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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Dirks, president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences. Getting into college is harder and harder,” said Dirks. Even though there are wonderful colleges and universities across the states and country, they can’t find enough students to enroll, and every year there are headlines about colleges folding or being acquired.”

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AUGUST 13, 2024

Smith University would eventually become the institution’s president, whose scholarly work has been lauded and celebrated across the years. Dr. Anita Bledsoe-Gardner, JCSU’s dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Board of Trustees member, describes Kinloch as a visionary, referencing her plans to extend JCSU’s global reach.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey Lincoln University In an email sent on the day of her death , Candia-Bailey, who served as vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, a historically Black university, accused Dr. John Moseley, the university's president, of harassment and bullying. “You

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

The Path From College to Careers. President Blake has proposed a four-pillar strategy for the shared aspirations of Georgia State: research and innovation; student success; college to careers; and identity and placemaking. So my college-to-careers pillar is all about creating that ecosystem here. Kauvar, and E.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It’s hardly a new observation that, in corporatespeak, colleges and universities are ailing companies. As Temple University president Jason Wingard writes , our attrition rates would send a corporate entity into meltdown. Poor training in teaching—employee training—is one. What is our soil lacking?

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University Business

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A “growing gap” has emerged between university qualifications and proof of proficiency in general 21st-century skills, according to an international report from 2016 to 2021 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). “It’s really important to have your knowledge of your field of study.

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University Business

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Welsh stepped in to lead the R1 university four months ago after an interim dean’s botched hire infuriated community members and caught heavy press. Prior to his appointment, Welsh served as dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service. Christine McPhail – Saint Augustine’s University (N.C.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

If you have a hospital and college of medicine , it adds an important dimension to the job that's hard to visualize. And so, shadow the budget officer of the university. When I became an associate dean, he said, 'Make sure that you ask everyone in your teams if you're doing something wrong.' Sit down with the lawyers.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As colleges and universities welcome students back to campus this fall, the news about the future of higher education could not be more dismal. ” We think the higher education landscape is brighter, assuming colleges and universities make some strategic adjustments.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 9, 2024

Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline A Conversation With Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven Elana Thu, 08/15/2024 - 18:01 Image College to Career First Generation Weekly Wisdom Braven is an inspiring organization: a nonprofit that partners with higher education institutions to guide their graduates into the workforce.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Interestingly, the veil that Du Bois wrote about still exists today, especially in the American Academy — the network of colleges, universities, associations, and organizations that provide and support higher education — despite the fact that some of America’s most illustrious educational institutions are headed by Black provosts and presidents.

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University Business

AUGUST 30, 2024

Could your students recognize the dean of their college if they passed them in a hallway? Would your students feel comfortable striking up a conversation, and would the dean be mindful enough to ask about their classes and the semester? More from UB: Do you agree with this ranking of the best public colleges?

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University Business

JULY 31, 2023

Following the California State System’s high-profile hire of Mildred García as chancellor over two weeks ago, two major university presidents at Texas A&M and Stanford caught the national radar following their high-profile resignations. Saint Mary College In a more peaceful leadership transition, Jason Adsit of Mt.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Image: For decades, Jewel Bell was a staple of King University, a small Christian college in Bristol, Tenn. She was a confidante for students and later a gatekeeper to the president’s office. She later moved to the president’s office, where she worked as an executive assistant. “It was my second home.”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 30, 2023

The image of the student reading Mein Kampf was shared on the social media platform Snapchat and led to the filing of an online complaint with the university, according to an email from Jewish faith leaders addressed to Jewish Stanford students. FIRE officials are asking for more clarity on the incident and how the university is handling it.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

steps down at a time when Langston’s total enrollment has been steadily declining for the past decade, like other regional colleges in the state. VTSU is a new school made up of seasoned parts, consolidated from Castleton University, Northern Vermont University and Vermont Technical College. Despite this, Smith Jr.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Busteed joined us in 2021 for our Presidential Experience Lab , EAB’s signature event for college and university presidents to take inspiration from out-of-industry exemplars to consider thought-provoking concepts, lessons and trends to help shape their leadership e­fforts and institutional strategy. Grawe Nathan D.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

Joseph Foy Dr. Joseph Foy joined Alverno College as Vice President for Academic Affairs two weeks after the pandemic forced the school completely online. His accomplishments through adversity pushed him into the school’s interim presidency, and now it has landed him a full-time president position at Benedictine College.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Last week Matt Reed (“Confessions of a Community College Dean”) lamented unused funds given by donors in his post “ Dead Money.” They do these things to save their money and to be able to give it all away to some college or university when they die. Blog: Just Explain It to Me!

