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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Failed searches for college presidents are now commonplace. Partly, it’s because fewer college presidents are academics who compiled a scholarly reputation before taking on leadership posts and who continued to speak out about higher education even after their retirement from office.

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Is higher education leadership changing? Here are 3 warning signs

University Business

“[F]aculty can no longer live in a world that no longer exists,” said Brian Mitchell, former president of Bucknell University, according to Forbes. ” It isn’t just retired presidents who speak harshly about it. Here are 3 warning signs appeared first on University Business.

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Claudine Gay Resigns as Harvard President

Insight Into Diversity

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned amid allegations of plagiarism and controversy surrounding her recent congressional testimony on campus policies related to student conduct and antisemitism. The congressional hearing also led to the resignation of Elizabeth Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania.

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AAU task force to build US-India HE partnerships

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The Association of American Universities has launched a task force that will seek to expand partnerships between the US and India. Led by five US university leaders, the initiative was created in coordination with the government’s U.S.-India Pennsylvania State University president, Neeli Bendapudi, is one of the five chairs.

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

University Business

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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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

University Business

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.