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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.S., physics education, West Chester University; M.A., physics, Temple University Career mentors: Dr. A.J. Neutrinos are, however, the most common particle(s) in the universe.

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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D.

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Augusta Tech President Named Sole Finalist to Lead Savannah State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Georgia's Board of Regents has named Dr. Jermaine Whirl as the sole finalist for the presidency of Savannah State University, the state's oldest historically Black Dr. Jermaine Whirl university. The coastal Georgia institution, founded in 1890, has played a vital role in African American higher education for over 130 years.

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An Advocate for Equitable Health - Dr. Sabina Khan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Womens Health Occupational Therapist, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences; Dr. Djora Soetman, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Always strive to see the bigger picturehow your teaching, research, and advocacy can ripple outward to impact lives.

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Nicole Sampson

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nicole Sampson Nicole Sampson has been named the permanent provost and chief academic officer at the University of Rochester. Sproull Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at the university. Sampson had been serving as interim provost and was the Robert L. and Mary L.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond. With just nine majors in the 2024-25 school year, it cut over 75% of its majors, reduced enrollment to 350 students and let go of staff to raise revenue.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

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.