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

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. Feroe, former acting president and interim provost, was named interim president. Geisler last summer. Focus on the Future.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Jeff Witmer, professor of math, said that what the board appears to want “will change the ethos of Oberlin—a place where historically the faculty have made progressive decisions and where the dean has been viewed as first among equals. Yet the faculty didn’t lead Oberlin’s response to the incident.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The second issue centers on the resignation of former business school dean Sanjay Gupta, who was asked by Michigan State officials to step down after allegedly not reporting an incident in which he witnessed an intoxicated business school employee touching a student inappropriately.

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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. Marin begins on August 15, according to the university.

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University Business

MAY 12, 2023

Having served four years as provost and dean at Beloit College, the Board of Trustees has selected Eric Boynton as its 12th president. Since 2018, Vinson has served as provost at Case Western Reserve University, a member of the prestigious, invitation-only Association of American Universities. More from UB: U.S.-China

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

I was actually part of the initial launch of EAB back in 2018, so I've seen it grow up, so to speak, and that's been an awesome opportunity. I know Naomi, you had just mentioned since 2018, there's been a lot of changes, even before that, right? And so as Naomi mentioned, in 2018 is when we acquired and joined the EAB partnership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Waller joined Virginia Tech in 2018 as director of Graduate Student Programs. They also challenge and hold students accountable.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Dr. Doris Espiritu EPW was created by Dr. Doris Espiritu, Senior Advisor to the Provost, dean of the Center of Excellence for Engineering & Computer Science, City Colleges of Chicago. 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

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Gillam currently serves as the executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, an institution whose student population doubles that of BU. Beginning as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, she then went on to become the associate dean of diversity and inclusion for BU’s biological sciences division.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Elfring, associate vice provost of instruction and assessment at Arizona, said recently that she and others involved in the pilot have since “capitalized on positive instructor and student feedback to continue building out active learning spaces across our campus.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

Ennis will be leaving his current post at Coastal Carolina University as provost and executive vice president for a challenging position at Delta State University in Mississippi. Before Alverno College, Foy served as Dean of the Faculty at Marian University in Wisconsin from 2018 to 2020. Ennis First-time president Daniel J.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We asked how she’s met these opportunities: “When I think about my role as Provost at Florida State University , at that point in my career, I was not at all certain that I wanted to be a university president. When I left for a provost job at University of Missouri , I was excited about a new opportunity at a Midwestern university.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Anne Reed, University at Buffalo: The University at Buffalo (UB) is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, which released a policy framework for microcredentials back in 2018. Senior Associate Dean of Business, Southern New Hampshire University. Hobson, Ph.D.,

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

Department of Education from December 2018 to January 2021. Prior to these positions, she was Assistant Provost at Colorado Community College System from January 2009 to December 2016. Dr. Sacks holds a Ph.D.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis served as an Assistant Professor of History, department chair, faculty senate president, and Executive Dean of Centers at Lone Star College (Houston, Texas). She later served as Dean of Academic Studies at Lee College (Baytown, Texas), a Hispanic-Serving Institution , where she started its first National Model United Nations program.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Stanley’s resignation comes amid another issue that has roiled the campus: the resignation of a dean under pressure from Provost Teresa Woodruff, who has defended her decision vigorously in the face of board questions. Simon, who left in 2018 with a $2.4 The Presidential Shuffle.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The dean of students determined in February that Dervish had violated the student code of conduct and sanctioned him with expulsion for stalking, failure to comply with the directives of university officials and discriminatory conduct. Prior to moving to Arizona, Dervish was enrolled in a graduate program at San Diego State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Rodrigues became dean of the University of Georgia School of Law on January 1, 2025. From 2015 to 2018 and for the fall semester of 2024, Rodrigues served as the law school's associate dean for faculty development. She joined the School of Law's faculty in the fall of 2005 and was named the holder of the M.E.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

That year, her lawsuit says, David Russell, who was then UT Southwestern’s new vice provost and dean of basic research, met with Vitetta for the first time to say he was planning on shutting down her manufacturing practice lab—where she made vaccines for clinical trials—in order to give this space to a younger male professor.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Both Jonathan Levin, dean of the business school, and Persis Drell, provost, faced questions about it last week while addressing the Faculty Senate. As a dean I am of course interested in supporting the academic freedom of faculty, particularly at this moment in time.”

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

It’s not that we would say our program is more econometrics than anything else, but it does meet that criteria,” David Autor, professor of economics at MIT, told Inside Higher Ed in 2018. Speaking with Inside Higher Ed this month, Scholz, who is now provost, shared the impact.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Deans, provosts, presidents, trustees and/or a slew of campus “brand managers,” including institutional advancement and external relations officers, all increasingly have a seat at the table when deciding what can be exhibited. They also cited rising concerns about being fired or otherwise punished by administrators.

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