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Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Glover Announces Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before taking over the presidency at TSU, Glover had served on the faculty at Howard University and was the dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University. HBCUs remain at the frontline of educating students who need access to the transformative power of higher education despite discriminatory funding.

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Acting Temple University President, DEI & Civil Rights Advocate Dies Suddenly

Insight Into Diversity

Epps had served as the acting president of Temple since only April, but she was a longtime staple of the Philadelphia campus. Hundreds of students, alums, faculty, staff, and Temple community members gathered on campus Wednesday to hold a vigil in honor of Epps and her dedication to the university. Attorney Jacqueline C.

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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

We’ve also seen a succession of extremely short-lived presidencies, at universities including Auburn, Central Florida, Colorado, Louisville, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Tulsa and Wyoming, no doubt partly because fewer presidents are hired without sufficient vetting or due diligence or faculty and student input.

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President moves: Big time hires, retires and 2 leaders crash out

University Business

Welsh stepped in to lead the R1 university four months ago after an interim dean’s botched hire infuriated community members and caught heavy press. Prior to his appointment, Welsh served as dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service. Christine McPhail – Saint Augustine’s University (N.C.

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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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Trends 2024: Which universities will place greater emphasis on critical thinking?

University Business

Students’ ineptness in critical thinking—along with oral communication, problem-solving and analytic reasoning—is not a short-term trend. But that’s insufficient,” says Doris Zahner, adjunct associate professor at New York University, Columbia University and Barnard College. About a fifth of all U.S.

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Canada: CBU limits int’ls on post-bac streams

The PIE News

Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia is putting a limit on the amount of international students it takes into its post-baccalaureate programs as recruitment drives proved “too successful”. In addition, 85% of the international students enrolled are from India.

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