The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 17, 2025

June 17, 2025 · Episode 264 High Structure Course Design for Student Engagement, Retention, and Success 40 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Gateway courses, especially in the first year, continue to be a bottleneck in higher education, resulting in high failure rates, lower retention rates, and widening equity gaps.

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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. Curricula Davidson College offers a broad and rigorous liberal arts education, exclusively focused on undergraduate learning.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2025

April 29, 2025 · Episode 257 Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In 34 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. How this higher education strategic planning approach helped College of Charleston grow enrollment, launch new schools, and achieve national university status.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 27, 2025

With funding from the National Science Foundations Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (NSF S-STEM) program, we provide scholarships and support students with co-curricular activities to enhance their educational experience.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 14, 2025

April 14, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Tuskegee University is the ninth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1881 by educator Booker T. Washington’s self-help philosophy and has played a pivotal role in African American education for over a century.

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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.

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University Business

JULY 11, 2025

Smith joined Gadsden as an adjunct instructor in 2017 before becoming the dean of workforce development in 2019. She began her career in higher education at Baylor University, where she served for 18 years until ultimately becoming associate vice provost for student success. Continuing student retention has also increased by 5%. “It

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Helix Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

We organize and segment the data so that each dean gets only the results for their students along with the external comparison data. Massasoit Community College, MA Mary Goodhue Lynch, Associate Dean, Institutional Research Located in southeastern Massachusetts, this two-year institution has 9000 plus credit and non-credit students annually.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 15, 2025

Redefining Risk to Enable Innovation and Progress Higher education often treats risk as something to avoid, which discourages innovation. brightspot, the higher education strategy consulting company he founded in 2011, was acquired by Buro Happold in 2020, where he now leads the higher education advisory practice.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

Three years into the current Artificial Intelligence (AI) hype cycle, catalyzed by the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI continues to profoundly disrupt higher education. While we certainly share these concerns, we do remain relatively optimistic about one aspect of higher education: learning to write.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The former lawmaker has ties to Florida Atlantic, serving on the deans advisory board for its business school and helping secure $43 million in funding for the engineering college’s building. Dadez’s career in higher education spanned 25 years. Fike – Golden Gate University (Calif.)

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Quinnipiac University has found its next leader in Marie Hardin, professor and dean of Pennsylvania State University’s communications college. Marie Hardin – Quinnipiac University (Conn.) The Illinois Commitment, a free tuition program that began in 2019, contributed to the university’s new enrollment record this past fall.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2025

So, we’ve grown our enrollment both by increasing applications but also by increasing our retention, and we’re much more in demand,” Thomas says. “We He has served as dean and William R. Thomas has held faculty posts at Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D.

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University Business

APRIL 8, 2025

The report, titled “If You Love Them, Let Them Go,” highlights how allowing students to take courses at partner institutions can improve retention, support on-time graduation and generate significant revenue. We went from being 20 years behind to being a leader in online education and course sharing, said Bryan J.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 7, 2025

April 7, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Washington and Lee University is the eighth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Experiential Learning: The unique Spring Term and emphasis on study abroad (60%+ participation) offer high-impact, immersive educational experiences.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MAY 19, 2025

May 19, 2025, by Dean Hoke :In my recent blog series and podcast, Small College America , Ive highlighted the essential role small colleges play in the fabric of U.S. higher education. Many are deeply embedded in the towns they serve, providing jobs, educational access, cultural life, and long-term economic opportunity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2025

You have walked away from equity," Sharpton wrote, arguing that removing DEI hiring and retention goals and dismantling community partnerships with minority organizations "are clear signals that political pressure has outweighed principle."

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Edu Alliance Journal

JUNE 8, 2025

A Uniquely American Model Under Threat June 8, 2025, by Dean Hoke : Intercollegiate athletics occupy a powerful and unique place in American higher education—something unmatched in any other country. It threatens a distinctively American approach to education, access, and aspiration. million students [6].

