Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D. That desire to understand the world only grew from there, and she became the first in her family to attend college.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Background Established in 1832, Wabash College is a private liberal arts institution dedicated exclusively to undergraduate education for men. As one of the nation’s few remaining all-male colleges, Wabash upholds a tradition of academic rigor, personal responsibility, and close-knit community engagement.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.”

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

A 2018 study published in Nature, a journal focused on advancements in science, found that nearly 40% of graduate students globally experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression. Studies consistently reveal troubling statistics. a rate six times higher than the general population.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2025

April 29, 2025 · Episode 257 Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In 34 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. How this higher education strategic planning approach helped College of Charleston grow enrollment, launch new schools, and achieve national university status.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

February 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke: This profile of Earlham College is the second in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College is a private liberal arts institution with deep Quaker roots. For the 2023-24 academic year, U.S.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2025

Faculty Focus , March 2022.) We tested this theory by working with a client, Artists Alliance Incorporated, a non-profit arts organization in New York City, who needed to rebuild its web presence. In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators. So, how did the bots do?

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. What motivates one may not motivate all.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Thirty-two tenured faculty members are slated for layoffs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Faculty also have statutory layoff rights, which UWM will of course honor,” Mone said. Faculty also have statutory layoff rights, which UWM will of course honor,” Mone said. Dr. Mark A. Mone in a letter to colleagues. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Whirl, who currently serves as president of Augusta Technical College, has built a reputation for strengthening workforce education programs and fostering community partnerships. The cuts sparked heated debate within the campus community about the university's future direction and commitment to its liberal arts tradition.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

million SUNY grant and is looking to hire 30 replacement faculty and 36 new faculty, Pipe Dream reported. The grant – part of a $53 million SUNY-wide hiring initiative – will go towards creating faculty positions with a heavy focus on research. BU deans were asked to create proposals for the new faculty positions.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

March 3, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of the College of Wooster is the fourth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background The College of Wooster, founded in 1866, is a private liberal arts institution located in Wooster, Ohio. states and 76 countries.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 24, 2023

” Lectures are a “great tool for college courses, but they are just used way too often,” he says. And while the idea that “learning can be fun is thrown out the window once in college,” it can be “just as exciting for us.” 3 faculty action students say would promote their academic success.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recognizes the following 11 evidence-based practices as integral to student success. In fact, the National Association of Colleges and Employers lists communication, critical thinking, equity and inclusion, and teamwork as four of the eight career readiness competencies.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

March 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Whitman College is the sixth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1859, Whitman College is a private liberal arts institution located in Walla Walla, Washington. Since 2000, students have secured more than 600 awards.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2025

A first-generation college student raised in rural Wyoming,Tromp brings nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. Tromp holds a Bachelor of Arts from Creighton University, a Master of Arts in English from the University of Wyoming, and a Ph.D. Tromp seems poised and ready to lead UVM. from the University of Florida.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Image: College and universities will need to diversify their faculties at about 3.5 This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem. “Overall, the lack of progress on faculty diversity in the U.S.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Land-grant universities are building new colleges , HBCUs are racing to secure better funding and even liberal arts colleges are reviewing their general education curriculum. Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of melding often siloed disciplines of the humanities, arts and social sciences with STEM.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

Petersen will become president of Hendrix College, effective June 2023. Petersen Petersen is a professor of political science and dean of the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tulsa (TU). This appointment makes her the second woman to lead the school. Dr. Karen K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Art Pimentel will become president of Folsom Lake College, effective Jan. Dr. Art Pimentel Most recently, Pimentel was president of Woodland Community College. Pimentel holds a Bachelor of Arts in social sciences and a Master of Arts in educational leadership from California State University, Sacramento and a doctorate.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Today on the HEPI website, Annamaria Carusi challenges the common assumption that translational research is only relevant to STEM fields, making the case for a broader, more integrated approach that fully values the contributions of the arts and humanities. You can read that piece here.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. These four traditions co-exist uneasily within the contemporary college and university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Safa Zaki will become president of Bowdoin College, effective Jul. Dr. Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College. Safa is the perfect choice to guide the College through the fascinating chapter that lies ahead. McCoy and John T. Zaki holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Scott-Johnson will become provost and vice president for academic affairs at Spelman College, effective Aug. I look forward to guiding additional pathways for advancing faculty, at all levels, and delivering innovation in student success from retention to graduation. Dr. Pamela E.

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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.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 27, 2025

Our professional science masters (PSM) in biotechnology degree is designed for working professionals, offering primarily online and evening courses that emphasize applied learning and professional development. A required industry internship ensures graduates enter the biotech workforce with real world experience.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The private New York college’s public comment period on the changes ends Thursday. Walker, the AAUP’s grievance officer, alleged in a letter to the provost that the university had failed to follow the union contract’s procedures by circumventing the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee. She said 4.4

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

David Beasley will join the faculty of its Joseph F. He will teach and give guest lectures at the law school, the Honors College, and the College of Arts and Sciences. The University of South Carolina has announced that former South Carolina Gov. Rice School of Law. Former South Carolina Gov. Rice School of Law.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The University of Wyoming (UW) and five community colleges in the state are building a faculty network to share best practices and make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education more inclusive. These relationships will also be cultivated through various projects and initiatives.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

Deslauriers, director of science teaching and learning in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and a senior preceptor in physics, and his colleagues measured students’ perception of learning when active learning is toggled on and off. That can mean changing faculty perceptions, too.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Not a week goes by without new laments about the decline of the humanities and social sciences. Many of these op-eds blame the utilitarian popularity of the STEM disciplines for declining enrollments and diminishing support for the traditional liberal arts. My experience is different.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

Pharr has been named president of Pitt Community College (PCC). Dr. Maria Pharr “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as next president of Pitt Community College and look forward to contributing to the college’s legacy of leadership excellence,” said Pharr. Pharr starts the role Aug.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2024

As colleges and universities try more than ever to engage with those outside of their walls, leaders are looking for ways to do so genuinely and with care. However, the newly opened Raclin Murphy Museum of Art signifies a return to relevance. “If you’re going to do this, it’s a way of thinking, speaking and being.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Dr. Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. The funding supports faculty and student fellowship programs, undergraduate and graduate student research, learning communities for curriculum development and course enhancements, and cultural programming.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2024

Morehouse College has received an anonymous, $20 million gift to expand academic programs and professorships at the college. At Morehouse, we are developing men with integrity and intellect to become 21st-century leaders and innovators,” said Provost Dr. Kendrick Brown.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 16, 2024

There is little humanity in the liberal arts and humanities, social sciences, fine arts and other disciplines, as they are taught in much of US higher education. It's often worse where students, faculty, and content creators are nothing but numbers: in large auditoriums and online education, especially at robocolleges.

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