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MARCH 27, 2023

Image: Connecticut College president Katherine Bergeron is stepping down in the wake of student protests and widespread calls for her resignation over missteps on diversity, equity and inclusion. While Connecticut College ultimately canceled the event, the move came too late, prompting King to step down. That is my wish for Conn.”

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JANUARY 23, 2023

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. UC Irvine was one of the earliest colleges to have such a center.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Image: Savannah O’Connor, a junior in Rowan University’s College of Education, doesn’t have much free time. At the Rowan ceremony, students, cheered by friends and family, walked across the stage to receive pins from the College of Education’s dean, Gaëtane Jean-Marie.

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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. ” “I am one of many pretenure faculty who are leaving the college,” Bell said.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

and Guam, have legalized the sale, use and production of marijuana; 27 states have decriminalized it, and research data have shown an increase in cannabis use on college campuses across the country even as alcohol consumption has declined. Twenty-one states , along with Washington, D.C.,

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

colleges face strained library budgets, many seek creative ways to lower costs and preserve access to scholarly content. That shared goal brought 44 colleges in Texas together to negotiate a deal with Elsevier, the behemoth publisher of over 2,500 scientific journals, including The Lancet and Cell. Image: As pandemic-weary U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Ithaka S+R shared results from its triennial survey published last week, which sought to capture college library deans’ and directors’ perspectives three years into the pandemic. Librarians at master’s-granting colleges and doctoral universities felt similarly dispirited (13 percent and 20 percent, respectively).

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Daniel , executive vice president and chief operating officer of Education Forward Arizona, has been appointed president of South Mountain Community College, in Arizona. Van Brunt , provost and vice president for academic affairs at Gwynedd Mercy University, in Pennsylvania, has been chosen as president of Spring Hill College, in Alabama.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Campus administrators hope the initiative builds stronger ties between higher ed institutions and rural communities in Wyoming at a time when some rural residents across the country feel ideologically distant from academic institutions and are increasingly questioning the value of a college degree. million grant from the U.S.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Joy Bodin , interim president of Hennepin Technical College, in Minnesota, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Peter Hopsicker , associate dean for academic affairs at Pennsylvania State University’s Altoona campus, has been promoted to vice chancellor for academic affairs there. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

In response to increased enrollment of first-generation students , colleges are actively creating programs and forging partnerships designed to build community while providing support through mentorship, resources, and special events. We are thrilled to be starting this initiative in support of our first-gen students,” says Reesor. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

In my position as a community college president, a large part of the work is showing up as my authentic self. Being a part of the community at Compton College, where I serve as president and CEO, is essential to my work. This was especially true when I was hired as acting dean of student affairs at Compton nearly 18 years ago.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Commonplace among colleges, ESG investing strategy weighs company impacts on climate change and other environmental factors, labor practices and human rights, and issues of governance—including diversity among board members—as well as shareholder rights and company transparency. “Everybody has an ESG strategy.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Image: Campus leaders at Vassar College are on a mission to bring community college students to liberal arts institutions. They announced plans this fall to help 30 liberal arts colleges explore how to start programs modeled after Exploring Transfer, a 35-year-old summer bridge program for community college students at Vassar.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

But I would say those are the exceptions, not the rules,” says Nicholas Hartlep, PhD, the Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair in Education at Berea College, whose research focuses on race and equity — particularly concerning the experiences of Asian Americans — in academia. This article was published in our January/February 2024 issue.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Image: A new report finds that the closure of a college or university has a devastating effect on the educational attainment of the students enrolled at the time. percent—re-enrolled at another college or university. percent—and more Pell Grant recipients as well. Of those who re-enrolled, only 36.8

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The first — McKesson Leading Excellence, Advancing Diversity (LEAD) — will recruit students from diverse communities by establishing pathway and mentorship programs with historically Black colleges and universities in North Carolina. “[The The U-M College of Pharmacy also received about $1.5

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 24, 2023

Connecticut College president Katherine Bergeron is stepping down in the wake of student protests and widespread calls for her resignation over missteps on diversity, equity and inclusion. “For the past nine and a half years, I have devoted myself to advancing educational excellence and equity at this College.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

She couldn’t imagine herself, a Mexican Filipina American, as a college president, much less a university chancellor, because she’d never seen someone like herself in those positions. years on average, according to the Community College League of California’s CEO tenure and retention dashboard.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

With the practice of direct admissions, colleges proactively reach out to high school students with a letter of acceptance. Personally, I view direct admissions as a game changer, especially for those students who do not see themselves as college material and their families. ” This second quote is particularly heartbreaking.

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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. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department. Going Public.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

The 1,300-square-foot center will be housed in the College of Engineering building, using former adviser offices to create a centralized space for student support and community. The space is currently open for student use but will reopen later this spring as the college incorporates student feedback on their ideas for the center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Hollis will become associate dean for access, equity, and inclusion in the Penn State College of Education, effective Aug. I chose Penn State because of the dean and the wonderful colleagues I met during my visit,” Hollis said. “I Dr. Leah P.

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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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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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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but there is still a first time for everything: Mount Holyoke (Mass.), Norbert College (Wis.) Norbert College all fall somewhere around 2,000. She has published articles in Harvard Law Review and Cornell Law Review, among others. Mount Union (Ohio), St.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Thirty percent more African American, Latinx, and Hispanic faculty are working this year within the College of Public Health and Health Professions (PHHP) at the University of Florida (UF), thanks to a $1 million initiative to recruit faculty who address diverse research and instruction. This article was published in our December 2022 issue.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Image: When Glynis Fitzgerald was named the College of Saint Mary’s first new president in 26 years last November, the Roman Catholic women’s college seemed to be set to continue the work of the outgoing president, who was widely credited with helping to grow enrollment and pull the Nebraska institution out of deep debt.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

Image: Efforts to improve college access and support for foster youth have spurred new laws in multiple states, with legislators from both major parties heeding calls to do more for a group of students often without family to call on for help. ” Tata said this includes community colleges and trade schools.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Last week, Vermont State University announced plans for an “all-digital” academic library when the new institution, formed from the consolidation of three colleges, officially launches on July 1. But this and other articles focus on library services “centered on” e-resources but not to the exclusion of print.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 3, 2023

Image: December was a whirlwind month for members of the North Idaho College Board of Trustees. 21 , where critics blamed a faction of the board for placing the college’s accreditation in jeopardy. “We don’t have a bunch of communists or anti-Christian people on staff at North Idaho College.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

That’s how academic advising at Tallahassee Community College used to look, says Pamela Johnston, dean of career and academic planning there: “Very reactionary.” COVID-19, of course, complicated the project but also introduced new modes of advising, some of which the college has retained because they work so well.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

” “The larger the campus, the more challenges we have in terms of convenience of parking,” says Joel Frater, dean of students at Rochester General College of Health Careers and a member of the council of the Society for College and University Planning. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In addition, she has published dozens of articles in Educational Researcher , Review of Educational Research , Educational Psychologist , Contemporary Educational Psychology , Teachers College Record , and many other top journals. Her research has been cited in more than 9,000 published studies. Harper agrees. “I

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