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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Reynolds said that a search for DeGioia’s replacement will commence soon, with a new president expected to be in place by July 1, 2026. Groves, the school’s Executive Vice President and Provost has been named interim president. Dr. Robert M. Groves, who also holds the Gerard J. Campbell, S.J.

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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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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It brings together presidents, provosts, faculty, funders, policymakers, and industry leaders to address big questions facing HBCUs. In 2025, we'll see a more explicit focus on faculty engagement, picking up the student engagement onto the broader aspects of the platform in 2026.

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APAIE 2025 champions inclusivity and global citizenship

The PIE News

Thats a very unique thing about the conference this year, Venky Shankararaman, APAIE president and vice provost (education), Singapore Management University , told The PIE News. Participants eagerly welcomed the announcement of Hong Kong as the host city for APAIE 2026.

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

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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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For the UW, global engagement is part of our core mission

UW Presidential Blog

And in anticipation of the Mens FIFA World Cup arriving in Seattle in 2026, the Jackson School of International Studies and UW partners have created the Global Sport Lab , an interdisciplinary pilot program to teach students and the public about global affairs and connections through athletics.

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

Diverse: Issues in 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. which he is expects to defend in 2026 at New York University. Northwestern, he says, is a place with a great diversity of programs and ideas, thought, and discipline.