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Western Michigan University Provost Heilig Steps Down After Two Years of Record-Breaking Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, the first underrepresented minority Provost in Western Michigan University's history, announced his resignation from the position after a two- year tenure marked by significant institutional achievements. During his leadership, WMU set all-time records for online programs, graduation rates, and student retention.

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New Impact Academy cohort represents 25 states, reaches 15,000 teacher-candidates annually

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Thomas , Dean of the College of Education, ​​Grambling State University Elizabeth Dinkins , Dean of the School of Education, Bellarmine University James P. McIntyre, Jr. They continue to learn from and collaborate with one another through DFI’s Leadership Collaborative, an alumni network for former fellows.

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Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize

Inside Higher Ed

programs will be represented by TRU-UE in collective bargaining with the university,” university provost Sunil Kumar announced in a statement. ” Ad keywords: administrators studentaffairs teachinglearning Editorial Tags: College administration Graduate education Unions/unionization Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA.

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How Vermont is winning the fight against falling enrollment

University Business

Following the widespread pushback, Vermont State University conceded, promising to keep 10% of its current collection. Books will be salvaged based on the frequency of specific checkouts and their proscribed academic value according to department chairs and the university provost. Recent philanthropic efforts between the J.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Inside Higher Ed

“I think that’s the next evolution: How do we engage these areas of campus that are the glue and consolidate those services in a way that it’s easier to use, easier to find and easier to manage,” asks Sine, who spent 15 years as a higher ed administrator.

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What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters

Inside Higher Ed

That makes it very difficult for anyone—faculty or even administrators—to have good information about transfer students. One of us was already provost of CUNY’s Hunter College for several months before realizing that fully two-thirds of the graduates she would celebrate at Hunter’s commencement were transfer students.

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