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. ” Hooten hosts reading forums on classic literature for Pepperdine’s prospective students, parents, alumni and other community stakeholders. .

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. Students are always on their phones. When I sit in advisory board meetings, what I hear from employers is they want students who can lead and serve. Many struggle to actively pay attention. The reality is very different.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will give Howard University a replacement of actor Hattie McDaniel’s Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. Boseman College of Fine Arts – Howard will host a ceremony titled “Hattie’s Come Home” at its Ira Aldridge Theater Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Previously, she was dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at California State University, Los Angeles; interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and founding director of the psychometrics graduate program at Morgan State University; faculty at Spelman; and senior research scientist for Kraft General Foods.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Duke University will be offering full tuition grants to students from the Carolinas with family incomes below $150,000, effective Fall 2023. All qualifying current undergrad will be eligible, and qualifying first-year students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors will receive financial aid statements by Jul. 1 that reflect this change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Previously, he has served as dean of arts and sciences at Alvin Community College and associate dean at Florida State College at Jacksonville. “Dr. Jerry Fliger Fliger is currently vice president for instruction at College of the Mainland. in rhetoric and culture from Bowling Green State University.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The happiest respondents earned their degrees in computer and information sciences, and criminology. Holders of computer science degrees are finding their skills in high demand all across the workforce—from tech to consulting to management, where they are being offered average salaries of $100,000 or more, ZipRecruiter says.

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MindMax

OCTOBER 18, 2022

They decided to begin at the micro level: reengaging their own non-degreed students via a compassionate re – enrollment initiative. Hearing Stories from Non-Degreed Students. “We Kim McNutt , Dean of CSUDH, during a recent MindMax Mixer. CSUDH knew they had an imperative to meet these former students where they were.

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UW Presidential Blog

MAY 24, 2024

From the Board of Deans and Chancellors to the Asian and Pacific Islander American Faculty and Staff Association to UW students, student organizations and leaders—we honor the tremendous impact our AA and NHPI communities have made across programs and disciplines.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Dean of online learning and digital education in Leeds, Margaret Korosec, commented: “We are excited to have a virtual campus for those who wouldn’t otherwise come to campus and to have that experience of being in Leeds and experience the opportunity to be able to walk around, engage and speak with others in the space.”

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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. A 2020 Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium survey of graduate students at 10 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Favors – will focus on fostering educational opportunities for students and faculty and innovating for social, economic, and racial justice. “The Frances Ward-Johnson, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. The center – helmed by N.C.

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HEPI

APRIL 18, 2023

This blog has been kindly written fro HEPI by Professor Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Culture and Technology at King’s College London. However that doesn’t mean humanities disciplines don’t have to change.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Initially unfamiliar with the world of higher ed, President Stokes admitted that her leadership trajectory was unexpected: “I'm a first-generation student. Embracing Leadership Opportunities From department chair to interim chancellor, President Stokes served in leadership positions at three institutions before joining UNM.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul Sniegowski has been named the 21st president of Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

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.” Current students in affected programs will be allowed to finish their studies.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

BU deans were asked to create proposals for the new faculty positions. BU deans were asked to create proposals for the new faculty positions. That’s a really good opportunity because I know a lot of [students] come to [BU] to do extensive research,” said Brandon Nicaj, a first-year majoring in biology. Over half the money – $3.9

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

million grant through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Highly qualified STEM educators equip students with knowledge and skills – and ignite a passion for STEM that will guide their students into the workplace,” said Weddington.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Cudd Cudd, currently the provost at the University of Pittsburgh, has previously served as dean of arts and sciences at Boston University and as a professor and dean of undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas. But Portland is a great city and Portland State University shines as a strong beacon,” Cudd said. “But

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Interventions to improve student success rates such as corequisite designs, curriculum alignment with high school math and increased support services provide certain levels of improvement but do not address the underlying issue: the student-deficiency mentality common among higher education practitioners. And the list goes on.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Jean, Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Sociology at North Park University, and I are suggesting training in High Impact Cultural Competency (HICC) (Vaughn, 2007) as a potential solution. These include depression, burnout, poor work performance, and work-related stress. My cowriter, Peter St.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. Students are always on their phones. When I sit in advisory board meetings, what I hear from employers is they want students who can lead and serve. Many struggle to actively pay attention. The reality is very different.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America with Dr. Jacqueline Mattis, the university’s dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Oliver Leadership Scholarship as part of the center's Public Service Leadership Program at Rutgers School of Arts & Sciences–Newark. Oliver , who died while in office Aug.

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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. As such, Shivers said, it's important that student affairs professionals practice self-care. "Our

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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. During his time as a student, he was also an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Vischer holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of New Orleans and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

” The second point said that “Dean positions are created and filled before dean positions are defined[;] input is requested only after key decisions are made. It’s unclear who supported the letter beyond those four, but 23 would represent over two-thirds of the college’s department heads and program chairs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Most recently, Ohen was associate dean for DEI and belonging at Harvard University. They are about the lived experiences of our students, faculty and staff every day. They are about the lived experiences of our students, faculty and staff every day. Ohen will become chief equity and inclusion officer (CEIO) for Amherst College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Before that, he was vice president for advancement and external relations and vice president for advancement at Alma College; associate vice president for development at Albion College; and assistant dean for development and alumni relations at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing (Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Dirks, president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences. Paul Getty Trust, which funds research and visual art preservation, and Dr. Josef Sorett, dean of Columbia College at Columbia University and vice president for undergraduate education. Nicholas B. Dr. Nicholas B. Dirks was joined by Dr. Katherine E. Dr. Katherine E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers promising insights into the state of humanities programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), even as humanities degree completions decline across the nation. of humanities degrees earned by Black students and 3.8% In 2022, HBCUs awarded 8.8%

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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

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. The objective is to provide students an opportunity to experience a diverse array of playwrights.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Image: Newly available data from the National Science Foundation suggest that the first full year of the pandemic had a major, negative impact on graduate students’ ability to finish their Ph.D.s. That may be what we are seeing in the NSF survey in the decline of doctorate recipients, and that students just need more time.

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