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

The six judges in favor of eliminating affirmative action argued that considering race in college admissions is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the 14 th Amendment. But Wesleyan University President Michael S.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Leading With Informed Optimism While President Randall was appointed to his current position in August 2021, making him a relative newcomer compared to many other higher education leaders, he's hardly a newcomer at the University of Utah. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

Private school hires Two small private schools with fewer than 2,000 students also elected new presidents. Webster – Albion College (Albion, Mich.) Beginning in July, this liberal arts college will be welcoming Dr. Wayne P. He has demonstrated a passion for liberal arts in small college settings like ours.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Among the college presidents to come and go in the past two weeks, two positions were indirectly decided by Gov. Among the slate of presidents to announce their plans to retire in the next year, all three double as school alumni. New College cannot escape a litany of controversy since the newly formed leadership took over.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, aptly says, “By understanding human behavior and our values, we develop a moral compass that can guide our decision-making. The Future of Higher Education: How Colleges Can Transform Their Financial Strategies. University of Central Florida.

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University Business

MARCH 22, 2024

Catherine University has found a new leader in Marcheta Evans, the current president of Bloomfield College of Montclair State University. She will the first African American female president at the all-women’s private Catholic University. Mark Walker – Lee University (Tenn.) Leaders at Sr.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 25, 2023

So maybe I'm a student, cafeteria worker, professor, or dean. The biggest killer of innovation initiatives is when the university president or CEO or business unit leader charters a person or a group and says, 'You are my discovery group. I've got the light bulb; here's an idea. How do I test it? None of them were connected.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We asked how she’s met these opportunities: “When I think about my role as Provost at Florida State University , at that point in my career, I was not at all certain that I wanted to be a university president. My parents had high school degrees but didn't talk much about college.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. Is the college ready?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JANUARY 19, 2024

She went on to explain how this has been detrimental to institutions’ ability to deliver on the promise of public higher education: “We do not have full transferability at most institutions, so students leave behind on average 40% of their credits when they go from a community college to a four-year institution.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

However, in this episode of the Weekly Wisdom Series , we spoke with President Casey Sacks , who began working at West Virginia’s BridgeValley Community and Technical College after serving two years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the U.S. We got $3 million that none of the other colleges got.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 14, 2023

We asked Chancellor Larive her thoughts about keeping people engaged, focused on what they have to do today, and hopeful about what's ahead, and she spoke about the transformational power of higher education: "Higher education changed my life from a low-income, first-generation college student. We do that every day at universities.

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Helix Education

MARCH 31, 2023

Susan Aldridge : In just the last two years there have been over 80 college or university closures, and in this post-pandemic environment, with the COVID funds that sustained a number of universities ending, we’re looking at the real fiscal challenges at some of our institutions. That isn’t a small number.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

She recalled: “Coming out of World War II and the internment camp, my father’s family had no money, so he put himself through college, working three jobs. He would drop off his homework, stay for tests, and then drive off to his next job so that he could pay for college and graduate as an electrical engineer. She holds a B.A.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 14, 2023

Elissa’s knowledge is drawn from her experience as assistant dean and director of the MBA program at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. I became the assistant dean for the MBA program and was responsible for everything from admissions to student services and alumni relations.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2023

Podcast Highlights Framework leadership involves listening and learning everything that you can about a college or university to prepare the right vision so that everyone can excel and go to levels they’ve never been before. I became the dean of the College of Ministry and Theology at Northwest University in Seattle, Washington.

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