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Georgetown University's President to Step Down, Following Health Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Jack DeGioia “Each of us is called to a vocation of service,” said DeGioia, who became a national leader on higher education issues and previously chaired the board of the American Council on Education. “I Groves, the school’s Executive Vice President and Provost has been named interim president. Dr. Robert M.

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Dr. Kim Cassidy to Step Down as President of Bryn Mawr College in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 1993, Cassidy joined Bryn Mawr faculty at the women’s college and served as provost for six years. An expert in psychology, she will return to being faculty in fall 2026 after a two-year sabbatical. “It has been an honor to serve as president of Bryn Mawr.”

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

” Later in the meeting, multiple professors asked the Faculty Affairs Committee to push Provost Peggy Agouris, who briefed the board on the school plan, to respond in writing to a standing list of faculty questions about it. Those are the kinds of organizations that I do best in, and I regret that this was not one of them.”

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. 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’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education. Move it forward—disrupt it.

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President Moves: Morehouse’s ‘record-breaking’ leader announces retirement

University Business

Abiódún “G-P” Gòkè-Pariolá Abiódún “G-P” Gòkè-Pariolá will lead North Central College for a transitional period as the college’s board does not expect to launch a national presidential search before spring 2026. Gòkè-Pariolá has served as North Central College’s provost and vice president for academic affairs since 2015.

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President moves: 2 leaders entrusted with restoring harmony

University Business

Draves is no stranger to Monmouth; in her earlier years working for higher education, she was a chemistry professor at the school she’s now leading. Meredith College has found its next president in Aimee Sapp, a veteran higher education leader who gained her 25 years of academic experience at William Woods University in Missouri.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vanessa Siddle Walker, the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Educational Studies Emerita at Emory University, served as president in 2019-2020 and was followed by Dr. Shaun R. It is possible that the recent trend of electing Black AERA presidents will continue. Dr. Maisha T.