view the crisis of Black faculty and staff retention in the Academy as a quiet earthquake — slowly moving beneath the ground, embodying the terrors that make academic life untenable.

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Is higher ed burning—or bright? (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As colleges and universities welcome students back to campus this fall, the news about the future of higher education could not be more dismal. Using philanthropic dollars from corporate donors, his institution created Finish Strong scholarships for students who had not completed their programs and were within two semesters of graduating.

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Employee retires after 70 years

Inside Higher Ed

“If they did say something, they would’ve been taken care of by the dean and president,” Bell said. ” Bell’s time at King has included a myriad of honors, from awards for distinguished service to a campus street and scholarship bearing her name. She has a Ph.D. There’s no doubt about it.”

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Resuscitating Dead Money

Inside Higher Ed

Last week Matt Reed (“Confessions of a Community College Dean”) lamented unused funds given by donors in his post “ Dead Money.” ” He wondered what could be done about funds (especially scholarship dollars) whose restrictions make them impossible to use. Blog: Just Explain It to Me!

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Framework Leadership: An Innovative Approach to Higher Ed Growth: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 151 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Kent Ingle

The Change Leader, Inc.

I became the dean of the College of Ministry and Theology at Northwest University in Seattle, Washington. I served there for about six years and then became the president of Southeastern University. Drumm McNaughton 04:29 Being in the ministry, you have to ask good questions. Then I went into higher education.

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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.

He recently led a project to develop a data-driven metric for identifying rural-serving institutions (RSIs), and he has been invited to speak by a number of organizations, including the American Association of State Colleges & Universities, National Scholarship Providers Association, and the Oregon Community College Association.