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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

University Business

and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schoolshistories. 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.

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

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Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school. Other notable mentions: Dr. Stuart Rayfield, Columbus State University Dr. Cheryl McConnell, Saint Joseph’s University, the school’s first female president. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Geisler last summer.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

University Business

As dean of the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California, Muhl faced heavy opposition from students in its MFA program who believed Muhl was responsible for faculty departures amid her failures to communicate curriculum changes and her “persistent belittling of students,” according to a student letter.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

Over the past two weeks, the higher education landscape has seen a handful of shifts in school leadership. Some individuals decided to assume the presidency at another school and one who took a step down to pursue their dream job. First-time president Xavier A. Cole, will become the president of Loyola University New Orleans.

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Why these school leaders are clashing with students’ free speech judgment

University Business

More from UB : These schools are working smarter, not harder, to boost international student enrollment Dean Jenny Martinez – Stanford Law School In March, students stormed a conservative campus event that Trump-appointed U.S. “History teaches us that this is a temptation to be avoided.”

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Harvard President Resigns from Post

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Claudine Gay, who made history when she was named the first Black president of Harvard University six months ago, resigned from the university on Tuesday amid a flurry of allegations involving plagiarism and concerns over her handling of antisemitism on campus. "A Jones, who is a graduate of Harvard's Law School. "In