2017 History University President 
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Given the dependence of public institutions on state legislatures’ largess, it’s not surprising that many campuses chose a former politician as president, with Florida’s Ben Sasse the latest example. In a thoughtful 2017 opinion piece in The Washington Post , the prolific higher education observer Jeffrey J.
University Business
JUNE 5, 2023
Despite recent efforts to raise state funding for higher education and consolidate public universities, its public university system and state-related institutions are desperate for more financing to curb Pennsylvania’s rapidly declining student enrollment and intimidating college costs.
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Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
“We’re talking about a person who, more than anyone else, is the thread that runs through the history of King since the middle of the last century,” President Alexander Whitaker said. “To have that history about the people, institutions and events right outside my door was phenomenal,” he said.
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
JANUARY 19, 2024
President Vollendorf’s answer was compelling: “My answer has changed in the last five years. In 2017, it would have been the Sonoma-Napa firestorm that hit Wine Country and burned 6,000 homes, and 42 people died. Sonoma State University ran an emergency operations center for ten days straight.
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. For Williams, his goals are more modest, at the moment.
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
JUNE 9, 2023
Willis began her educational career in 2007 teaching at Florida A&M University before transitioning to Tallahassee Community College. Starting in 2010, Dr. Willis served as an Assistant Professor of History, department chair, faculty senate president, and Executive Dean of Centers at Lone Star College (Houston, Texas).
The Change Leader, Inc.
AUGUST 22, 2023
President turnover is a major problem for higher ed leadership, with the average tenure of leaders serving in this capacity at one institution declining sharply from 10 years to a shocking 3.7 returned to Kentucky, and became a very distinguished history professor. Then he became president there. His discipline was history.
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