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. She is also a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is a highly regarded educator and researcher in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Michelle Robinson has become senior vice provost for faculty affairs at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as of Feb. Robinson is a proven leader and collaborator with expansive institutional knowledge and extensive experience,” said Dr. Pam Benoit, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges has joined the Institute for Higher Education Policy’s (IHEP) Board of Directors. Dr. Brian K. in English language and literature from Francis Marion University.

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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.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With the institutional mission and priorities in mind, the college’s eLearning Division set the goal to close the equity gap for marginalized groups of people by expanding digital equity and inclusion for all learners. Process and Implementation Institutional leadership embraced the efforts to increase digital equity and inclusion.

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University Business

JULY 28, 2023

At Wednesday’s National Summit on Equal Opportunity hosted by the Department of Education, presidents, chancellors, provosts, CEOs and secretaries from across the nation heeded Department Secretary Miguel Cardona’s advice to turn this “low point” in higher education into a “turning point.”

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Deans for Impact

JUNE 27, 2023

Building and sustaining a culture of equity and inclusion, and dismantling systems that oppress and marginalize. As communities respond to shortages of skilled educators, there is no more crucial time to ensure that we’re building pathways into teaching that are accessible, practice-based, and focused on equitable instruction.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Elizabeth Dooley is a professor of exceptional student education in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Central Florida College of Community Innovation and Education. She is the academic program director for the Ph.D. Teaching Learning and Development Track.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

How to Build a Sustainable Model for Student Equity and Increase Student Success. With this in mind, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte decided to evaluate its institutional policies through an equity lens using EAB’s 360-Degree Student Equity Audit. Were there any other reasons that pushed you to complete this audit?

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

By Megan Zahneis Illustration by The Chronicle; Images by iStock The legislation spells out at least 35 positions, from vice provosts to program coordinators, that would qualify as a "diversity, equity, and inclusion officer" and would therefore be banned.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2023

Responses of Colleges Some educators, however, see ChatGPT as an opportunity, not a threat. Responses of Administrators In higher education, colleges and universities have been reluctant to ban the A.I. Universities are also aiming to educate students about the new A.I. said they planned to embed a discussion of A.I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

When President Biden addressed over 32 million viewers for the annual State of the Union (SOTU) last week, he used the occasion to issue a full throttle support for higher education. Sasso, an associate professor of higher education at Delaware State University, an HBCU in Dover. The speech] was very fiery,” said Dr. Pietro A.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

DEI efforts have become a lightning rod for debate in American higher education. Byrd is having his team in the diversity, equity and inclusion office discuss a divisive debate that erupted at Yale University after a professor portrayed administrators’ guidance against racially offensive Halloween costumes as an affront to free speech.

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EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments. An unfavorable labor market, the rise of distance education, and, of course, a global pandemic, spurred much of this growth. So what programs are presidents, provosts, and VPEMs betting on? Survey Methodology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Harper Harper is currently provost and vice president of academic affairs at CSUB. He is a student-focused leader with a longstanding dedication to educational equity and a demonstrated commitment to institutional achievement through university-wide collaboration.” Harper, Jr. 31, Bakersfield Now reported. Dr. Vernon B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

Nwosu Nwosu is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and student success at Herbert H. Previously, he was provost and vice president for academic affairs at Clark Atlanta University and associate vice president for academic programs and accreditation liaison officer at California State University, Fullerton.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Dyonne Bergeron will become chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), effective Jul. I’m really excited and honored to have the opportunity to work with brilliant students, staff and faculty at UCI,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Pickett was associate provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion and an associate professor of psychology at DePaul University; and associate vice-provost for faculty equity and inclusion at the University of California, Davis. Pickett holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from the Ohio State University and an A.B.

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The PIE News

APRIL 22, 2024

The investment increase includes US$400,000 to establish strategic research partnerships with the global South, focusing on global health, sustainability and education access and equity. The US delegation met Birmingham experts to discuss how the partnership might grow in the future.

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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. O’Meara was also a 2021-2022 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in 2020. O’Meara holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

A Penn State representative said the administration did respond to the reports when they were first published, and the reports became part of their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging inventory from last spring. Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State. Dr. Marcus A. Dr. Marcus A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. The university was founded to close an educational access gap in a major American city not served by a public university. During the same 40-year period, Black enrollment doubled.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom. Recognizing the key role of faculty in this work, we established the Equity Champions (EC) , a faculty community of practice intentionally designed to build relationships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

George Timmons will become president of Holyoke Community College, pending approval of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, MassLive reported. Dr. George Timmons Timmons is currently provost and senior vice president of academic and student affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Dr. Cady Short-Thompson Short-Thompson is currently CEO and executive director of educational equity at the nonprofit Breakthrough Cincinnati. She previously served as provost at Hope College and dean at Cincinnati Blue Ash College. Cady Short-Thompson will become president of Northern Kentucky University (NKU).

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 6, 2024

“Our analysis made clear that SAT and ACT scores are among the key indicators that help predict a student’s ability to succeed and thrive in Brown’s demanding academic environment,” said Provost Francis J. Doyle III, who served as committee co-chair, in a statement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

“At Rice, diversity, equity, inclusion and excellence underscores everything we do. “Like many in the higher education community, the Rice administration is closely following the affirmative action cases before the Supreme Court. “Our admissions office and general counsel are preparing for various outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Dr. Nancy Cantor Rutgers University - Newark The seasoned higher education leader will become Hunter’s 14th president this summer, adding yet another leadership position onto her already impressive resume. “My My term here at Rutgers-Newark is coming to an end,” Cantor told Diverse in an interview on Wednesday.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But aside from being an effective tool, the advent of the revolutionary technology can help institutions thrive in a changing landscape and improve their commitment to student equity, according to a new report from Complete College America.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 21, 2023

The institute is part of "Toward Equity," a three-year strategic plan to improve Dartmouth's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. It's actually designed to educate and include the voice, [the] incredibly important voice, of the Black community. The Office of the Provost at Dartmouth has given $1.3

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Dr. Mary Ann Villarreal Villarreal is currently the vice president for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Utah. I look forward to working with this year’s board members as we begin pursuing the objectives outlined in our new 2023–27 strategic plan, Equity, Innovation, and Excellence.”

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

While international education is a “naturally collaborative endeavour”, the sector must work to make sure cooperation is not stymied as people work in their “institutional” silos, especially on work in diversity, equity, and inclusion, a new report has said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Keona Lewis Keona Lewis has been named assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame. She served as the associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Georgia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Title: Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Distinguished Full Professor, Saint Joseph’s University Stokes is the inaugural associate provost for diversity, equity and inclusion at Saint Joseph’s University. She earned a Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

But now, with decades of experience in teaching and higher education under his belt, he’s looking at new ways to shape the student academic experience, leading with equity and access in mind. Q: What led you to a career in higher education and, specifically, focused on student success?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Dr. Ellen Granberg Granberg is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Previously, she was senior associate provost at Clemson University. In stepping into this role, she will become the first woman to lead GWU. Granberg holds a B.A.

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