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Georgetown University's President to Step Down, Following Health Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in Philosophy from the Jesuit institution—worked his way up the ranks to become college president, a position that he held for 23 years. Groves, the school’s Executive Vice President and Provost has been named interim president. DeGioia personified Georgetown, having earned his undergraduate degree and a Ph.D. Dr. Robert M.

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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. Dr. Jo Allen The North Carolina native got her start in a place that, by now, seems very familiar to her, Meredith College. It made her the first alumna to be president of the private women’s liberal arts college in its 130-year history.

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Why I gave $25M to a small liberal arts college (opinion)

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Now, I see this through a new lens as my husband, Richard, and I have made our first big philanthropic investment in higher education: supporting one of our nation’s small liberal arts colleges. It is no longer enough to leave college with a diploma in hand. Since then, we have become regular supporters of the college.

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Melissa L. Gilliam Chosen as First Woman, First African American to Lead BU

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Gilliam, an accomplished scholar, research scientist, and physician, currently serves as the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University. She is recognized as a fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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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. Increasingly, other colleges and universities are also following in this tradition. The school went co-educational in 2012, but its concern for women remains. Historically, we were a women's college.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

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The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said. Going Public.

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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

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Getting into college is harder and harder,” said Dirks. Even though there are wonderful colleges and universities across the states and country, they can’t find enough students to enroll, and every year there are headlines about colleges folding or being acquired.” Dirks, president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences.