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Presidents and Provosts of Color Serving Together Still Rare at PWIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig steps into his post as Western Michigan University’s (WMU) provost and vice president for academic affairs this January, he will be giving the school membership in an exceedingly small club. McBride and provost and executive vice president for academic affairs Dr. Renée T.

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Dr. Stevie Lawrence II Appointed Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stevie Lawrence II will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri , effective July 1. in urban higher education from Jackson State University; an MPA from North Carolina Central University; and a bachelor's degree in history from North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Stevie L.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His efforts helped to lead to the graduation of the most diverse class in the history of Northwestern. “We Because of the dean leads, the vice provost, the team members working with me, we were able to do great things with faculty and faculty fellows. It was 2020, shortly after the murder of26-year-old Breonna Taylor.

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At University of Hawai’i at M?noa, Native Hawaiian Representation is Growing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. Dr. Nikki Chun, vice provost for enrollment management at UH M?noa.

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President moves: What happened for these 3 leaders to resign?

University Business

The first female president in the institution’s history, Larson returns to academic leadership after having served as the president of Adler Planetarium, a public museum for the past 12 years. Prior to that, she was vice provost at Utah State University. Odenwald has headed Southwestern Michigan since 2020.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. history survey course to be delivered in the summer.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The resulting report, More Rivers to Cross Part 1 , released in January 2020, contained 96 pages of quantitative analysis on the paucity of Black professors and their stagnating numbers. Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State. My colleagues and I picked up the mantel about five to six years ago.” Dr. Marcus A.

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