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KAVITA BALA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kavita Bala Kavita Bala, currently the dean of the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University has been named the university’s 17th provost. She arrived at Cornell in 1999 as a postdoctoral researcher and became an assistant professor of computer science in 2002.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ben Vinson III Vinson – a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America – is currently provost at Case Western Reserve University. In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar. Vinson holds a bachelor’s degree in history and classical studies from Dartmouth College and a doctorate in history from Columbia University.

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

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Means Coleman, PhD, Vice President & Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, and the Ida B. At Texas A&M, she was the Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity. African American Audiences, Media, and Identity” (2002) and co-editor of “Fight the Power!

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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 1998, he began teaching at the University of Alabama, and then joined the University of Cincinnati in 2002, where he rose to full professor, department head, associate dean for graduate studies and research, and ultimately dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Dr. Paula D. McClain

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McClain is professor of political science and professor of public policy and dean of the graduate school and vice provost for graduate education, having moved to Duke from the University of Virginia in 2000. Since arriving at Duke, she has served on the Appointment, Promotions and Tenure Committee and as its chair in 2002.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a time when some Americans are questioning the value of higher education, Gittleman — who joined the faculty at Tufts University in 1964 and rose through the ranks to serve as provost from 1981 to 2002, before he retired in 2015 — says criticism of higher education is nothing new. “If

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Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline

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Some deans and faculty members caught wind of us because students started saying, ‘The work I'm doing with this organization is important to me seeing how I get through SJSU, but also how I pay off my debt or help my family when I get out.’ “We got lucky when we were running a 17-person bootcamp at San Jose State. Here’s what Ms.

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