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Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From January 2005-2009, Rice served as the 66th secretary of state of the United States, the second woman and first African-American woman to hold the post. Rice served as Stanford University’s provost from 1993-1999, during which time she was the institution’s chief budget and academic officer. Rice also served as President George W.

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Iran forces dissenters out of universities

Inside Higher Ed

” “We can expect more expulsions of students and faculty and a more conservative academic curriculum in the coming months,” said Mehrzad Boroujerdi, author of Iranian Intellectuals and the West and vice provost of Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Only Within Their Own Institutions, Are Black Scholars without Honor!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, on one occasion a Vice-Provost asked me to share my research agenda at a faculty meeting. Therefore, a system that is built on white supremacy and anti-black racism, at the core, does not have the capacity to honor the brilliance and humanity of Black scholars.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State introduced its program as a minor in 2009 at the behest of Dr. Burney J. We have a proposal for a graduate certificate program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies that the provost supports. … “Nobody is going to tell our story and keep it from erasure but us.” Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

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Can the three-year bachelor's degree become a reality?

Inside Higher Ed

“The four-year degree isn’t working for a lot of people,” Lori Carrell, the chancellor of the University of Minnesota at Rochester, told her colleagues around the table, noting higher education’s high cost and low degree attainment, which has “squandered human potential at times.”

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

” Shi continued, “I wasn’t interviewed or consulted by the president or the provost throughout [the] process, or ever, actually. In early 2022, Ron Cole, then Allegheny’s provost, released a staffing and academic programs plan that differed significantly from the task force report.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Adding the Human Element. Prior to joining Georgia State, he was Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at George Washington University , where he oversaw academic programs across the ten schools and colleges, three campuses, and 28,000 students. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.