Gordon Gee to leave West Virginia University presidency in June 2025
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 9, 2023
The longtime administrator said he wants to take a faculty spot in the public flagship’s College of Law.
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Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 9, 2023
The longtime administrator said he wants to take a faculty spot in the public flagship’s College of Law.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2025
Before entering the corporate world, Scott built a foundation in academia as a biology professor at Norfolk State University and served in administrative roles at Boston College and Spelman College. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Norfolk State University and a Ph.D.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and Robert Kraft’s Foundation brought a diverse group of Black and Jewish students, faculty and administrators together for a series of Unity Dinners across the nation. The dinners - which kicked off at the National Civil and Human Rights Museum in Atlanta before moving to George Washington University in D.C.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2025
Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., Early on, Briscoe saw herself as a student leader.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Failed searches for college presidents are now commonplace. Given the pay, benefits and prestige, candidates for college presidencies aren’t in short supply. But finding an effective president who can navigate the academy’s rough waters is tough.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 29, 2023
Image: Temple University president Jason Wingard resigned abruptly on Tuesday after less than two years on the job, the Board of Trustees announced. A board statement released Tuesday praised Wingard for his contributions to the university while touching lightly on the challenges that persisted under his leadership.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
The 2023 American College Presidents Study (ACPS) was released with sadly predictable results. The ACPS, conducted by the American Council on Education and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) Institute, found that 61% of college presidents surveyed were men, and 46% were white men.
University Business
MARCH 28, 2024
There’s new momentum building on college and university campuses to rescue and reinvigorate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, vital initiatives that have been the target of a coordinated national assault for over a year. Integrate DEI or DEIB into your college or university’s mission statement.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2024
Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey Lincoln University In an email sent on the day of her death , Candia-Bailey, who served as vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, a historically Black university, accused Dr. John Moseley, the university's president, of harassment and bullying. “You
University Business
JANUARY 30, 2025
Colleges and universities already worrying about maintaining their relevance to prospective students and the workforce are also now entrenched in a new drama few are adequately prepared for: the increasing litigation and compliance involved in the sector. The symposium, hosted by Touro Law, was recorded and published on its website.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 29, 2023
Given the urgent matters now facing the university, particularly campus safety, the board and the administration will ensure the highest level of focus on these serious issues,” wrote Mitchell Morgan, chair of Temple’s board of trustees.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2024
The report revealed that growth in salaries for college and university presidents continued to outpace the growth in full-time faculty salaries; president salaries in 2023–24 ranged from $259,000 at public associate institutions without ranking systems to over $912,000 at private-independent doctoral universities.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Supreme Court heard arguments regarding race-conscious admissions policies, higher education stakeholders gathered to discuss the barriers keeping more women and people of color from becoming college and university presidents. According to 2021 data, 60% of the University of California (UC) chancellors are white.
University Business
JANUARY 3, 2025
In the whirlwind of change occurring in college academics and athletics, Linda Livingstone has her hands full as president of Baylor University and board chair of the NCAA. “It takes a community to do jobs like this,” the seven-year president says. and U.S. .”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 11, 2023
As of May 7, Dr. Ivy Taylor, president of Rust College, is no longer with the school, bringing an end to her almost three-year tenure as the institution’s head, Mississippi Today reported. Dr. Ivy Taylor It is unclear whether Taylor – appointed in June 2020 as the school’s first female president – stepped down or was fired.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 17, 2024
Gender-based violence, harassment, and sexual assault continue to be rampant on college campuses across the country. Specifically, the time has come for college presidents to step up and lead the fight for the safety of our campus communities. Faculty and staff are also at risk of harm.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 20, 2024
has resigned his post as president of Knoxville College. Adams, who serves as the college’s 31st president, announced his decision to step down from the role June 18. 30, to transition the historically Black college into new leadership. Bowie, chair of the Knoxville College Board of Trustees.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 28, 2023
Racial hiring practices in college athletics saw minor improvement but gender hiring practices declined, according to the 2022 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card (CSRGRC) from the University of Central Florida (UCF). As a whole, the combined grade for the 2022 CSRGRC was a "C" with 73.7 There are points of improvement.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 31, 2023
Lindenwood University in Missouri is expanding its reach with the acquisition of for-profit Dorsey College, a vocational school in Michigan, the St. Lindenwood Education System, the parent entity for Lindenwood University, is the official purchaser in the deal, and the two institutions will maintain separate accreditation.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 13, 2023
With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?
