Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2023

Vann Newkirk will become president of Wilberforce University, the nation's oldest private historically Black university, effective July, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Dr. Vann Newkirk Newkirk is currently interim associate vice president at Alabama A&M University. in history from Winthrop University; an M.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 13, 2023

The George Washington University (GWU) has named Ellen Granberg its 19th president, making her the first woman to hold the office in the institution’s 200-year history. Granberg is a sociology professor and current provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On Wednesday, Charles Robinson was named chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, making history for the flagship campus for appointing its first Black leader. Charles Robinson has been named the seventh Chancellor of the University of Arkansas by the UA System Board of Trustees #WPS pic.twitter.com/L2RakBlzfm.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Ben Vinson III will become president of Howard University, effective Sept. Dr. Ben Vinson III Vinson – a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America – is currently provost at Case Western Reserve University. 1, The Washington Post reported. In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ellen Granberg will become president of the George Washington University (GWU), effective Jul. Dr. Ellen Granberg Granberg is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Previously, she was senior associate provost at Clemson University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. Dr. Melissa Gilliam Boston University Photography Gilliam, 58, is no stranger to firsts. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice and vice provost. Gilliam holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Katie Lynch Katie Lynch has been appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Brookdale Community College in New Jersey. Lynch holds a bachelor’s degree in English and history from Dartmouth College, a master’s in literary studies from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Morakinyo Kuti has been named president of his alma mater, Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. Kuti becomes the 10th president in the Central State’s history. He served as the vice president for research and economic development and director of land-grant programs and as its associate provost for research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Drexel University, Jointly Appointed, History and Africana Studies, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 42 Education: B.A., political science, University of California at Irvine; B.A., Asian American studies, University of California at Irvine; M.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Wayne State University has received $6 million to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black studies center. and global histories, culture, social, economic, legal, and health systems. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Teresa Woodruff, interim president of Michigan State University (MSU), will not seek a permanent appointment at the school’s helm, Lansing State Journal reported. MSU has a storied history in American higher education, and the next chapter is ready to be written with a new president at the helm,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Yolanda Pierce will become dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, effective Jul. Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. A public theologian and leader on the role of religion in public life, Pierce is currently dean and professor of religion at the Howard University School of Divinity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. His scholarly focus is on African American religion, philosophy, history, and culture. Dr. Corey D. During his time at Wake Forest, Walker also founded its African American studies program. He also co-directed documentary film, “Fifeville.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Richard “Biff” Williams has been appointed president of Missouri State University. I’m inspired by the rich history and look forward to leading us to even greater achievements.” Williams possesses the qualifications and experience necessary to ensure the university continues to thrive and build on its strong foundation,” said Parman.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

At the University of Hawai’i at M?noa Without full disaggregation of student population data, the stories, history, and culture of Native Hawaiian students, faculty, and staff can often go unseen in higher education. Dr. Nikki Chun, vice provost for enrollment management at UH M?noa. The University of Hawai'i M?noa

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. We are committed to building a much more inclusive public research university that better reflects and serves our city, state and nation. Roy Wilson, President of Wayne State. “We

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

Image: James Madison University in Virginia held an event Thursday to mark the Holocaust—despite all the Jewish members of the planning committee resigning. “We cannot imagine that the university would plan a program for Martin Luther King Jr. University officials did not provide interviews Monday.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tulane University’s online student experience is poised for enhancement through a strategic partnership with Archer Education to bolster online growth enablement. This partnership will focus on centralizing and strengthening Tulane’s online internal operations and student journey, and position the university for long-term success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Rolundus Rice Rolundus Rice has been named chief operating officer at Tuskegee University in Alabama. He served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss. He holds a master’s from Alabama A&M University and a Ph.D. in history from Auburn University in Alabama.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Virginia Rougon Chavis Virginia Rougon Chavis has been named associate provost at the University of Mississippi, where she served as a professor of graphic design and chair of the department of art and art history. Chavis received her bachelor’s degree in art from the University of Mississippi and an M.F.A.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 28, 2023

Means Coleman, PhD, Vice President & Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, and the Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand Barnett Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, as the newest member of its Editorial Board. INSIGHT Into Diversity is pleased to welcome Robin R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Esters have written an important and useful historiography of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Esters, a graduate of Florida A&M University and North Carolina A&T State University, powerfully shares fond memories of his experience as a student at these institutions. They are quite diverse.

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UW Presidential Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

As we announced this afternoon , the University of Washington will be joining the Big Ten Conference starting with the 2024-25 season. This is an exciting time for our student-athletes, our fans and our University. Our University strives for excellence in all that we do. This move is, of course, bittersweet.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Hired Devin Stephenson – Florida Polytechnic University Devin Stephenson has been selected to become Florida Polytechnic University’s next president, the second in the institution’s 12-year history. Lisa Coleman – Adler University (Ill.) Coleman begins on Sept.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Simmons busily prepared to deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. It’s an inspirational message from an inspirational woman who will go down in history as one of the most transformative leaders in higher education. Dr. Ruth J.

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University Business

AUGUST 10, 2023

Some professors will be requiring students to show editing history and drafts to prove their thought process. Not yet, says Stephanie Laggini Fiore, associate vice provost at Temple University. The post Paper exams, chatbot bans: Colleges seek to ‘ChatGPT-proof’ assignments appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. Moore III, a distinguished professor at The Ohio State University. Sherri Charleston studied the intersection of U.S.

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University Business

JANUARY 26, 2024

Hired Lynne Coy-Ogan – Husson University (Maine) The board of trustees at Husson University has selected Lynne Coy-Ogan as its next president, marking the first female to lead the institution in its 125-year history. The university’s college of law officially gained accreditation under Mong’s tenure as well.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Mills will become president of New York University (NYU), effective Jul. She will be the first woman president of the university. in health policy from Brandeis University; a MSW from San Francisco State University; a J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco; and a B.A. Dr. Linda G.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This blog was co-authored by Martin Betts, Emeritus Professor at Griffith University, Australia, and Co-founder of HEDx, Professor Ian Dunn, Provost of Coventry University and Chair of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE) , and Ceri Nursaw, CEO of NCEE.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schools’ histories. Mills’ extensive involvement with the university since 1999 put her at the forefront of the race. in health policy in 1994 from Brandeis University. Mount Union (Ohio), St. Norbert College (Wis.)

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Consulting firms like McKinsey are part of the fabric of how university strategies are constructed. Will reading When McKinsey Comes to Town help university leaders make better decisions when evaluating possible engagement and reading the papers and think pieces of the major consulting companies? We read about McKinsey for research.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

in New York University’s joint Ph.D. program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We’re looking at creating a national clearinghouse of diversity, BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Color] initiatives for minoritized students, faculty and staff at universities,” said Byrd. Byrd, former special advisor to the provost at Georgia State University (GSU), said that institutions are struggling to diversify their faculty. “So,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

. — remembers the joyful opening of the LGBTQ+ Resource Office on the main campus of Prairie View A&M University. It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Morgan and Helen Chu Karen Umemoto/UCLA Asian American Studies Center This pledge – the largest gift made to the institute since its founding in 1969 – came from Morgan and Helen Chu, two UCLA graduates who have historic ties to the university and the institute’s centers. from Yale University and a law degree from Harvard University.

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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. from Arizona State University in Psychology. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S.

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