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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education tells the unique story about what Americans think of higher education. Dr. Sol Gittleman Gittleman, who is the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Emeritus, has emerged as one of the nation’s most important interpreters of the history of higher education.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of his previous roles include dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at The George Washington University; vice dean for interdisciplinary programs and graduate education at Johns Hopkins University; and founding director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins.

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INSIGHT Welcomes Robin R. Means Coleman as New Editorial Board Member

Insight Into Diversity

At Michigan, she served as the Associate Dean of Social Sciences in the Rackham Graduate School, as well as Chair of the Department of Communication Studies. Coleman is the author of “Horror Noire: A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present, 2 nd ed.” She is the editor of “Say It Loud! The Spike Lee Reader” (2008).

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Conveying Fragility

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. In retrospect, it was as far from me then as 2002 is now. I remember 2002. The Whiggish interpretation of American history was easy enough: over time, the range of people included in public life grew. They’ll likely end long before history does. “Who?”

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Improving Presidential Tenure and Effectiveness in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 170 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. William E. “Brit” Kirwan

The Change Leader, Inc.

He served as chancellor of the University System of Maryland (USM) for 13 years (2002-2015), president of the Ohio State University for four years (1998-2002), and president of the University of Maryland, College Park for 10 years (1988-1998). If you want to find a good dean, you look for a good department chair. That happens.

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Tough Times Ahead for Higher Education Enrollment: Changing Higher Ed Podcast with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Bob Massa and Bill Conley

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Bill Conley William Conley began his career in education as an AP History teacher and coach at Delbarton School, transitioning into higher education enrollment management in 1980. At Colgate University, where I was, an assistant director of financial aid and, eventually became an assistant dean of admission there.

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Building a Sustainable Higher Education Model: CSCU’s Partnership for Workforce Readiness: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 175 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Terrence Cheng

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He has also held several academic and administrative leadership and faculty roles which include associate provost/assistant vice president, Academic Programs at Brooklyn College; and associate dean, School of Arts and Humanities, and chair, Department of English at Lehman College. Both institutions are part of the City University of New York.