Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

Beasley is committed to ensuring Trinity receives national recognition as a leader in liberal arts education. This involves a commitment to the student experience, which includes interdisciplinary experiential learning and undergraduate research.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

This is my last day as provost, and it has been a rewarding and challenging ride. For COVID-19, my colleagues and I worked hard to address the needs of our students. We moved many graduate programs online to meet the needs of our students who are largely juggling families and jobs.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2023

Patrena Benton Elliott , vice president of instruction and student support services at Robeson Community College, in North Carolina, has been appointed president of Halifax Community College, also in North Carolina. Robinson , interim chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has been named to the job on a permanent basis.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Ward will be remembered for developing a more holistic student experience by overseeing the creation of a new student services department and reorganizing the school curriculum, Iowa Capital Dispatch reports. The work was done in collaboration with the provost. Middlebury’s popularity has been strong under Patton.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: Villanova University took a new approach on translating major skills into career opportunities for students with its biotechnology boot camp, introducing learners to alumni and employers in a difficult-to-enter field. Kallyope created a summer internship for Villanova students, which he promoted.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses. A university spokesman says they have 2,900 undergraduate students combined. The music concentrations each had fewer than three students enrolled, the charts show.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Justin Schwartz Justin Schwartz – University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder has found its next president, Justin Schwartz, the current executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University. Bergman was the first woman to lead the private liberal arts college when she stepped in in 2014.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance. ” Later in the meeting, multiple professors asked the Faculty Affairs Committee to push Provost Peggy Agouris, who briefed the board on the school plan, to respond in writing to a standing list of faculty questions about it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Title: Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University Dr. Karlyn Crowley began her tenure as provost on July 1, 2020 as the senior officer overseeing Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU)’s academics and operations. Like Ohio Wesleyan, Karlyn is deeply committed to the value and power of the residential liberal arts experience.”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” Current students in affected programs will be allowed to finish their studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

The conference attendees were a mix of students, faculty, donors, education administrators, and edtech professionals. Most notably, the students [learners] expressed levels of dissatisfaction with their recent educational experiences. However, one participant had an intense reaction to our suggestion.

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University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

increase and a 47% increase in new transfer students, according to the school website. He previously served as the Institute Community and Equity Officer at MIT and the chief diversity officer and senior associate provost at the University of South Carolina. Patterson himself is no stranger to thriving enrollment.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The number of full-time enrolled undergraduate students for Mount Holyoke, Mount Union and St. 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. Norbert College (Wis.)

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As legislative attacks continue to threaten the rights and protections of LGBTQ+ students, an innovative new program at Bard College at Simon’s Rock aims to empower them with the professional and social capital to lead the charge for a more inclusive future. The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., Some last for days, others for years.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Despite the abrupt upheaval and its ramifications, Reid and student body president Grace Keenan were the only trustees to vote against Corcoran’s permanent hire.

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University Business

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As the provost of the private liberal arts school for nine years until 2022, Belmont’s enrollment grew by more than 2,000 student,s and he helped oversee the merger of two other postsecondary institutions. For one, he describes both universities as a happy marriage of liberal arts and a professional education.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

But a combination of competitive pressures, demographic patterns and accreditation requirements in one of its most job skill–focused undergraduate fields has led the private liberal arts institution to create its first-ever master’s degree—and to consider adding others. ” said Rasmussen. “They

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. “Trust and institutional culture are broken,” the first of the five points said.

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University Business

JULY 20, 2023

Three prominent schools have updated their admissions policy to no longer consider a student’s legacy status after considering the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action. California Congresswoman Barbara Lee recently explained how the practice disproportionately benefits wealthy white students.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

Inside Higher Ed spoke with three financial aid professionals about their best strategies to strengthen this area for students. Mike Runiewicz, assistant vice provost and director of student financial services at Washington University in St. What Is Financial Wellness?

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The US remains the world’s top study destination, but more should be done to mushroom international student numbers at a wider range of institutions, stakeholders said at The PIE Live North America in Boston. In the US, 5% of higher education institutions host between 60-70% of international students.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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. He said that the concern was that I was ‘indoctrinating students.’ “On Feb. “They asked to speak with me privately.

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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. She is also a first-generation student. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. More from UB: Report: International graduate student enrollment booms by 100% since the pandemic Hired Timothy G. With level-headedness, Clarence D.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. Serving a nearly 1,000 student body, her focus as president of SVY will be on fundraising and investment opportunities, Deseret News reports. Alexander Whitaker – King University (Tenn.)

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

Prior to Minnesota, Gabel served as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina from 2015 to 2019. Private school hires Two small private schools with fewer than 2,000 students also elected new presidents. Beginning in July, this liberal arts college will be welcoming Dr. Wayne P.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

Since then, prospective students (and their parents) have used the rankings as a guide for where to consider going to school. While the rankings can be a valuable tool, they’re also quite controversial in that they tend to favor prestigious schools where the student populations largely come from white, affluent families. Value of U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

At Delaware State, students pursuing women's and gender studies are examining the intersection of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. “At 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. …

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Brooke Vick, PhD The organization is a consortium of senior diversity officers from 36 private liberal arts institutions across the U.S. Brooke Vick, PhD The organization is a consortium of senior diversity officers from 36 private liberal arts institutions across the U.S.

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University Business

MARCH 8, 2024

There are currently around 190,000 Mainers with some college but no degree , a ripe pool of potential students that colleges have leveraged their marketing toward recently. The newly appointed president has also programmed pathway programs for students on the other side of the spectrum—Maine high schoolers.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Some Musings on College Rankings College rankings continue to proliferate, and in many cases muddy the waters for prospective students and their families. Many of those data points are meaningful measures of institutional health and how selective they are, but these do not necessarily correlate with students’ academic experiences.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

In our first post, the WCET Steering Committee work group focusing on this area reviewed historical enrollment trends, changes in student markets, and what may be coming in the future. Outside of the liberal arts, programs in risk include business, journalism/communication, education, nursing, and family & consumer sciences.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

In our first post, the WCET Steering Committee work group focusing on this area reviewed historical enrollment trends, changes in student markets, and what may be coming in the future. Outside of the liberal arts, programs in risk include business, journalism/communication, education, nursing, and family & consumer sciences.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

30% of students say poor maintenance, cleaning or overall building conditions have had at least some impact on their ability to learn. Place matters, Medlin adds, because students think it matters. Environments that are conducive to learning and community building help keep students enrolled. block:block=176].

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