The PIE News

JANUARY 27, 2025

Rankings remain highly influential, a vital marketing tool for schools, and genuinely useful in many ways but are also increasingly disliked by academics, mistrusted by deans, and seen as less reliable than ever by students. Universities might not want to showcase everything. “As humans, we just love numbers, right?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Three deans have departed Columbia University in the wake of alleged and controversial text messages the university deemed “unacceptable and deeply upsetting.” The university also continues to face investigational inquiries from the U.S. 7 attacks in Israel. 7 attacks in Israel.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

During her time there, she led full-time and adjunct faculty recruitment, development, retention and evaluation, curriculum and instruction. Prior to that, she was Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education at Highline, from July 2008 to March 2017.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Jessica Berg has been appointed dean of the University of California Davis School of Law. Berg, who served as co-dean of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, will start in her new role Sept. She was a visiting professor at Michigan State University Medical School.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) like Howard. Danielle Ren Holley is breaking ground.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Jonathan Holloway Dr. Jonathan Holloway has been named the new President and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation, following his five-year presidency at Rutgers University. Holloway's appointment comes after his term as Rutgers' 21st president and first Black president in the university's 250-year history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Despite pledges from campus leaders to diversify all facets of their institutions, faculty have remained stubbornly white, according to a new report from the Education Trust, a non-profit that works to close opportunity and achievement gaps. “It Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2024

Barringer-Brown served as dean of the department of humanities, social sciences, and business at Southside Virginia. She previously served as a tenured professor in the department of political science and public administration and faculty director of general education at Virginia State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Former Vermont State University dean and professor Honoree Fleming, 77, was fatally shot near campus last week, NBC News reported. Scores of students benefited from Dr. Fleming’s teachings and research,” Vermont State University said in a statement on social media. Honoree will be deeply missed."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Khalilah Brown-Dean was announced as one of this year’s winners in the 49th Annual Gracie Awards, presented by The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF). Big thanks to my team and all who support this work,” Brown-Dean said in a social media post to X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

million grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) will help the historically Black college and university study Alzheimer’s disease in middle-aged African Americans. Nearly seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease.

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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. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an L.L.M. from Duke University Law School. She retired from the Supreme Court in 2012. Timmons-Goodson holds a bachelor’s degree and a J.D.

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Deans for Impact

MAY 9, 2023

Deans for Impact partnered with Instruction Partners to reflect on the importance of fostering a continuum of support for pre-service and in-service teachers to enact evidence-based early literacy instruction. Austin State University (SFASU). “We Read more about in-service support on the Instruction Partners blog.

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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.

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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

MARCH 20, 2025

Marlene Tromp The University of Vermont (UVM) Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Marlene Tromp as the institution's 28th president. Tromp, who is currently serving as president of Boise State University, will assume her new role later this summer. "Dr. from the University of Florida. Tromp seems poised and ready to lead UVM.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Without considering the emotional and social aspects of a student’s educational journey, particularly the connections they build with faculty and peers, institutions risk overlooking the things that keep students engaged, motivated, and ultimately enrolled. Simply put, data is not enough.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2025

Title: Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies & Faculty-in-Residence for Hispanic Serving Institute Initiatives in the Office of the Provost at San Jos State University Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.A., sociology, emphasis in community studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Jonathan D.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 15, 2024

Katrina Armstrong, Columbia’s faculties of health sciences dean, has taken over as the Ivy League institution’s interim president effective immediately.

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Deans for Impact

MAY 2, 2023

She’s a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, leading a team of 30 student, staff, and faculty researchers through the Cognition, Learning, and Development (CLAD) Lab. That directly aligns with the Deans for Impact goal here, right? It’s experiences like these that fuel McNeil’s work today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

Title: Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies & Faculty-in-Residence for Hispanic Serving Institute Initiatives in the Office of the Provost at San Jos State University Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.A., sociology, emphasis in community studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Jonathan D.

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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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Faculty Development Faculty Deans Provost 116

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The report also suggests that universities could play a transformative role by providing resources, training, and opportunities for students to learn more about mental health policies and advocacy.

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Students Advocate Deans Policy 119

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2024

Krause has been appointed dean of the William L. Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Evansville (UE). Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Evansville," said Krause. "I Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. in political science from the University of Missouri.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2025

Belmont University President Greg Jones may have crafted the most authentic initiative for the Tennessee-based liberal arts college after striking a unique partnership with global superstar legend Dolly Parton. Bringing all that together is really challenging our faculty and our deans to work together in new ways.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. ” That is, undergraduate programs with fewer than 12 students per full-time faculty member over a period of five years are no longer accepting new students.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2025

Faculty Focus , March 2022.) After faculty review, the students shared their recommendations with the PKB, which had been trained on a transcript of an interview we conducted with the client. Dr. Steven Goss is the dean of the School of Professional Studies at Manhattan College.

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Academe Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

We are posting this March 21 letter from the executive committee of the University of Virginia AAUP chapter with the chapter’s permission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Shotton currently serves as FLC's inaugural Vice President for Diversity Affairs and Acting Dean of Students. She brings more than two decades of experience in higher education, having worked at both small liberal arts colleges and large research universities.

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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. Everyone didn’t feel that way.” Dr. Dereck J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. Chancler spoke of how various programs and initiatives at her university have been rebranded in the wake of efforts to push DEI out of higher education.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 10, 2024

Prospective faculty had historically been asked to submit a statement with their CV describing their experience working with assorted populations and their approach to challenges related to diversity and inclusion efforts. The post Diversity Statements Banned in Faculty Hiring appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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MindMax

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The panelists in attendance included some of my personal mentors: Bea Gonzalez , Former VP for Community Engagement, Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Dean of University College at Syracuse University Hunt Lambert , Dean Emeritus of the Division of Continuing Education and University Extension at Harvard University Karen Sibley, Ed.D.,

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

A 2020 Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium survey of graduate students at 10 U.S. research universities found that 39% screened positive for anxiety symptoms. Because of these obstacles, burnout rates are high, and many students leave their programs before completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU. Dr. Andrea Fabrizio, dean of academic affairs and principal investigator for the Title V project at Hostos Community College, an HSI in New York City, said she would like to see flexibility.

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