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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. Black university leaders had a deep desire to serve as the mentors and role models that many of them never had.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Michael Sorrell , longtime president of Paul Quinn College. We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength.

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A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 180 with Drumm McNaughton and Catherine Friday

The Change Leader, Inc.

7 November · Episode 180 A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton This conversation–rooted in the findings of E&Y white paper: How are you balancing the books for a digital future? covers the global shift in Higher Education.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

“In the Academy, one consequence is a revolving door of Black faculty and staff, who have become homeless in an otherwise spacious Academy, as well as Black students whose academic careers are either undermined or cut short for lack of Black role models.

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UNC board takes bold step for viewpoint diversity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

So far, given national surveys of faculty political allegiance, the humanities and social sciences tilt very far to blue rather than red. Existing faculty structures have done a poor job of maintaining intellectual diversity.

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

University Business

Schwartz’s current duties at Penn State have made him an indispensable candidate for a university president who beat out over 90 other applicants for the job at CU Boulder. More from UB: The human toll of rampant college closures Retired Bradley Creed – Campbell University (N.C.)