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Succession Planning in HBCUs Ensures Long-Term Sustainability

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Succession planning plays a vital role in the long-term success and stability of the university. It is a proactive strategy that ensures a seamless transition of leadership positions when key personnel, such as presidents, depart. Succession planning is a collaborative effort involving university and community stakeholders.

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Patty Limerick speaks out on her dismissal from her center

Inside Higher Ed

“You know, we’ve had decades of very solid support from the university leadership and there was a reason for that, because—I’m not sure if this is a little bit of vanity or just accuracy—I’ve done everything imaginable for years here to build trust between a university-based organization and the general public.

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Thinking Strategically About Student Belonging in Online Learning

WCET Frontiers

At New Mexico Highlands University, leadership and faculty alike consider the institution’s different student populations, their backgrounds, and how they got to where they are. “So Fostering a sense of belonging in students involves multiple stakeholders, and no single person or department can take sole responsibility for it.

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Texas A&M’s botched faculty hiring reaches top of the ladder, claims president’s job

University Business

Following Texas A&M University’s botched hiring of a new journalism director and the resignation of the college’s interim dean, the “DEI hysteria” that drew the national spotlight to the university has officially claimed the school’s president. Texas A&M President M.

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Necessary infrastructure to support interdisciplinary programs

EAB

I spent the last term considering this question: How can the University of Montana structure academic affairs to support and build upon our academic strengths and build interdisciplinary opportunities? A challenge for launching interdisciplinary programs is that faculty and deans can fail to see how participation will help their bottom line.

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Writing a Book Proposal

SRHE

Discuss your publication plans (and/or draft proposal) with your current or former supervisor, or other experienced academics in your department or field. While completing this form: Consult examples of successful proposals – colleagues in your department or wider network will often be happy to share.

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Lessons Learned – The Implementation Stage of Microcredentials

WCET Frontiers

academic departments, registrar). We are fortunate to have the support of university leadership, particularly our Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (VPAA), who has supported and championed microcredentials since we began this initiative. Senior Associate Dean of Business, Southern New Hampshire University.