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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As his reputation grew, Williams was recruited by Northwestern University, where he served as assistant dean of diversity and inclusion between 2017 and 2021, and then until 2022 as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lead of Northwestern’s Public Health Program. It was 2020, shortly after the murder of26-year-old Breonna Taylor.

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Report: Racial and Gender Hiring Practices in College Athletics is Concerning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report examines personnel data – from sources such as the NCAA Demographics Database – concerning university presidents, athletics directors, coaches, administrative staff, and faculty athletics representatives for college sports. in 2020-2021, and 33.2% in 2020-2021. of chancellors and presidents, 78.6%

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

More from UB: President moves: 2 leaders’ last dances and a search committee stuck in the mud Leverage community college pipelines The University of North Iowa is experiencing its largest enrollment class since 2020, months before the pandemic, and the largest year-to-year increase in enrollment in more than a decade.

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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Over the past four years, some higher education officials and politicians have pushed back: for example, in 2020, a group of university presidents and athletic directors in Massachusetts testified before the state Legislature with the strong recommendation not to legalize college sports betting in Massachusetts.

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American U staff strike for higher wages

Inside Higher Ed

Later they marched to the main campus to protest outside the residence of university president Sylvia Burwell. The union, organized by SEIU Local 500, won its election in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, riding a wave of collective organizing in higher education. “We’re asking for basic wages.”

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Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges: Changing Higher Ed podcast 256 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Brent Miller of HED

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University of Michigans Ford Robotics Building , a $75M collaboration where Ford leases space on the top floor, working alongside Ph.D. UC Merced 2020 , a $1.3B They continue to do those profound transformations in their history to electrification, connectivity, and automation, right? Little bit of the history, so P3 is not new.

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Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips

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Between the 2016-17 and 2020-21 academic years, bachelor’s-level health care administration programs grew by 9.41%, in part to meet rising employer demand for health care administration professionals. over 100 completions reported in the 2020-21 academic year) and whether the program offered a distance-delivery option.