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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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Achieving the Dream Names 23 Colleges as Leaders in Student Success; Bellevue College Among Honorees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among the honorees is Bellevue College, which earned its first Leader College designation since joining the ATD Network in 2017. We are honored Achieving the Dream selected our institution as a Leader College," said Bellevue College Provost Dr. Jess Clark.

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Dr. Kim Schatzel Named President of University of Louisville

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

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Stacey Abrams Appointed Inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wutoh, Howard provost and chief academic officer. The well-known political figure was a state representative in the Georgia General Assembly, having served as minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives 2011-2017. Walters Endowed Chair and we are pleased to welcome her to Howard University.”

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Welcome Tricia Serio, our next UW Provost and Executive VP

UW Presidential Blog

It is my great pleasure to announce that Dr. Tricia Serio has accepted the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. As Provost at UMass Amherst, she launched and led initiatives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for faculty, staff and students.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree. That number is now over 60%.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree. That number is now over 60%.

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