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2025

Spivey-Brown most recently served as dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health Science at Howard University in Washington, D.C. President since January 2021, Pollock has more than 42 years of education experience at private, public, community and technical colleges and universities. She begins on July 1.

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University Business

MAY 5, 2025

Hess has worked in higher education leadership across Oklahoma for over four decades atRogers State College, OSU-Tulsa, and the OSU Center for Health Sciences. His next role is vice chancellor for strategic initiatives for Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Dr. Don Raleigh – Rogers State University (Okla.)

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 22, 2025

institutions of higher education demanding they end relationships with the China Scholarship Council, which he called a “nefarious mechanism” that “exploits U.S. The CSC, which is affiliated with China’s Ministry of Education, partners with U.S. The CSC, which is affiliated with China’s Ministry of Education, partners with U.S.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 24, 2025

March 24, 2025, by Dean Hoke: Each small college has something special about it. They established the school in 1923 with minimal funds to provide affordable, quality education for Appalachian students facing economic hardship and limited educational opportunities.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 13, 2025

May 13, 2025 · Episode 259 Confronting the Storm: Resistance to Change and Current Attacks on Higher Education 37 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Current Attacks on Higher Education: Beyond Political Partisanship The recent wave of attacks on higher education stems from multiple factors, not simply politics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. Previously, she joined the IUPUI faculty in 1993 and ascended through the ranks as a department chair, dean and associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education, prior to her role as chief academic officer.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 30, 2025

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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 in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Deans for Impact

JUNE 27, 2023

United in their shared vision of ensuring all PK-12 students access equitable, rigorous, and affirming learning experiences through well-prepared teachers, our newest cohort of 24 fellows lead educator-preparation institutions and programs spanning across 25 states and DC. School of Education, St. Abbott , Dean of the James I.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Data has become the cornerstone of decision-making and institutional strategy in today’s higher education landscape. From tracking retention rates to measuring academic performance, data offers a clear, quantifiable view of how students and institutions are progressing.

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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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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 21, 2023

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – March 21, 2023 — Dean Hoke, of Bloomington, Indiana, has been chosen to serve as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of University Administrators ( AAUA ), currently based in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. degree from Urbana University and an M.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

worked as higher education faculty — positions predominantly held by White educators, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. These findings are confirmed in a report by The Education Trust, “ Faculty Diversity and Student Success Go Hand in Hand, So Why Are University Faculties So White?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

million in state funding has been awarded to the University of California Berkeley School of Education to provide tuition assistance for aspiring school leaders from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue an advanced degree and administrative credential with the Principal Leadership Institute and Leadership Support Program. Young About $1.2

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Image: Savannah O’Connor, a junior in Rowan University’s College of Education, doesn’t have much free time. But a new tradition launched by the New Jersey university to honor and acknowledge future educators recently helped lift her spirits and boost her confidence in her chosen profession.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

MindMax recently hosted an interactive event with higher education leaders to discuss higher education trends regarding summer sessions : past, present, and future. Davis Lowell kicked off the conversation by focusing on a word that he joked higher education leaders would be happy never to hear again: pivot.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

Tina Tchen, left, and SLN CEO Yolonda Marshall sit in conversation at the Whole Girl Education National Conference. Secondary and postsecondary education must play key roles in the future of the American democracy. Tchen told listeners that, at this moment in time, education and democracy are walking “on the knife’s edge.” “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

“The funding from this grant will enable students at these two universities to pursue an undergraduate education in food, agricultural, human sciences and related programs without the stress of tuition coverage,” saidLyon- Bennett, assistant dean for academics for the UAPB School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences.

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Deans for Impact

DECEMBER 13, 2022

At Deans for Impact, we stand committed to elevating teachers and teaching and equipping all future teachers with the scientifically-based tools to create rigorous, equitable, and inclusive learning environments where all students thrive. 195 faculty and clinical educators supported. Read on for more of our 2022 impact. 20 fellows.

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