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IU Bloomington Faculty Votes No Confidence in Leaders

Inside Higher Ed

Indiana University at Bloomington faculty members voted no confidence in their president, provost and a vice provost Tuesday, following multiple controversies over academic freedom. The vote of no confidence in Pamela Whitten, the IU system president since 2021, passed 827 to 29.

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The 4 biggest challenges facing graduate and adult education programs, according to presidents and provosts

EAB

The 4 biggest challenges facing graduate and adult education programs, according to presidents and provosts. Findings from EAB’s new survey of presidents, provosts, and VPEMs. For the first time in nearly a decade, graduate enrollment declined in 2021 and 2022, according to NSC projections. Survey Methodology. October 14, 2022.

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Excluding Level 7 modules from the LLE is a huge, missed opportunity

HEPI

Elsewhere on the site, Professor Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic and Provost at The University of Buckingham, highlights what is, in her view, a critical flaw in the LLE: the unfair funding gap facing students on accelerated two-year degree programmes, despite their clear benefits for employability and skills development.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% years in 2021-22.” Dr. Dolores Duran-Cerda, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, says administration believes in being student-ready, not expecting students to be college-ready. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown. in 2022-23.

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Dr. Badia Ahad Named Dean of Oxford College at Emory University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Badia Ahad Ahad is currently vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. “I She is also the author of Afro-Nostalgia: Feeling Good in Contemporary Black Culture in 2021. Badia Ahad will become dean of Oxford College at Emory University, effective Aug. Ahad holds a B.A. and a Ph.D.

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George Washington University Names First Woman President

Insight Into Diversity

Granberg is a sociology professor and current provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to that, she served as senior associate provost at Clemson University. The position was previously held by Thomas LeBlanc, who retired in December 2021.

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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

University Business

Despite Pepperdine adding a data science minor to its liberal arts undergraduate curriculum (bolstered by a $10 million grant in 2021), Hooten is looking to hire new faculty members to help expand the Great Books program due to strong enrollment this fall.