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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Ebony McGee To explore these questions, we published, Factors Contributing to Black Engineering and Computing Faculty’sPathways Toward University Administration and Leadership , where we interviewed 21 Black engineering and computing faculty members who transitioned into administrative leadership roles in their colleges and universities.

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Texas A&M President Dr. M. Katherine Banks Resigns Amid Controversy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Texas A&M University President Dr. M. During a meeting with the Faculty Senate, Banks had said that she was sorry that McElroy would not be joining Texas A&M and that she was embarrassed by how the school handled the situation. There had been a breakdown in communication during the hiring process.

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Co-Chairs Named to Southern Regional Education Board Commission on AI and Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Henry McMaster and Marshall University President Brad D. Members from each of SREB’s 16 states will include leadership from governors’ offices, state education and workforce agencies, K-12 educators and leaders, postsecondary faculty and leaders, and business executives, managers, and engineers. South Carolina Gov.

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AntiSemitism? Setfanik Hearing Targeted Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What better way to bring about the attack but in a hearing with three elite university presidents? Indeed, on one major cable network, the talk was on how the hearings showed why the public has lost faith in higher ed, which has become home of dogmatic ideology and social engineering, not academic merit.

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U of Arizona professors say they're blackballed from service

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Professors at the University of Arizona are demanding information regarding an alleged list of faculty members deemed too troublesome to serve on a key faculty governance committee. CAFT is charged with dealing with faculty employment concerns and internal grievances.

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The divestment problem

University Business

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s testimony on Capitol Hill last week , followed by the arrest and suspension of over 100 pro-Palestine student demonstrators, has ignited a new wave of fiery campus protests across some of the country’s most reputable schools, including Yale, MIT and NYU.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

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Schwartz’s current duties at Penn State have made him an indispensable candidate for a university president who beat out over 90 other applicants for the job at CU Boulder. Her wealth of professional experience was her 26 years working as an engineer and senior executive at a medical device company.