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Rolita Flores Ezeonu

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ezeonuserved as Highline's Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from April 2017 to June 2018.Prior Prior to that, she was Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education at Highline, from July 2008 to March 2017.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. Because of the dean leads, the vice provost, the team members working with me, we were able to do great things with faculty and faculty fellows. It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education. Move it forward—disrupt it.

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Legacy of Innovation and Equity, St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Outgoing President Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan Reflects Tenure

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As we were trying to think about enrollment, there was this national dialogue that’s still continuing about the value of higher education, specifically about liberal arts education,” Jordan recalls. They kept saying, ‘it doesn’t prepare you for a career … you can’t do anything with it.’ We were just tired of the rhetoric.”

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. HPI has a long history of serving higher education and, specifically, larger community colleges. This allowed students to share their current feelings and experiences.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

At 74, I still have ideas to share and contributions to make in the field of higher education. I aim to address several projects and issues moving forward, such as returning to my work as an international higher education consultant and re-launching two podcast series. Dean currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Moving beyond the quality wars

Wonkhe

One of his phrases that has stood the test of time is the “ quality wars ” – his label for the convulsions in UK higher education in the 1990s and early 2000s over the assurance of academic quality and standards. This reflects the depth and acuity of his analysis, but also his ability as a phrasemaker.

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President moves: These three interim leaders have proven their worth

University Business

Smith joined Gadsden as an adjunct instructor in 2017 before becoming the dean of workforce development in 2019. She began her career in higher education at Baylor University, where she served for 18 years until ultimately becoming associate vice provost for student success. Thomas from Calgary, Canada, where she led St.