Academe Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

” 5) Northwestern shall allow all members of the community under investigation by the university to record all meetings with administrators and investigators and freely share all information obtained as a result of being placed under investigation, in compliance with local, state, and federal laws.

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Faculty Provost Deans Policy 65

The Chronicle of Higher Education

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It is time to shift how higher ed talks about, pays, and makes use of presidents, provosts, and deans who return to the faculty. By Lisa Jasinski It is time to shift how higher ed talks about, pays, and makes use of presidents, provosts, and deans who return to the faculty.

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Administration Provost Deans Faculty 114

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU. Dr. Andrea Fabrizio, dean of academic affairs and principal investigator for the Title V project at Hostos Community College, an HSI in New York City, said she would like to see flexibility. Dr. Dwayne L.

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Higher Education Students Education Professional Development 131

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Trey Jarboe , vice president for enrollment and retention at University of the Cumberlands, in Kentucky, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs there. Kevin Weinman , chief financial and administrative officer at Amherst College, in Massachusetts, has been selected as president of Marist College, in New York.

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Provost Deans Retention College Administration 100

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Fredrick Muyia Nafukho will become vice provost for the University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel. Dr. Fredrick Nafukho Nafukho will also become tenured faculty in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business.

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Academic Personnel Provost Leadership Humanities 115

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.” history.

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Provost University Leadership Deans 98

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Breese , provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Mount Union, in Ohio, has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Gwynedd Mercy University, in Pennsylvania. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?: Jackson Jr.,

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Provost Arts And Sciences Deans Community College 84

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A former dean of Thomas Edison State University sued the university, its president and its provost for discrimination based on his race (Black) and because he has diabetes, NJ Advance Media reported. Ad keywords: administrators diversity executive Is this diversity newsletter?: Both Baum and Hancock are white. Hide by line?:

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Provost Deans Administration College 62

Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

Bearce , interim vice president for academic affairs at Northampton Community College, in Pennsylvania, has been appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Raritan Valley Community College, in New Jersey. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Provost Arts And Sciences Deans Community College 79

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Cabrini University will eliminate a handful of senior academic leadership jobs—including the post of provost—as part of a larger reorganization to downsize, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The provost, the associate provost and three deans will be eliminated and replaced by a dean of academic affairs and two associate deans.

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Provost Arts And Sciences Deans Leadership 75

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne , associate dean for faculty and intellectual life at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, has been named president and dean of Albany Law School, in New York. Danielle Ren Holley , dean and professor of law at the Howard University School of Law, in Washington, D.C.,

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Provost Deans Law School Community College 86

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Williams spoke to Inside Higher Ed about her career journey, managing her own professional development, the value of the student success offices housed within the provost’s office, and how others can position themselves as student success champions. At UT, my job would be much more difficult if I didn’t report to the provost.

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Provost Professional Development Students Recruitment 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2025

During the course, students were asked to redesign a monthly newsletter sent out by the administration to internal stakeholders. Based on the bots response, the students developed a set of recommendations for how the administration could improve the newsletter.

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Arts And Sciences Technology Applied Science Faculty 98

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. Administrative discourse often appears devoid of substance, lacks respect for previous efforts, (e.g.,

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Deans Provost Arts And Sciences Faculty 117

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

As vice provost of student academic success and enrollment management at James Madison University in Virginia, Molina approaches student success from a curricular perspective, focusing on student learning experiences and how educators can best support their students. We also work with the summer and winter sessions.

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Administration Provost Advise Students 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. To note, this is not the first time GCU has had an all-women deanship, said Dr. Janice Warner, provost of GCU. Back in 2014, the number of women deans was just one.

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Leadership Deans Provost University 116

UW Presidential Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

We are actively responding on several fronts, many of which Provost Serio and I discussed in our April 3 message to the UW community and/or are outlined on the Federal Policy Updates page. The federal administration may wish to change the law, but it has not succeeded in doing so yet. Patty Murray and Sen.

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Provost Liberal Arts Academic Personnel Equity 52

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 24, 2023

Meyer , former interim president and interim provost at Blackburn College, in Illinois, has been named president there. Mills , vice chancellor and senior vice provost for global programs and university life at New York University, has been appointed president there. Ambrose University, in Iowa.

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Provost Community College Deans College Administration 70

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. A new dean, Joseph Aistrup, was appointed.

