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New presidents or provosts: Bates Northwest Missouri Pacific Siena SCSU Teachers

Inside Higher Ed

Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert , associate dean of the faculty at Scripps College, in California, has been selected as provost and executive vice president of University of the Pacific, also in California. Pattee Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, has been chosen as president of Bates College, in Maine.

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Career Q&A: UT Knoxville's vice provost for student success

Inside Higher Ed

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. At UT, my job would be much more difficult if I didn’t report to the provost.

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The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments

EAB

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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Patricia Timmons-Goodson Appointed Dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I’m very elated that former North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson will be joining our team at NCCU and look forward to working with her and her team as we advance the mission of the law school by preparing a significant cadre of the nation’s future jurists,” said Dr. David H. Jackson, Jr.,

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Budget issues at UK law school cause it to fall out of compliance with American Bar standard - MONICA KAST, Lexington Herald Leader

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The College of Law is compliant with all other standards for accreditation, and will remain accredited throughout the process of addressing its compliance, according to an email sent from Provost Robert DiPaola to students and faculty.

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How admissions offices worked around court rulings and tech trends to uphold core values

University Business

We will follow the law,” wrote University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and Provost Ian Baucom in a statement on changing admissions practices. “We ” It plans to alleviate this tension by “emphasizing diversity and inclusion, ” reflecting “the true nature of contemplative education.”

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

John Karl Scholz (Photo: UO Website) With experience as a professor, economist and provost (which he currently still serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), his focus at Oregon will be student career readiness and postgraduate success. As the provost of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.,