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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. Jackson, who was appointed president at Nashville State Community College in 2018.

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Navigating Turbulent Waters: Leading Your Institution in Times of Disruption and Uncertainty

Helix Education

University leaders must navigate this transformation by: Investing in faculty training for AI integration Updating curricula to reflect emerging technologies Developing ethical guidelines for AI use in academia Along those lines, it is critical that institutions have an AI governance framework in place. Woefully few universities do.

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How toxic incentives are fueling an ‘epidemic’ of cheating in scholarly research

University Business

” “Academia is an industry,” he says. “Even though we have private universities, it’s really kind of a private-public entity with hundreds of billions of dollars tied up in it. “Rewards in academia—whether getting hired, promoted or published—come from output and productivity.”

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As I navigated through my undergraduate years at Alabama A&M University and then pursued advanced studies at Virginia State University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, I witnessed the evolving dynamics of higher education. The Future of Higher Education: How Colleges Can Transform Their Financial Strategies.

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Patty Limerick speaks out on her dismissal from her center

Inside Higher Ed

“You know, we’ve had decades of very solid support from the university leadership and there was a reason for that, because—I’m not sure if this is a little bit of vanity or just accuracy—I’ve done everything imaginable for years here to build trust between a university-based organization and the general public.

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Stop micromanaging your campus tour and take a look at your deeper problems

Echo Delta

For years, we’ve felt like every problem at a college or university has been blamed on the enrollment department, and the enrollment department has been expected to solve all of the college’s or university’s problems. Are colleges and universities starting to commoditize themselves? Easy peasy, right?

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President moves: A Texas-sized hire and a controversial severance package highlight this list

University Business

Mayme Hostetter – Hamline University (Minn.) Mayme Hostetter has been announced as the next president of Hamline University beginning in July. However, the state attorney general has since filed suit against university leadership and asked a judge to block the buyout, Searchlight New Mexico reports.