University Business
JUNE 27, 2024
The report revealed that growth in salaries for college and university presidents continued to outpace the growth in full-time faculty salaries; president salaries in 2023–24 ranged from $259,000 at public associate institutions without ranking systems to over $912,000 at private-independent doctoral universities.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
More than a decade ago, in 2011, former Cornell University president David Skorton penned an op-ed for The New York Times after a 19-year-old Cornell sophomore named George Desdunes “died in a fraternity house while participating in a hazing episode that included mock kidnapping, ritualized humiliation and coerced drinking.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Welch has been named president and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). He will succeed Dr. Mildred Garcia who left the organization in October to become chancellor of the California State University system. Dr. Charles L.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 24, 2023
The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling could force colleges to rethink them. Precollege programs can help boost access for students from underrepresented communities.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Image: Scholars in Florida are angry, disappointed and divided over a recent joint statement , signed by Florida College System presidents, promising to “not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in critical race theory or related concepts.”
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 17, 2022
It’s an innovative approach to a growing trend at colleges and universities: making naloxone widely accessible across campus, and training as many students as possible to use it. Opioid use is fairly low among college students as a whole—according to a 2021 survey by the American College Health Association, only 0.5
University Business
MAY 16, 2023
As the Spring semester ends, administration across Florida’s public colleges and universities will have to work quickly to descale most programs or resources related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Moreover, the bill places higher accountability on university presidents to fire faculty. On Monday, Gov.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Image: In the perpetual tug-of-war between openness and confidentiality in searches for new college and university presidents, secrecy has been winning in a rout. The recent search for a new president at Pitzer College offers a counterpoint. They thought we would try to elude their meaningful participation.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 3, 2024
Montana State University President Dr. Waded Cruzado has been named winner of the American Council on Education’s 2024 ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award. She also chaired the board of directors of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and HERS.
EAB
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2024
That’s how Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser became president of Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in 2013. She had once told the former president of Metro State University of Denver, Dr. Stephen M. Jordan, that she would consider becoming a university president if she could lead CMC.
University Business
MAY 8, 2023
While the pandemic is often partly blamed for the recent surge in presidential departures, the trend of shorter tenure among college and university presidents has been underway for several years. Indeed, a recent American Council on Education report noted that, in 2022, presidents had been in their position an average of 5.9
FIRE
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Spooky season came early last month for Tennessee Technological University President Phil Oldham, who claimed he was “disturbed ” after watching a viral video clip of a student-run drag show at the university’s Backdoor Playhouse. And they’ve been left uncertain about the future of their expressive rights at Tennessee Tech.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2023
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Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 6, 2024
After months of deliberation, Brown University administrators announced the reinstatement of SAT/ACT testing requirements across the institution. The new policy will launch with next year’s application cycle, effective for the class of 2029.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
The University Budget Committee held the first meeting of the academic year presenting budget cuts to all six colleges and a 25% cut to faculty affairs. These are people,” said San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney. “We We’re going to have to make do with fewer administrators, lecturers and faculty.”
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
As the wave of closures of small liberal arts colleges across the United States continues, merging with a larger institution is increasingly seen as an attractive alternative. I am particularly concerned about my own institution, Bloomfield College, in New Jersey. More than 81 percent of our students are people of color.
University Business
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Texas A&M University’s Interim President Mark Welsh III told faculty and staff in College Station on Wednesday that the university will largely stay the course on many unpopular organizational changes initiated by his predecessor. Read more from The Texas Tribune.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
But shared governance means that the duty of ensuring that students graduate prepared for career, community and citizenship comes from the partnership of board, administration and the faculty. Countless surveys and polls show a surge in political polarization and point to the decline in civic education as a main contributor.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Senior administrators must recognize that campus issues like cancel culture and self-censorship are often symptoms of deeper organizational problems. It’s hardly a new observation that, in corporatespeak, colleges and universities are ailing companies. Poor training in teaching—employee training—is one.
University Business
MAY 8, 2024
Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. Read more from AP News.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
23 article in The New York Times , “ How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life ,” which chronicled how universities have signed lucrative contracts with sports betting companies to promote online gambling to their students and campus communities.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 23, 2024
The State University System of Florida Board of Governors decision to eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from the University of Florida is the latest example. The role of the university is to commit to understanding and embracing a diverse student body, faculty, staff, and administrators.
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