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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.” history.

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Bolton graduates miss out on top jobs because of prejudice, says vice-chancellor

The Guardian - Higher Education

George Holmes says employers favour applicants from better-known institutions, as he plans to change university’s name Students from non-Russell Group universities miss out on high-powered jobs because of prejudice by employers, the vice-chancellor of the University of Bolton has said as he prepares to rename it the University of Greater Manchester.

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Was 2022 a bumper year for books about education?

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Nigel Thrift, The Pursuit of Possibility: Redesigning Research Universities – The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick takes aim at research universities for being too big, too focused on students and too uninterested in grand ideas. And if the government won’t do it, universities should.’

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Defending DEI: University Leaders Share Lessons Learned and Strategies for Moving Forward

Insight Into Diversity

In response to relentless anti-DEI measures, over 200 former college, university, and system heads have joined forces as the Champions of Higher Education coalition, an initiative created by PEN America , an organization that unites writers and their allies to celebrate free expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.

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Florida's college presidents stay silent on major reforms

Inside Higher Ed

Image: As Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, seeks to enact sweeping reforms to dramatically reshape higher education in the Sunshine State, students and faculty alike have protested legislation that would ban teaching certain topics, limit institutional authority and undermine tenure protections.

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UVA students speak out against new board member

Inside Higher Ed

That’s how the University of Virginia’s student government, student newspaper and a student group, the University Democrats , have described a new member of the university’s Board of Visitors, Bert Ellis, in separate but critical statements over the last several months. Image: Reckless. Reprehensible.

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