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Enhancing Understanding of Urban Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smith Title: Associate Professor of Higher Education; Provost Faculty Fellow, University of Cincinnati Age: 39 Education: B.S., His research contributes to the understanding of the factors that influence financial, governance, and policy decisions in higher education. Everrett A.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. You raise the quality of life for individuals by education.”

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

” As part of the analysis, researchers looked at whether humanities programs were less likely to grow relative to programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. percent for 236 new programs for engineering, engineering-related technologies and technicians, similar to a 39.1

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Training faculty to help students in mental distress

Inside Higher Ed

It is modeled on the Red Folder Initiative the University of California launched a decade ago, said Robin Glover, Harvard’s assistant provost for student affairs.) “When faculty are doing their annual evaluations, nobody is going to ask me, ‘How many students have you supported with their mental health struggles?

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Doris Espiritu EPW was created by Dr. Doris Espiritu, Senior Advisor to the Provost, dean of the Center of Excellence for Engineering & Computer Science, City Colleges of Chicago. There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships.

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The Future of Academic Advising

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

CJ Powell , Special Assistant in the Office of Postsecondary Education , U.S. Department of Education. During his tenure at the Department of Education, he initiated programs like First in the World and the White House College Opportunity Summit , which incentivize collaboration and innovation for student success.

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

. · ACAD - American Conference of Academic Deans – This group, supporting academic leaders “above department chairs and below presidents” provides professional developments and the exchange of best practices for academic leadership at the dean and provost level. Department of Education.