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Arts And Sciences Provost Deans Administration 111

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert , associate dean of the faculty at Scripps College, in California, has been selected as provost and executive vice president of University of the Pacific, also in California. Jenkins , dean and William S. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Provost Deans Law School College Administration 65

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Woodruff, who has been provost since 2020, will become MSU’s fifth president—including interims—since 2018. Ad keywords: administrators executive Editorial Tags: Governance Presidents Title IX Trustees/regents Is this diversity newsletter?: Woodruff steps into the position vacated by Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr.,

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Provost Deans Recruitment Faculty 73

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As his reputation grew, Williams was recruited by Northwestern University, where he served as assistant dean of diversity and inclusion between 2017 and 2021, and then until 2022 as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lead of Northwestern’s Public Health Program. I needed them to speak the language [of diversity,]” says Williams.

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Recruitment Inclusivity Achievement Engineering 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Waded Cruzado The annual award acknowledges the role mentors play in the success of participants in the ACE Fellows Program, which was established in 1965 to help prepare faculty and administrators for senior positions in higher education leadership.

Arts And Sciences 111

Arts And Sciences Higher Education Leadership Education Leadership Deans 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

McCall is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana. She has also served as associate dean for Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts; dean of arts, humanities and social sciences at the University of Denver; and dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences.

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Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Deans Provost 98

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A former dean of Thomas Edison State University sued the university, its president and provost for discrimination based on his race (Black) and because he has diabetes, NJ Advance Media reported. Ad keywords: administrators executive Editorial Tags: Live Updates Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:

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Provost Deans Administration College 40

Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“This center will be a place to explore queer ancestry, engage deeply with one another to find a sense of community, workshop opportunities to make society more inclusive at present, and build the scaffolding to improve the future,” said Jason Campbell-Foster, interim associate provost and dean of students, in the release.

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Provost University Dean Of Students Inclusivity 105

Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 30, 2025

Thats why Kent Barnds and I, Dean Hoke, created Small College America. Each episode explores the distinctiveness of small collegesthrough conversations with presidents, provosts, foundation leaders, and changemakers who are deeply engaged in the work of shaping the future.

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College Liberal Arts Deans Provost 40

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

Dr. George Timmons Timmons is currently provost and senior vice president of academic and student affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC). He has previously been dean of the School of Liberal Arts and founding dean of online education at Excelsior College.

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Community College Liberal Arts Deans Provost 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2023

Dr. Julie Kornfeld Kornfeld is currently vice provost for academic programs at Columbia University. She has also served as vice dean for education and associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health; and assistant dean and director of education at University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.

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Deans Provost College Administration 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

Dr. Lester Sandres Rápalo Rápalo previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at CUNY Bronx Community College, provost and dean of Union College’s Elizabeth Campus, and chair of the foreign language department at Valencia College. “Dr. We look forward to seeing his vision for RCC take shape."

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Community College Provost College Deans 98

University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

John Butler, who has been involved with administrative leadership since 2010. He routinely partnered with the provost and vice president of student affairs. He has also served on search committees for all senior administrator positions over the past 15 years. She begins her new position in June.

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University Computer Science Provost Leadership 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Phylicia Rashad Rashad is currently dean of the Chadwick A. Dean Rashad epitomizes the character, grace and creative genius that we want represented in an endowed chair as part of Toni Morrison’s legacy,” said Howard Provost Dr. Anthony K. The chair was established in May 2021. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard.

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Humanities Deans Provost University 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Dr. Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

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University Provost Deans Equity 111

ACRLog

MAY 29, 2024

Response: As the budget situation at my public institution has worsened since the pandemic, we’re seeing very low levels of trust by faculty and staff in the upper administration. Our Dean of Libraries is clear, transparent, and refers to a “life-work” balance instead of the other way around.

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Provost Department Institution Administration 114

Economics and Change in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

An administrator at University of North Carolina at Greensboro is stepping down to protest the way the public institution is going about eliminating 19 academic offerings. UNCG is seeking to drop a range of undergraduate and graduate offerings, including bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and religious studies.

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Arts And Sciences Administration Deans Provost 59

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bradley Chamberlain , vice president for mission and communication at Luther College, has been appointed provost there. Doyle III , dean of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, in Massachusetts, has been appointed provost at Brown University, in Rhode Island.

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Provost Arts And Sciences Applied Science Deans 56

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Dr. John Karl Scholz Scholz is currently provost and the Nellie June Gray Professor of Economic Policy at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was previously UW–Madison’s dean of the College of Letters & Science and director of the Institute for Research on Poverty. Treasury Department from 1997-1998.

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