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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. Her meteoric rise is particularly noteworthy given the historical barriers faced by women of color in academia. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. His last academic appointment was at Mercy from 2017 to 2020 as the vice president of academic affairs.

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Men are falling behind in higher ed and the trend may not be letting up

University Business

While Fall enrollment among men and women has mostly declined between 2017 and 2022, women have weathered the storm far better across non-profit and for-profit institutions. Without proper guidance from family members, men who are first-generation college students may not be able to visualize success in academia truly.

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

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. At my university, the provost has put in place a prerecorded self-paced, self-directed asynchronous U.S.

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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. Photo Credit: Macaulay Honors College Finding a lack of diversity Access to higher education has been an important theme in Byrne’s life in academia.

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Technology Partnerships and Higher Education

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

GPT is short for 'generative pre-training transformer,' derived from a 2017 paper called ' Attention Is All You Need ' from researchers at Google. As Mainstay, they still empower people to take the next step toward achieving their goals in both academia and business. and Why Does It Work?"

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President moves: Another spate of high-profile leaders step down

University Business

Towson University has found its 15th president in Dr. Mark Ginsberg, current provost and executive vice president of George Mason University in Virginia. In 2017, George Mason achieved R1 Carnegie classification under Ginsberg’s tenure.