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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

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Building institution-wide trust is essential, especially on the accelerated timeline of an interim leadership position, so Chancellor Reyes described his shortcut: "I immediately asked the president to allow me to get a provost colleague, Karen Colley , to become the interim provost. I think it's very valuable.

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Dr. Francine G. McNairy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McNairy served from 2003 until her recent retirement on January 26. The university has been nationally ranked as one of the top regional public institutions of higher education by U.S. Prior to her appointment as president, McNairy served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Millersville University since August 1994.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

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Leadership Opportunities Are Everywhere For most of her years working in higher education, Chancellor Larive was more interested in being a faculty member and lab administrator than moving into campus leadership. When I became provost, I thought, 'I don't know how to be a provost. As she put it, "I really like doing science."

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A 40th Anniversary Love Story: About My Favorite Magazine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I remember seeing copies of Black Issues in Higher Education in various administrators’ offices at Albany State, the historically Black university where I was an undergraduate student journalist in the mid-1990s. The IU Higher Education and Student Affairs Program allowed Ph.D. Many of them now work in higher education.

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What Academic Tenure Is and Why It Matters

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The tenure process varies across higher education. The tenure materials move up the chain to the provost, who makes the final tenure decision based on recommendations from others who have reviewed. To push the bounds of research forward, to come up with new ideas, and to dissent from systems in place are vital for higher education.

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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

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We asked how she’s met these opportunities: “When I think about my role as Provost at Florida State University , at that point in my career, I was not at all certain that I wanted to be a university president. When I left for a provost job at University of Missouri , I was excited about a new opportunity at a Midwestern university.