Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

ID Benefits While traditionally associated with K-12, higher ed, and the corporate world, IDs can bring transformative benefits to professional schools (programs offering terminal degrees for a specific profession) and support faculty in their endeavors to innovate and engage students. The word selective is important.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher has been named the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. “I Zamani-Gallaher holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Western Illinois University, a master’s in general experimental psychology, and a Ph.D.

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MARCH 5, 2023

The work that we do in the world is so important,” said Kinloch, describing her hopes for advancing equitable policies and practices that benefit students, faculty, staff, communities of people in schools, school districts, and universities around the world. “To Valerie Kinloch’s end goal as an education scholar. Kinloch holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

Alma Littles has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at Florida State University. Littles, who has served as interim dean since February 2023, served as a senior associate dean for medical education and academic affairs for nearly 20 years. Fogarty, who retired in 2023. That day has arrived.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2023

The dean of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music was the first woman in the role and first African American dean at the university in general. Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Esther Jones Dr. Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Before her latest post, Jones served in various leadership capacities including as an associate provost in the Office of Faculty Affairs at Clark University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams became the director of the Career Advancement Center, where he would spend the next five years inviting first generation, low-income students, women, LGBTQ+, and other under-represented undergraduates into pursuing their graduate degrees. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. Dr. Corey D. He also co-directed documentary film, “Fifeville.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2024

Krause has been appointed dean of the William L. I look forward to collaborating with UE's exceptional faculty, staff, and students to forge connections, prioritize student needs, and bring innovative solutions that will enhance the college and the university as a whole.” Dr. Amanda L. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

Patricia Timmons-Goodson will become dean of the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law , effective Jul. Timmons-Goodson holds a bachelor’s degree and a J.D. She retired from the Supreme Court in 2012. She is currently a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and co-chair of the board of the NC Justice Center.

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The PIE News

APRIL 22, 2025

. “Were now moving to collaborate with IITs and have already initiated discussions, and are working toward a formal MOU, Leon Laulusa, executive president and dean at ESCP Business School, told The PIE News. The collaboration will include student exchange, joint research, and faculty mobility. Now we can grant Emirati degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

Charles “Chipper” Griffith III will become dean of the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Medicine, effective Jul. Dr. Charles Griffith III Griffith is currently acting dean of the college, a role he has been in since July 2021. Griffith holds a medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a M.S.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 27, 2025

They have become so embedded within higher education that the idea of not checking the rankings before choosing a degree seems outlandish. Choosing a degree isnt like choosing a new phone, for instance, where you can directly compare things like RAM, megapixels, screen size and so on. Because well, who wouldnt?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Leslie Fenwick, dean emeriti of education at Howard University and other researchers—many of whom she’s read and studied during her years as a student. Alongside teaching, Thompson is also working on her master’s degree in education policy at Florida State University and is scheduled to graduate next month.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Michelle Robinson has become senior vice provost for faculty affairs at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as of Feb. She has a keen ability to understand and resolve faculty and academic issues.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2024

David Beasley will join the faculty of its Joseph F. The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F. The University of South Carolina has announced that former South Carolina Gov. Rice School of Law. Former South Carolina Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Bennett will become dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, effective Feb. in clinical health psychology from Duke, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Morehouse College. Dr. Gary G. Bennett holds a Ph.D. and an A.M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2023

Carolyn Terry The annual Delphi Award – sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher Education – commends and rewards schools giving support to non-tenure-track, contingent and/or adjunct faculty, according to its website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Faculty members are sometimes questioned about their choice to teach at a community college rather than at other higher education institutions. Community college faculty are usually prepared to respond to these questions, with varying reasons for their career choice.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 21, 2025

April 21, 2025, by Dean Hoke : With this profile of Davidson College, I complete the tenth and final entry in my series exploring small colleges across the United States. Davidson has an 8:1 student-faculty ratio, which promotes mentorship and in-depth discussion. Davidson practices need-blind admissions for U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Image: Much about Oberlin College is unique, including long-standing policies guaranteeing the faculty a say in matters that extend well beyond academics. Many faculty members say it’s this level of input that keeps them at Oberlin. ” Faculty members, Neilson continued, “are on the ground.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

Marla Frederick will become dean of Harvard Divinity School (HDS), effective Jan. Frederick holds a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College and a Ph.D. Dr. Marla Frederick She is currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture at Emory University. “I She is the right person to lead HDS in the years to come.”

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

The fallout of the pandemic and recent economic shakeups has recently reminded graduating high schoolers that the pathway to a high-wage job doesn’t necessarily require a college degree. The decline in enrollment may be due to a declining faith in college degrees translating to student skill sets.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). One of the key benefits of an OLC is that faculty are given the opportunity to collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise (Tuffnell, 2021).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2024

I’m looking forward to joining our faculty, our staff, our students, our alum, our trustees, our well-wishers as we continue doing the great work that we have been doing for the past 162 years.” He had a 17-year tenure at Memphis Theological Seminary in roles as an associate professor and associate dean of doctoral studies.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

I could talk for hours about access initiatives such as self-placement models and open educational resources or brilliant faculty who guide and support critical thinking. I could brag about the thousands of lives that have been changed by the community college mission. Elizabeth M. Image Source: Courtesy of Elizabeth M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2024

Dr. James Martin II “Our students, faculty, staff and alumni are on an incredible ascent, having accomplished so much in recent years,” said Martin, who succeeds retiring Dr. Harold Martin Sr., Steel Dean of Engineering in Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering. effective Aug. He served four years as the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“As a servant leader, I am confident I will be an effective president for the University of the Virgin Islands and will remain humble and grounded with a sincere desire to improve outcomes and the lives of students, faculty, staff, and the community.” She is dean of Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

February 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke: This profile of Earlham College is the second in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Dr. Paul Sniegowski, a biologist and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has served as President since August 2024. in the fall and 620.33

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Previously, he was dean of academic programs at the school. “Dr. Harper is a highly principled and energetic academic leader, with a well-established track record of innovation, student success and inspiring faculty engagement and productivity,” said Dr. Jolene Koester, CSU interim chancellor. “He

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Cohorts include 25 to 30 participants per summer who live in the dorms, have access to a campus meal plan, and participate in two courses co-taught by a community college faculty member paired with a Vassar instructor. The post Program Equips Community College Students to Obtain Four-Year Degrees appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Dr. Fredrick Nafukho Nafukho will also become tenured faculty in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business. I am honored to partner and collaborate with the diverse, creative and talented faculty, professional staff and student body.

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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 6, 2023

Jose Coll He is currently dean of the School of Social Work and interim dean of the College of Education at Portland State University. I am humbled at the opportunity to work alongside President Peters, faculty, staff, and students to continue the legacy of Oregon’s oldest public university,” Coll said. “As Marine Corps.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

” “Not yet, but I have a lot of ideas …” This is a representative sample of faculty responses to the question “If you have successfully integrated use of ChatGPT into your classes, how have you done so?” ” “I will do this in the future.” ” “Yes.” ” “No way.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

Petersen Petersen is a professor of political science and dean of the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tulsa (TU). She was previously faculty and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Petersen holds a master’s degree and Ph.D.

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