Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

In response to the investigation, the University of Iowa, for example, has severed ties with the Ph.D. Project, despite the organization's removal of specific racial criteria from its program participation requirements. Many organizations have confused fairness with DEI, while others, like JPMorgan Chase, view fairness as essential.

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MAY 17, 2024

Gender-based violence, harassment, and sexual assault continue to be rampant on college campuses across the country. Specifically, the time has come for college presidents to step up and lead the fight for the safety of our campus communities. Faculty and staff are also at risk of harm.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Jorge Burmicky, assistant professor at Howard University. Over 700 college and university presidents have responded to a new survey, providing a glimpse into the ever-evolving higher education landscape. Those aspiring to be presidents now see the competencies needed,” said Dr. Shawn M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Welch has been named president and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). He will succeed Dr. Mildred Garcia who left the organization in October to become chancellor of the California State University system. Dr. Charles L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Hillel International are expanding their partnership to deepen the organizations’ critical work with college and university presidents and administrators to combat rising antisemitism on campus. Following the publication of the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science will benefit from the gift by the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative. Philanthropist and former New York City Mayor Michael R.

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University Business

APRIL 11, 2025

. “It’s hard for separate business units to connect when they’re all trying to do their own tasks,” says Noel Slaby, CIO at Olivet Nazarene University. “The overall challenge I see myself facing is getting the organization coalesced around a common vision.”

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University Business

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Ron DeSantis signed in May that prohibited state and federal being used toward DEI in the Florida College System. Subsection 3 of the regulation also bars state schools and their direct-support organizations from using public dollars on campus activities that “promote or engage in political or social activism.”

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Changing Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2015

Lombardi , in How Universities Work. This somewhat cynical observation by Lombardi was informed by his broad and sometimes painful experiences as Provost at Johns Hopkins University, President of the University of Florida, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and President of the Louisiana State University System.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Image: Scholars in Florida are angry, disappointed and divided over a recent joint statement , signed by Florida College System presidents, promising to “not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in critical race theory or related concepts.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Javier Cevallos was recently appointed president of the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI). Dr. Javier Cevallos Cevallos is currently president-in-residence of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Florida Memorial University President Dr. Jaffus Hardrick has resigned from his post at the small, private historically Black university. University officials said that Hardrick stepped down because of a health issue. Dr. Jaffus Hardrick William C.

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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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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The scorecard comes in light of University President Taylor Randall’s statement on HB 261 that a “deep assessment” of university policies and processes would be conducted “as part of the work to understand the new law.” HB 261 goes into effect in Utah July 1, 2024.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 3, 2023

“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. “Across many college campuses, sustainability took a back seat,” Nelson says.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 30, 2023

Image: Stanford University officials’ response to a shared image of a student reading Adolf Hitler’s autobiography has drawn a sharp critique from a national free speech advocacy organization. FIRE officials are asking for more clarity on the incident and how the university is handling it.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 11, 2023

The South Dakota Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s six public universities, recently voted to establish a new policy “to enhance the protection of minors” during events on college campuses. She added that the board had asked university presidents to place a temporary moratorium on events sponsored by student organizations.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Julian Vasquez Heilig The selection of Vasquez Heilig as provost is a game changer for WMU, say higher education leaders who point to his tenure at UK where he strategically increased student enrollment in the College of Education by 63 percent, noting that his efforts have focused on increasing diversity among teachers.

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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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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 18, 2025

Enrollment marketing strategy has become a critical priority for colleges and universities facing shrinking applicant pools, rising digital ad costs, and intense program competition. Positioning Marketing as a Strategic Asset This conversation highlights a major shift in how colleges must think about marketing.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

Hoisting handmade signs and equipped with fans and water bottles to combat the heat, the strikers started by picketing at AU’s Washington College of Law, where first-year law students were starting orientation and returning ones had their first day of classes. “We’re not asking for the heavens and the stars,” she said.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

A free speech organization is excoriating Bluefield State University’s president, who on his blog discussed possibly firing faculty members who complained to his university’s accrediting agency.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2025

How this higher education strategic planning approach helped College of Charleston grow enrollment, launch new schools, and achieve national university status. Dr. Hsu used insights from these industry relationships to guide curriculum focus areas and workforce development efforts at the College of Charleston.

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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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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Supreme Court ban on affirmative action, college and university leaders, politicians, education experts, and the general public are calling for an end to legacy admissions — the practice of giving preference to students who have familial connections to alumni. To be clear, Duke University is not a family.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Smith University would eventually become the institution’s president, whose scholarly work has been lauded and celebrated across the years. My goal is to position the university as the anchor institution in the historic West End, so that when you think about the West End community, the first thing you think about is Johnson C.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 16, 2023

Thirteen university presidents are uniting on a new nonprofit initiative to address threats to U.S. democracy by fostering free speech, critical inquiry, and civil discourse on college campuses.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

SNHU president Paul LeBlanc's new book, Broken , is about scale. If any university president is well placed to think about scale, it is LeBlanc. SNHU is the largest university in the US, enrolling around 178,000 students. LeBlanc's leadership of SNHU is deeply values-driven.

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University Business

JUNE 14, 2023

College and university presidents are now leading in a world of ambiguity. Presidents who can adapt with agility in this ambiguous world will create the new normal for leaders and institutions of the future. How do we create an ecosystem within our organization so every employee can be agile and get the job done?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 25, 2023

Lessons in Innovation for Higher Ed A Conversation With Peter Temes, President, Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations Alan Thu, 06/01/2023 - 06:00 Image Blog Post Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight Despite our focus on higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) always watches innovators working in other sectors.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 11, 2024

Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce seized the opportunity to scrutinize colleges’ DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) practices during a recent two-hour hearing titled “Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses,” led by Rep. Burgess Owens (R.,

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A 2021 survey found that 84 percent of university presidents believe that issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion should be addressed. Others may have English speaking skills, but not to the extent college-level curriculums often demand.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 6, 2023

President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions Inc v. the University of North Carolina (SFFA) , the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on the constitutionality of taking race among many factors into account when selecting students entering selective colleges and universities.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In December 2022, my colleagues and I took over 40 presidents to Los Angeles to experience virtual reality live and in-person (ironically) with Dreamscape Learn , a new venture spearheaded by esteemed Hollywood producer Walter Parkes. What will college be like in that world? How many “virtual universities” will emerge?

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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? A seemingly simple question, but for Sacred Heart University President John Petillo this present-mindedness is a difference maker in convincing students to return to an institution. But campus presence isn’t just marmalade skies.

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