Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. ” Stern was removed as chair of his department in 2018 but has remained a professor at Auburn. ” ‘Pretty Low Odds’ Stern first sued Auburn in federal court in 2018. Going Public.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For his leadership, LeBlanc – a first-generation college graduate – was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 15 “Classroom Revolutionaries” and one of the “most influential people in higher education,” in addition to winning the TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education in 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

One statistic shows that, between 2004 and 2018, the number of Black professors at Penn State stayed roughly the same, from 109 professors to 112. Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State. Proportionately, the percentage of Black faculty fell from 4% to 3%. Dr. Marcus A. Dr. Marcus A.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

David Di Maria, associate vice provost for international education at University of Maryland Baltimore County , told The PIE News, “As an institution firmly committed to inclusive excellence, we are honoured to receive this award. The initiative was launched in 2022 together with AIFS with a $100,000 backing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Bartell, Sandra Robinson & Willie McKether Only two-thirds of new college students will complete their degree within six years. For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom. By Denise S.

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University Business

MARCH 6, 2024

Female college students have outpaced their male counterparts for up to four decades, while the proportion of women at the helm of U.S. While there has been little movement to address this gap, a new report from Times Higher Education (THE) suggests that colleges and universities are moving steadily—if slowly—in the right direction.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Ahmed, vice provost for DEI at the University of Vermont. “It He is also the former interim dean of institutional equity and inclusion at Connecticut College. In Fall 2018, there were 3,372 Black/African American students (6.01%) in that year’s Fall cohort of 56, 079 students. When I hear that, I'm thinking the 1950s.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

From 2000-2017, a sharp 753% increase of students enrolled in dual credit courses was observed, representing 10% of all students enrolled in Texas higher education (THECB, 2018). Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Hired Trevor Bates – Mercy College of Ohio Trevor Bates Mercy College of Ohio has announced Trevor Bates as its next president.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” After the nearby College of New Rochelle closed in 2019 amid financial woes, Manhattanville hired its dean of nursing and launched its own School of Nursing and Health Sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

From 2000-2017, a sharp 753% increase of students enrolled in dual credit courses was observed, representing 10% of all students enrolled in Texas higher education (THECB, 2018). Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

Building institution-wide trust is essential, especially on the accelerated timeline of an interim leadership position, so Chancellor Reyes described his shortcut: "I immediately asked the president to allow me to get a provost colleague, Karen Colley , to become the interim provost. I think it's very valuable.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

MAY 11, 2022

I have previously blogged about doctored program information submitted by four prominent universities—Rutgers University, Temple University, Claremont McKenna College, and Iona College. programs beginning in 2018, the report said. Examining the Ethical Issues. News & World Report. News & World Report.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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EAB

MARCH 9, 2023

During this session, I had the opportunity to facilitate small group conversations with our provosts and vice provosts, who were eager to share their own experiences with faculty burnout and any efforts they had made to combat it. Here are four major takeaways from my conversations with academic leaders about faculty burnout.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. Historically, GSU had been a predominantly white institution (PWI). Dr. Tim Renick “Today, we’re over 80% nonwhite,” says Renick.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Image: Much about Oberlin College is unique, including long-standing policies guaranteeing the faculty a say in matters that extend well beyond academics. So these faculty members are perplexed—and angry—that the college is trying to change its bylaws to restrict faculty control to academics only.

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University Business

AUGUST 31, 2023

About one-third of all graduating high school seniors used the Common App to apply to college in 2018-19, yet almost 25% didn’t submit a single application they started, according to an academic report from researchers at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. pool of non-submitters.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

“Faculty workload equity is about ensuring that responsibilities are distributed fairly, reflecting the diverse roles and contributions of our faculty,” Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Fran Huckaby, said in a statement on their website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9% Christopher Roth’s primary job at Guttman Community College, part of the City University of New York, is associate director of academic technology. of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5% of LGBTQ people reported hearing slurs, and 10.3%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Related to student success, CEED has a robust center that includes tutoring, mentoring, and advocacy for students to ensure they are on the path to achievement and graduation,” adds Dr. Karen Eley Sanders, associate vice provost for College Access. Today, there are robust pre-college programs serving 1,000 to 1,500 students.

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University Business

MAY 12, 2023

Incoming presidents Eric Boynton – Beloit College (Wis.) Having served four years as provost and dean at Beloit College, the Board of Trustees has selected Eric Boynton as its 12th president. Nooks – Gordon State College (Ga.) Roderick Smothers – Philander Smith College (Ark.) More from UB: U.S.-China

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

23 article in The New York Times , “ How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life ,” which chronicled how universities have signed lucrative contracts with sports betting companies to promote online gambling to their students and campus communities. Nowhere has this been more evident than in a Nov.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

TrACE is adapted from the empirically validated CUNY ASAP/ACE accelerated degree-completion model to focus specifically on community college transfer student success in the UNC system. In 2018, we started the Student Success Innovation Lab. TrACEing Transfer Infrastructure Change in the UNC System.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2024

Hired Lori Barber – College of Eastern Idaho College of Eastern Ohio President-elect Lori Barber Lori Barber has served as the vice president of academic and student affairs at the College of Eastern Idaho for the past five years; before that, she was the dean of general education. Barber begins in August. Martin James R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68

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University Business

JULY 14, 2023

A pair of other colleges, both small and large, have found their presidents, too. More from UB: About 370 more free college programs have erupted nationwide in 8 years Mildred García – California State University System Dr. Mildred García (Source: California State University) Facing a $1.5

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The PIE News

AUGUST 28, 2023

The latest to speak out against the frustration is Awad Ibrahim, vice-provost for equity, diversity and inclusive excellence at the University of Ottawa. The provost added that reasons given for refusal are “often illogical and absurd”. “However, its outcome is quite visible. .”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In 2018, when the Australian Research Council last conducted the national research evaluation exercise known as Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), Charles Sturt’s research was judged of world standard in 41 percent of the broad fields assessed. First up is Charles Sturt University, whose current registration expires in April.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Among the college presidents to come and go in the past two weeks, two positions were indirectly decided by Gov. Hired Richard Corcoran – New College of Florida Richard Corcoran has officially become the permanent president of New College of Florida after serving as interim president since January.

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

At Augusta, Mackinnon held an “expanded provost’s position” over three and a half years in which he helped develop and implement the public research university’s strategic plan and oversaw its success and belonging programs, enrollment and other metrics, according to a press release. Retiring Gregory G.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

These are positive developments from the perspective of groups such as the Association of American Universities and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, which promote high-impact practices that increase student engagement and deep learning. So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Trusted by more than 850 colleges and universities – and serving more than 10 million students – Navigate unites administrators, faculty, staff, and students in a collaborative network to measurably improve outcomes across the entire student journey. We are a historically black college university, so obviously we have HBCU peers.

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