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Bard’s Innovative LGBTQ+ Studies Program Prepares Future Leaders

Insight Into Diversity

Students obtain essential networking and community-building skills while developing a sense of leadership that is not informed by “heteronormative and cisnormative practices,” says John Weinstein, PhD, the college’s provost and vice president. The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass.,

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. ” According to his university biography, Joeckel’s scholarship is about issues of importance to Christian higher education (and others).

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. We have a proposal for a graduate certificate program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies that the provost supports. … The majority of students pursuing the WGS minor at Morgan State are not pursuing majors in the College of Liberal Arts, which is home to the program.

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. Houtman previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She also oversaw the addition of a softball program and the construction of its home stadium.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. Finally, we only explored Ph.D.-granting

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President moves: Retiring leaders shine as they conclude 10+ years of service

University Business

In McDonnell’s previous roles at UMF in the past 13 years, he’s served as a faculty member, dean and provost. Known for the joyful spirit he has brought to the private liberal arts college, he will fit in well helping build community connections, according to the university. Fundraising makes sense for Everett.

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Affirmative action reaction: Higher ed leaders weigh in on Supreme Court’s decision

University Business

They stressed how enriched their liberal arts education has become due to their “dynamic array of socioeconomic, religious, intellectual, geographic, and racial diversity” since different voices are at once challenging and ultimately elevating student perspectives.