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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Spurred on by this interest in universities’ inner workings, Allen went on to eventually lead in an administrative capacity as senior vice president and provost at Widener University before returning to Meredith as its leader in July 2011. This return etched Allen all the more into the history of Meredith.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Geisler last summer.

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Outrage Continues Over University of Florida's Removal of DEI Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ahmed, vice provost for DEI at the University of Vermont. “It There is no data or evidence that proves that DEI initiatives promote indoctrination or that diversity leads to white people falling behind, said Dr. David Canton, director of African American Studies and associate professor of history at UF.

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

Inside Higher Ed

“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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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

One campaign he oversaw helped draw in $66 million, the largest in school history, Telegram & Gazette reports. The work was done in collaboration with the provost. She was elected to the Academy in 2018 in philosophy/religion and for her work in educational and academic leadership.

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U of Arizona professors say they're blackballed from service

Inside Higher Ed

But he says that he apparently became a problem for the university following that role, around 2018. That’s when he filed public records requests for more information about who had applied to an associate vice provost job he’d wanted but didn’t get. Abraham has previously served as CAFT’s chair.

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