Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2025

Gina Spivey-Brown has been named the 12th president of Oakwood University, becoming the first woman to lead the historically Black Seventh-day Adventist institution in its 129-year history. Pollard, who has led the Huntsville, Alabama-based university for 15 years.

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History University Leadership University Mission 120

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).

Higher Education 111

Higher Education Administration Faculty Education 111

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).

Higher Education 98

Higher Education Administration Faculty Education 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.”

Provost 98

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Online education is moving from the periphery to the core, from entrepreneurial and opportunistic deans to central institutional strategies. Creating robust centralized online learning services requires leadership vision, alignment with the institutional strategic plan, faculty buy-in, the right online learning leadership, and patience.

Students 98

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Dr. Missy Alexander

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

There were just a few faculty members and the academic deans for this conversation, mostly because I wanted to expand my thinking and I needed this group’s help with this. As the folks in the room continued to talk, I agreed to schedule the next meeting and suggested that I would add a few more representatives from the faculty.

University Mission 59

University Mission Faculty Advise Department 59

Dr. Missy Alexander

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

There were just a few faculty members and the academic deans for this conversation, mostly because I wanted to expand my thinking and I needed this group’s help with this. As the folks in the room continued to talk, I agreed to schedule the next meeting and suggested that I would add a few more representatives from the faculty.

University Mission 52

University Mission Faculty Advise Department 52