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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

of learners who began college in fall 2018, which is the most recent cohort tracked, earned a credential within six years. An unsurprising data point in the report is that full-time students from the fall 2018 cohort completed at a rate of 67.2% point gap in 2018. compared to part-time students, who completed at 33.7%

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

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She worked her way through the ranks as a professor, eventually landing at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and then an internship opportunity in the Office of the Provost came her way. Howard-Baptiste currently serves as the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

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Daniel Greenstein to Step Down as Pa. Chancellor in October

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Greenstein has been in the role since September 2018, after previously leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s work on postsecondary education and serving as vice provost for academic planning and programs for the University of California.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

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Jackson, who was appointed president at Nashville State Community College in 2018. Research by Dr. Gloria Oikelome, currently provost & vice president of academic affairs at Delaware Valley University, supports these concerns. Success stories Among the initiatives success stories is Dr. Shanna L.

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Michigan State Appoints Provost as Interim President

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Woodruff, who has been provost since 2020, will become MSU’s fifth president—including interims—since 2018. Teresa Woodruff is the new interim president of Michigan State University, the Board of Trustees announced following a special meeting Monday. Woodruff steps into the position vacated by Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr.,

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

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We are honored Achieving the Dream selected our institution as a Leader College," said Bellevue College Provost Dr. Jess Clark. ATD's Leader College of Distinction award, created in 2018, sets an even higher bar for institutional achievement.

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

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Wutoh, Howard provost and chief academic officer. She was also the first African American woman to win a major party nomination for governor as the Democratic nominee in Georgia, though she lost both gubernatorial elections in 2018 and 2022.