2017 History Provost 
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
As his reputation grew, Williams was recruited by Northwestern University, where he served as assistant dean of diversity and inclusion between 2017 and 2021, and then until 2022 as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lead of Northwestern’s Public Health Program. I needed them to speak the language [of diversity,]” says Williams. “I
University Business
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
She also spearheaded the college’s rebranding initiative in 2017 and helped open a new media center. The first female president in the institution’s history, Larson returns to academic leadership after having served as the president of Adler Planetarium, a public museum for the past 12 years. Hardin begins in July.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Simmons busily prepared to deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. It’s an inspirational message from an inspirational woman who will go down in history as one of the most transformative leaders in higher education. Dr. Ruth J.
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 15, 2022
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. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.
University Business
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schools’ histories. The president-designate was NYU’s Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for Global Programs and University Life for the past decade and is a lifetime member of the school’s senior leadership team.
FIRE
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
The college cited three incidents that led to her firing: In 2017, Jones signed her name and college affiliation on a published open letter supporting the removal of Confederate monuments in Dallas. Under President H. Neil Matkin, Collin College — the epicenter of censorship in Texas — fired Jones on ??Jan.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 20, 2023
“It seems natural that something like this would be our first step into a master’s program or a higher-level degree,” said Brenda Kelly, provost and dean of the college, citing the lengthy history of the undergraduate athletic training program, which began in 1976. ” But enrollment has since declined.
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