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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, in 2014 former President Obama launched the My Brothers Keeper program which encouraged the country to examine and dismantle various obstacles to Black male success. Dr. Calvin Hadley is Assistant Provost for Academic Partnerships and Student Engagement at Howard University.

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CCP Board Ousts Generals Without Explanation After Decade of Growth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His tenure at CCP, which began in 2014, has been marked by several accomplishments, including the launch of programs for returning citizens, housing solutions for students, dual enrollment partnerships with high schools, and vocational training initiatives.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research by Dr. Gloria Oikelome, currently provost & vice president of academic affairs at Delaware Valley University, supports these concerns. These incidents have sparked important conversations about institutional support systems and the particular challenges faced by women leaders in academia.

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University of Nebraska Regents Pick Presidential Finalist

Inside Higher Ed

Gold has led UNMC since 2014 and is provost and executive vice president of the NU system.

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APAIE 2025 champions inclusivity and global citizenship

The PIE News

Thats a very unique thing about the conference this year, Venky Shankararaman, APAIE president and vice provost (education), Singapore Management University , told The PIE News. The emphasis on smaller, underrepresented countries holds particular significance as the conference continues to expand.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. “I’m very thankful of where I am today, because of him.”

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President moves: What happened for these 3 leaders to resign?

University Business

As dean of the largest accredited mass communications program in the country since 2014, Hardin helped Bellisario College triple its endowment and revenue through online degree programs, and led efforts to quadruple its research expenditures. Prior to that, she was vice provost at Utah State University.

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