Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

George Washington University President Dr. Ellen M. Granberg commits herself to building on the institution’s legacy in education, research, and scholarship as well as its notable patient care and service. She led, too, as the senior associate provost and associate provost for faculty affairs at Clemson University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Mark Becker plans to leave his role as president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) at the end of the year. “I He served more than a decade as president of Georgia State University. Becker noted that his entire adult life has been tied to APLU.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 14, 2023

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. There is some bureaucracy to running a university. When I became provost, I thought, 'I don't know how to be a provost.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 8, 2024

The 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have been released, and analysis reveals that, for the first time, 50 of the top 200 institutions are led by women. Even among the 70% of higher ed leaders that are male, just 7% are Black, 6% are Asian, and 4% are Latino.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Javier Cevallos Cevallos is currently president-in-residence of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Javier Cevallos has been named to this important leadership role,” said Dr. Mildred García, president and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). “As

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 16, 2024

Drake University says it has a "focus on financial sustainability" while looking to streamline curriculum, but potentially at the cost of 13 academic programs.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Bradley University, a private Illinois nonprofit, rolled out plans this week to potentially eliminate over 20 academic programs and cut 68 faculty positions. At the time, he warned the deficit would persist if the university didn’t make cuts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Tuskegee and Auburn Universities have agreed to collaborate on partnership expansion between the schools and community outreach. Auburn President Dr. Christopher B. Roberts and Tuskegee President Dr. Charlotte P. Keith Hargrove. “By

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The transformation of Higher Education institutions has been an ongoing journey, gaining momentum due to the sweeping changes triggered by COVID-19 and a growing awareness of existential threats like climate change, inflation, housing insecurity, and institutional discrimination. My story is not uncommon.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Even as Webster University was losing tens of millions of dollars a year, its top leaders received five-figure raises, boosting their pay to among the St. Newly obtained financial records show that the university lost more than $128 million over the past decade, including $25 million in each of the past two reported years.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

Assuming the Mantle of Interim University Leadership When Chancellor Reyes first considered filling the top leadership vacancy, his expectations were somewhat different from what actually happened: "My idea at that moment was, we're going to be a strong team and we're going to be leading the university as a 'we,' not necessarily as an 'I.'

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

8 August · Episode 167 Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success 43 Min · By Drumm McNaughton As higher ed faces enrollment challenges, fostering diverse pathways for first-gen students creates new opportunities for driving enrollment growth. She presented her findings to the two other university leaders on campus.

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University Business

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Graduate school enrollment has been a bright spot for many universities in recent years but leaders may not be able to hang all their financial hopes on continued growth. All of the presidents—and almost all of the other leaders surveyed by EAB—said increasing graduate and adult enrollment is a priority. Nearly one-third of U.S.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about the mindset of accepting new leadership challenges, the responsibilities of institutional leaders as employers, required skills for effective leadership, and navigating the small world of higher ed. I think that's what they were looking for when they named me as interim president.

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University Business

MARCH 22, 2024

Hired Jonathan Alger – American University (D.C.) Following a successful 12-year presidential stint at James Madison University in Virginia, Jonathan Alger is packing his things and moving into D.C. to lead American University. Catherine University (Minn.) Alger leaves JMU in great shape. Marcheta Evans – St.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

All three presidents who announced retirements in the past two weeks served at their institutions for more than a decade, which is a promising sign considering recent surveys found presidential tenures dwindling to less than six years. Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Almost the entire department of world languages is set to be cut at West Virginia University – in what stakeholders are calling a “bloodbath” – leading to a vote of no confidence in the university’s president. Last month, it was announced that under president E.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

23 article in The New York Times , “ How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life ,” which chronicled how universities have signed lucrative contracts with sports betting companies to promote online gambling to their students and campus communities. Nowhere has this been more evident than in a Nov.

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University Business

JULY 31, 2023

Following the California State System’s high-profile hire of Mildred García as chancellor over two weeks ago, two major university presidents at Texas A&M and Stanford caught the national radar following their high-profile resignations. Katherine Banks – Texas A&M University M.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Perspectives of a long-time R1 / AAU president that current presidents can put into use to overcome current challenges in higher education. In this episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton invites Dr. Brit Kirwan back to discuss the dynamic and challenging landscape of higher education.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Melissa Gilliam – Boston University (Mass.) Beginning July 2024, Melissa Gillam will become Boston University’s first Black and female president as she reaches a new milestone in her career in higher education, championing student support and diversity. Her current tenure sits at five years. Martin, Sr.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Brian Blake, President, Georgia State University. Higher Ed Leadership. Brian Blake on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast as he approached his one-year anniversary of becoming President at Georgia State University. Georgia State University. Brian Blake , President, Georgia State University. Grady Bogue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

8, has sparked a national conversation for higher education to dramatically improve its treatment of Black women. John Moseley, the university's president, of harassment and bullying. “You You had no intention of retaining me as the (vice president of student affairs),” she wrote in the email. “It

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EAB

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The pandemic changed the landscape for many industries, and higher education was no exception. I know from experience that being an enrollment manager is challenging, but now it's even harder than before.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The pandemic changed the landscape for many industries, and higher education was no exception. I know from experience that being an enrollment manager is challenging, but now it's even harder than before.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. A case in point is West Virginia University, which recently contended with a staggering $70 million deficit.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In my own case, I came onto the academic job market in the early 1980s, a time of severe global recession when jobs in many fields, including higher education, were scarce. I ended up as the secretary to five university committees in my second administrative position, only two of which related closely to my job description.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2022

At the State of the University address Monday, Missouri State University President Clif Smart said the academic budget will be cut by $5 million for the 2023-24 year. Smart will work with executive vice president Zora Mulligan and interim provost John Jasinski to identify how much will come from different parts of the budget.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 22, 2023

Drumm McNaughton discusses the challenges facing university presidents and why their tenures have become so short with a nationally recognized authority figure who has one of the best track records and overall experience under his belt to speak on such a topic, Chancellor Emeritus Dr. William E.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

On this Weekly Wisdom Podcast , we spoke with Dr. Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). needs most from higher education: “Today's learners require innovation, and solutions we were using yesterday are not effective anymore.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

On this Weekly Wisdom Podcast , we spoke with Dr. Shonda Gibson , Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). needs most from higher education: “Today's learners require innovation, and solutions we were using yesterday are not effective anymore.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

However, in this episode of the Weekly Wisdom Series , we spoke with President Casey Sacks , who began working at West Virginia’s BridgeValley Community and Technical College after serving two years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the U.S. Dr. Sacks holds a Ph.D.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

Its decisions to rule against affirmative action have struck a nerve with higher education leaders. But Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth and Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez, Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, find the ruling tone deaf.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

Over the past two weeks, the higher education landscape has seen a handful of shifts in school leadership. Several presidents who decided to hang up their cleats and move on were lauded for their accomplishments, while others… not so much. Cole, will become the president of Loyola University New Orleans.

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EAB

JANUARY 19, 2023

While this isn’t specific to the higher education field, this suggests that this is an issue that graduate enrollment leaders should be familiar with. --> 0 % of total internet traffic is caused by activity from bad bots. --> How do bots impact lead generation?

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