UW Presidential Blog

MAY 17, 2023

It is my great pleasure to announce that Dr. Tricia Serio has accepted the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. As Provost at UMass Amherst, she launched and led initiatives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for faculty, staff and students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

As an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) and coordinator of the college student personnel program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is working to achieve that goal with her scholarship and her administrative responsibilities. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

Did the decision cover race-based scholarships? To address some of these questions, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), the main advocacy group for diversity administrators, put on a webinar Wednesday, featuring Art Coleman. Racial preferences in hiring?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A recommendation for noncontinuation triggers a multilevel review, including by the provost. These engagements are considered outside consulting agreements, in any case, and must be approved in advance by administrators, according to the proposal. Both departmental committees and chairs rate assistant and associate professors annually.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 21, 2023

Kimberly Juanita Brown, IBICL's inaugural director, said that numerous stakeholders were involved in the creation of the institute, from alums and faculty to staff members and the administration. The Office of the Provost at Dartmouth has given $1.3 The institute is being launched with initial funding of $2.3

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University Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Robinson has led several initiatives focused on student recruitment and success, such as a college preparation program for underrepresented student groups, restructuring the Division of Student Affairs and a $10 million scholarship for first-generation and low-income students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Faculty members who voted against the new rule have cited a variety of concerns, including those about equity and inclusion and whether a committee composed exclusively of senior professors will sufficiently value emerging areas and modes of scholarship. The university referred questions about the new policy to Wong.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

On March 7, Dr. Shaun Harper, university professor, provost professor of education, business and public policy, and the founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, was watching a livestream from the U.S. Prior to becoming a faculty member and administrator, Dr. Toby S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% noted they received unfair treatment from school administrators. Prior to that, GALA raised over $250,000 to endow UND LGBTQ student scholarships; two are given every year. of non-LGBTQ people.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. ” According to his university biography, Joeckel’s scholarship is about issues of importance to Christian higher education (and others).

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2023

The Breen Center for Career and Professional Development and the office of the provost organized the event, creating a day off in the academic calendar for this inaugural expo. The college offered students an event attendance incentive: a chance to win a $500 scholarship.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. Agricultural sciences’ assistant professor population also grew, including a 33.5

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

With the integration of the BSDT, Clark is positioned to empower scholarship, pedagogy and innovation related to creative arts, media, design and technology. Clark decided to bring in the BSDT along the same organizational and administrative lines as other academic schools at Clark. There was a clear strategic fit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For example, on one occasion a Vice-Provost asked me to share my research agenda at a faculty meeting. At that moment, I discerned the looks I received from my faculty colleagues as suggesting that I was not qualified to speak to them about research, scholarship or anything intellectual because I was not, and will never be, on their level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

My response included a statement that if offered the job, I would be willing to get into a dunk tank, sell tickets for student scholarships, and challenge my colleagues to join me in the activity. Recently, I was a finalist for a job opportunity and was asked “how do you plan on [re]engaging the college community”?

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University Business

JULY 28, 2023

At Wednesday’s National Summit on Equal Opportunity hosted by the Department of Education, presidents, chancellors, provosts, CEOs and secretaries from across the nation heeded Department Secretary Miguel Cardona’s advice to turn this “low point” in higher education into a “turning point.”

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Students obtain essential networking and community-building skills while developing a sense of leadership that is not informed by “heteronormative and cisnormative practices,” says John Weinstein, PhD, the college’s provost and vice president. The college also provides a $20,000 annual Queer Leadership scholarship to qualifying students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

These students are provided academic supports that include counseling, scholarships, and opportunities to participate in innovative science programs. “Dr. Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. There is power in being a role model, he says, and that’s why he wants to make sure undergrads and graduates can see themselves represented in Lehman faculty, staff, and administration.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Our work is grounded in scholarship, the importance of building and expanding partnerships, and a deep understanding of institutional priorities. Our professional backgrounds are distinct; we represent faculty and senior administrators trained in medicine, science and engineering, the arts, social sciences, humanities, and education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Those New York residents who make it receive full-tuition scholarships or tuition waivers (for individuals from out of state). Less than 10% of applicants are accepted.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

“For a school like ours,” said Lynne Bongiovanni, provost and dean of the college at New York’s College of Mount Saint Vincent, “working with third-party providers … helps us be competitive with flagships and national universities in this space. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world. The survey was last administered in fall 2003, with earlier administrations in 1987, 1992 and 1998. Yet, at most U.S.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Both educators and administrators can benefit from the power of data analysis by gaining useful insights that motivate wise choices and improve student outcomes. Streamlining administrative processes. Data management automation can help collate and map tons of data seamlessly, reducing administrative burdens and human errors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

I was always advocating for students rights and issues, working with administration, leaders, and university presidents advocating for university students, says Briscoe of her time at ASU. Its not just funding organizations that pay attention to Briscoes scholarship. Early on, Briscoe saw herself as a student leader.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.”

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Denise Brown, Associate Dean of Health Sciences, The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Administration of cross-college interdisciplinary academic programs Jamie Dyer, Interim Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies, Mississippi State University Necessary infrastructure to support interdisciplinary programs Kimber McKay, Interim Vice Provost for (..)

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 25, 2025

Administrators pledged to rehabilitate UAGC and abandon the exploitation that landed the former Ashford in legal hot water. Further, UAGC faculty are leaders in the scholarship of online teaching and learning, regularly publishing and presenting on the efficacy of its quality at scale model.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Akram followed through, was accepted and was offered a $20,000 scholarship. Instead, he found and enrolled at the University of the People, which offered him a full scholarship to pay for the (minimal) course assessment fees at this otherwise tuition-free university. One might guess this presents an administrative challenge.

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

At Augusta, Mackinnon held an “expanded provost’s position” over three and a half years in which he helped develop and implement the public research university’s strategic plan and oversaw its success and belonging programs, enrollment and other metrics, according to a press release. Retiring Gregory G.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

” Under the new provider categories, institutions registered as university colleges, traditionally a transitional stage for aspirant universities, must meet scholarship but not research benchmarks. It should extend to other providers as well.” Coaldrake speculated that a university could willingly embrace this status.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Sharon Perry Fantini , Vice Provost for Equity Access and Opportunity at Iowa State University. • Panelists included: • Tim Renick , Executive Director, National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University. Jessica Rowland Williams , Director of Every Learner Everywhere.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Disturbing Trend in Florida Under Governor DeSantis’s administration, Florida has witnessed legislative maneuvers aimed at reshaping the educational landscape. However, the process faced challenges, notably the reluctance of current administrators and political leaders to engage, signifying the deep-seated nature of this issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance. But that goal is aligned with her love for administration for higher education. Larry Mayo (DePaul University) Education: B.A.

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Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Top 6 Advantages of Student Information Systems in Higher Education admin Tue, 02/18/2025 - 06:19 Tune In To Our Audio Blog In this changing landscape, with constant shifts in student demographics, and enrollment behaviors due to globalization, can a rigid administrative process or a legacy student information system foster student success?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Dr. Doris Espiritu EPW was created by Dr. Doris Espiritu, Senior Advisor to the Provost, dean of the Center of Excellence for Engineering & Computer Science, City Colleges of Chicago. There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships.

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