Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. In Safa Zaki, Bowdoin has found a distinguished scholar and leader with a global perspective who believes deeply in the transformative power of a liberal arts education,” said Scott Perper, chair of the Bowdoin board and a member of the Presidential Search Committee. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The opening of the Center of Excellence for Social Justice marks a pivotal step in our ongoing commitment to cultivating a fair and inclusive society,” said Dr. Frances Ward-Johnson, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

Last month, former Texas A&M interim dean José Luis Bermúdez celebrated the hiring of an esteemed journalist and experienced academic leader with balloons and a press package. That leader, Kathleen McElroy, would not only have the chance to revamp the university’s journalism program, but she would be doing so at her alma mater.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Native Explorers Program Governor Bill Anoatubby of the Chickasaw Nation on the left has supported the Native Explorers Program for 15 years. The full list of 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners can be found here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Thomas, including interim president, dean of the law school, and associate professor of law. He was also an inaugural recipient of the Minnesota Lawyer Diversity and Inclusion Award for contributions to diversity and inclusion in law. Rob Vischer Vischer has held several roles at St. Thomas’s Board of Trustees.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

Jones cultivated a promising profession as an actor and performing arts teacher at The City College of New York, where he found himself instructing theater students with whom he participated in creative projects. Theater was always on the radar,” says Jones, whose tenacity fed into a dynamic career in the performing arts. “I

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The goal of making the Department of Black Studies a global leader in African diaspora research and discussion aligns with UR’s 2030 strategic plan, which emphasizes the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and an increase in interdisciplinary collaboration. Thanks to a new $3 million grant from the Andrew W. and Mary L.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Hussain said because DEI functions as a primary point of contact between students with disabilities and the university, it ensures that students are able to access accommodations needed for their learning. Removing DEI offices would then have an impact on the positive gains made to support student success, according to Hussain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor of Political Science; Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: B.A., political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. history, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D.,

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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. Warner, a former GCU School of Business dean herself, said that during her time as dean, all three of GCU’s academic deans were women then as well.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To thank hardworking staff, faculty, and students, the Dean surprises them with thoughtful gifts. Spend a Grinch-Free Holiday with Greensboro’s School of Health and Human Sciences UNC Greensboro is a regular on our HEM holiday video highlights list, and this video puts the spotlight on its School of Health and Human Sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor of Political Science; Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: B.A., political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. history, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Melissa Shivers, senior vice president for student life at The Ohio State University (OSU).

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 9, 2023

As a result of new bans on DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs in the state, McElroy told the Texas Tribune last month that outside concerns over her experience in diversity and inclusion and her career at The New York Times caused Texas A&M to change her tenured contract to a shorter position without tenure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Over the past decade, some historically Black institutions have developed women’s and gender studies programs and embedded courses within general education curriculum. Nobody is going to tell our story and keep it from erasure but us.” We are in the next phase of pushing forward.”

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In addition to this project, the college recently hosted its third annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference, entitled “Leading Inclusively: Transformative Change Across the Globe.”. Strategic Plans + Climate Survey = Inclusive Excellence — Ball State University. Resolutions and Safe Spaces — Adelphi University.

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University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

He has most recently served as vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion. Rhonda Phillips is an esteemed honors college dean, serving the position for the past decade at Purdue University. Previous to that she served as the associate dean for The Honors College at Arizona State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Gmelch, who, at the time, served as dean of Iowa State’s College of Education and had emerged as a national expert on college deans. “I Jerlando F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Beginning as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, she then went on to become the associate dean of diversity and inclusion for BU’s biological sciences division.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Gay, currently the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was hired after a search that began in July to replace Lawrence S. Bacow, who announced in June that he would step down next year. Though Gay has not previously held a presidency, she has a long history with Harvard. She earned her Ph.D.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. With level-headedness, Clarence D.

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Edu Alliance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2022

December 5, 2022 by Dean Hoke : In the newest edition of the 2022 Open Doors Report, US university’s international student enrollment shows encouraging signs. Why is that a problem? International students coming to the United States are reported at 948,519, which nears the pre-pandemic level. India – 375,055. Germany – 122,538.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

” An edited transcript of the interview with Sheares Ashby, former dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University, follows. My dad was a minister and a math and science teacher. And she describes how Hrabowski was what she calls a “good leaver. ” Or, “That may not work for me.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image: Sacred Heart University administrators have long encouraged students to understand the institution’s mission and values by attending seminars and events designed to reflect and promote the “Pioneer Journey,” the academic, spiritual and social-emotional learning path that encompasses the student experience at the university.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

She is also the recipient of numerous awards, including UC Irvine’s Outstanding Social Justice Activist Award, the Social Science Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Teaching and Outstanding Mentorship, and the UCI Academic Senate Award for Distinguished Faculty Mentorship. This turned into an ongoing debate.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

Roth and Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez, Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, find the ruling tone deaf. The Supreme Court’s long-awaited decisions on two cases that would implicate the fate of race-conscious admissions at public and private institutions’ undergraduate levels finally came out last week.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Yesterday I asked my readers what rule they would enact for higher education in their state if they were somehow declared Grand Poohbah of Higher Education for a day. (I I took the term from Howard Cunningham’s fraternal lodge on Happy Days.) So many poohbahs! I would have A, B, C, and I.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When I served as the Dean of Arts & Sciences I was responsible for making sure that every program had an assessment plan and that the plan was followed. They are an invitation to share ideas with our colleagues and to engage the robust literature about innovative and inclusive pedagogies.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Dive into the complexities of higher education enrollment–navigate through its current challenges, and uncover strategies for the tough times ahead. In this podcast, we dive into the complexities of higher education enrollment, navigating through its current challenges and uncovering strategies for the tough times ahead.

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 7, 2024

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will no longer require diversity and inclusion statements as part of its hiring process. This change was detailed in a Monday email from Nina Zipser, PhD, dean of faculty affairs and planning. Not all faculty members are supportive of this change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. Experts in higher education, diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated the news, hoping it could signal to other institutions that it is time for more diverse leadership. “If Bacow on July 1, 2023.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Learn how CSCU’s unification of its once-siloed community college is building a sustainable higher education model and helping improve retention and enrollment. Learn how CSCU’s unification of its once-siloed community college is building a sustainable higher education model and helping improve retention and enrollment.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

She co-founded the Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee, which proposed and won an on-site childcare center and which continues to sponsor events on women’s issues in science. The institution even erected a multimedia display wall of 60 “trailblazing” female faculty members last summer.

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