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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jo Allen, the retiring president of Meredith College, enjoys the administrative part of higher ed. Spurred on by this interest in universities’ inner workings, Allen went on to eventually lead in an administrative capacity as senior vice president and provost at Widener University before returning to Meredith as its leader in July 2011.

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To note, this is not the first time GCU has had an all-women deanship, said Dr. Janice Warner, provost of GCU. Georgian Court's tradition is a concern for women in the first place,” said Dr. Joy Smith, associate provost for student support and services at GCU. “So Howard University, a historically Black university in Washington, D.C.,

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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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President moves: Tried and true academics take charge

University Business

Cady Short-Thompson of Northern Kentucky University is returning to the university that kickstarted her career in faculty and administration, tasked with pulling it out of a budget deficit and enrollment hole. Hired Agenia Walker Clark – Fisk University (Tenn.) Social work is Eanes’ forte.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. After earning tenure, Byrne began taking on administrative roles, one which notably put her in direct contact with Macaulay Honors College.

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Why Do Universities Lie About Program Information?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school, admitted in 2012 that it had submitted false SAT scores for years to publications such as U.S. Iona’s former provost had, for a decade, manipulated and misreported student-related data to government officials, accrediting bodies, bond rating agencies, and others.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.” That rose to 61.2%