Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

Dr. George Timmons Timmons is currently provost and senior vice president of academic and student affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC). He has previously been dean of the School of Liberal Arts and founding dean of online education at Excelsior College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

Beasley is committed to ensuring Trinity receives national recognition as a leader in liberal arts education. She previously served as vice provost for academic affairs, dean of residential faculty, and associate professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses. The institutions share classes, faculty members, administrators and governing board members. Zero students were in the Greek minor.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Justin Schwartz Justin Schwartz – University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder has found its next president, Justin Schwartz, the current executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University. Bergman was the first woman to lead the private liberal arts college when she stepped in in 2014.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

The work was done in collaboration with the provost. Lastly, the private liberal arts school strengthened its athletics department, adding women’s and men’s wrestling, eSports, women’s and men’s lacrosse and other sports. In her last year as president, Ward looks forward to ramping up community outreach efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

McCall is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana. She has also served as associate dean for Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts; dean of arts, humanities and social sciences at the University of Denver; and dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

The conference attendees were a mix of students, faculty, donors, education administrators, and edtech professionals. This suggestion is reasonable given the common occurrence of faculty in the higher education sector being hired without any prior preparation to teach [facilitate learning].

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. ” “I am one of many pretenure faculty who are leaving the college,” Bell said.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

What’s the need: The COVID-19 pandemic spurred an interest in biotech and biomedical careers among Villanova’s students, says Kevin Grubb, associate vice provost of professional development and executive director of the career center at Villanova.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., Some last for days, others for years.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The president-designate was NYU’s Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for Global Programs and University Life for the past decade and is a lifetime member of the school’s senior leadership team. She understands the power of a liberal arts education to create the visionary leaders the world sorely needs.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Faculty trustee Amy Reid reported that 40% of its faculty have left this year. New College cannot escape a litany of controversy since the newly formed leadership took over.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. An FAQ on working at the university says, “PBA does not offer tenure; all beginning faculty sign a one-year letter of agreement.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. The long-lasting effects of COVID-19 policies on the academic marketplace are not yet known.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Students obtain essential networking and community-building skills while developing a sense of leadership that is not informed by “heteronormative and cisnormative practices,” says John Weinstein, PhD, the college’s provost and vice president. The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass.,

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

Prior to Minnesota, Gabel served as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina from 2015 to 2019. Beginning in July, this liberal arts college will be welcoming Dr. Wayne P. He has demonstrated a passion for liberal arts in small college settings like ours.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions. The problem? For example, here are the top-ranked colleges in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. We have a proposal for a graduate certificate program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies that the provost supports. … Newson-Horst is a Spelman graduate who was impacted by Guy-Sheftall and other Spelman faculty who inspired her to take on similar challenges.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

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.,

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

But a combination of competitive pressures, demographic patterns and accreditation requirements in one of its most job skill–focused undergraduate fields has led the private liberal arts institution to create its first-ever master’s degree—and to consider adding others. ” Kelly said.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. Specifically, he oversaw increased diversity among his faculty and staff and created a new cabinet position overseeing DEI and belonging.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

million in faculty salaries while increasing its student-faculty ratio, Allegheny College in Pennsylvania charged a task force with reviewing its academic programs. ” Shi continued, “I wasn’t interviewed or consulted by the president or the provost throughout [the] process, or ever, actually.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. He helped secure admission to the Association of American Universities in June by attracting a solid core of faculty and fostering research opportunities. Alexander Whitaker – King University (Tenn.)

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Below are a few of the key themes that appeared in multiple capstone projects from past participants. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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University Business

MARCH 8, 2024

In McDonnell’s previous roles at UMF in the past 13 years, he’s served as a faculty member, dean and provost. Known for the joyful spirit he has brought to the private liberal arts college, he will fit in well helping build community connections, according to the university.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

News sends a questionnaire to the President, Provost, and Chief Enrollment Officer of each college with a list of all the institutions in their cohort. At Susquehanna, we receive a list of 222 “national liberal arts colleges.” The “expert opinion” category is especially problematic. Each year, U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass., The dean of the Becker School reports administratively to the provost office and is subject to all the normal graduate and undergraduate governance review boards, while the school itself has a designated faculty and its own academic leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In these early days, I am acclimating myself to the institution, evaluating the campus climate, establishing relationships with faculty, staff and students, and becoming more connected with the local community,” says Jaamal. It enables an intentional health focus across the liberal arts and facilitates dialogue on the future of healthcare.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

” Leffingwell is slated to teach at New York City’s New School in the spring—an institution comprised of the Parsons School of Design, a liberal arts college, a performing arts college, the Mannes conservatory and several graduate schools. The institution has a storied history.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Brooke Vick, PhD The organization is a consortium of senior diversity officers from 36 private liberal arts institutions across the U.S. Brooke Vick, PhD The organization is a consortium of senior diversity officers from 36 private liberal arts institutions across the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I see a piece from 2016 predicated on the decline of the number of humanities faculty in which I suggested that the humanities will not be killed as long as humans remain, but the academy may cease to become a good home for them. Unfortunately, hollowing out the faculty has likely degraded this aspect of the humanities experience.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

I’m not referring here to faculty salaries or reduced teaching loads or class size or breadth of programs or extensive support services—all of which are good things (within limits). Invite neighboring faculty and graduate students to participate in campus workshops. Take steps to distribute research funding more equitably.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

percent failure rate for 156 new programs in the liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities. Scott Muir, director of undergraduate initiatives for the National Humanities Alliance, which promotes the value of studying the humanities, described challenges faced by deans and faculty members trying to launch new programs.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

AAC&U – American Association of Colleges and Universities – this is the organization that focusses on liberal-arts education across higher education with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and advocacy on the power of a liberal education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education. Faculty don’t like it. One thing that I would caution against is when we think about the liberal arts and humanities as easy punching bags. But they must stay proactive and transparent.

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