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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in educational leadership. Continually going back to that same campus was ideal because I still was able to connect with mentors and faculty and staff and it really just nurtured my journey in higher education, she says. She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance.

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George Washington University elects first woman president

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As provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology, she expanded the school’s doctoral programs and invested in research facilities. And as Clemson’s senior assistant provost for Faculty Affairs before that, she spearheaded efforts in faculty recruitment and retention.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Today, the percentage stands at nearly 33%, marking a significant but measured progress in the landscape of academic leadership. This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia.

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President moves: This Latina chancellor is CSU’s answer, plus 2 more exceptional hires

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Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy (Source: Wayne State University) With the hire, Espy is leaving the University of Texas at San Antonio after an illustrious career as the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs since 2018. However, her 25-year career in higher education also expands into true academia. As of Aug.

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Campus closures, mergers, cuts, and crises at the start of 2025 (Bryan Alexander)

Higher Education Inquirer

Today, while Trump continues to flood the zone, I want to establish a sense of what the higher education baseline was before he cut loose. As the new administration goes even more energetically after academia Id like to share some data about our sectors standing. Last year I tracked cuts and crises afflicting dozens of campuses.

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A Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Throughout the report, Harper, the Clifford and Betty Allen Chair in Urban Leadership, University Professor, Provost Professor of Education, Business and Public Policy, and Founder and Chief Research Scientist of the USC (University of Southern California) Race and Equity Center, debunked DEI myths. Dr. Everrett A.