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Report Details How Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act Could Better Serve Students of Color and Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The last time it was amended was in 2008. … Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU. Elliott, director of workforce policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and one of the authors of the report.

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How an Outsider Disrupted Pennsylvania’s Struggling State System

Inside Higher Ed

When the Great Recession hit the University of California system in 2008, it marked a major “inflection point” in the life of Dan Greenstein. The students who would be impacted were disproportionately Black and brown, Greenstein said.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college.

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Emory Replaced Loans with Grants for Over 1,500 More Students Last Fall, University Announces

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

John Leach, associate vice provost for enrollment and university financial aid at Emory University “We already attract really, really strong students,” said John Leach, associate vice provost for enrollment and university financial aid at Emory. This allows us to enroll those students.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department. The First Amendment and academic freedom are the cornerstones of higher education.

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JoAnne Epps named Temple University’s acting president

University Business

Epps was appointed dean of Temple Beasley School of Law in 2008 and named provost in 2016. She served as the provost until August 2021 after she was replaced by Gregory Mandel. . “It means so much to me to be offered this opportunity to be continue to lead this great institution,” Epps said. Read more from CBS News.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

At my university, the provost has put in place a prerecorded self-paced, self-directed asynchronous U.S. “The University of Iowa’s full time history faculty has declined from 26 to 16 in about ten years. history survey course to be delivered in the summer.