Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Badia Ahad will become dean of Oxford College at Emory University, effective Aug. I think my most important role as dean will be to ensure that students, faculty and staff have the tools and the resources that they need to be and to do their best,” Ahad said. “I Ahad holds a B.A. and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs. Dr. George Q.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

In my vision, these challenges span across business, human, and societal dimensions, where talents must find their path both personally and within the broader economic and social landscape. Giving love, sense and energy to my family and enriching my professional community in a way or another, especially the students who remain our purpose!

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

From tracking retention rates to measuring academic performance, data offers a clear, quantifiable view of how students and institutions are progressing. However, while data provides valuable insights, it fails to capture the deeper, more personal factors influencing student success. Simply put, data is not enough.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 The individual in that position reports to her.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2023

Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. An accomplished legal scholar and a strong academic administrator, Professor Johanna Bond is uniquely qualified to serve as the dean of Rutgers University Law School,” said Dr. Antonio Tillis, chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden. 3, pending board approval.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Service to humanity is the hallmark of philosophy, and in many ways, it shaped who I am and what I'm about in my day to day. Moores focus on equity, inclusion, and innovation has not only improved outcomes for todays students but has also laid the foundation for a brighter future for generations to come, Jackson added. since 2018.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2025

This is pushing us to bring faculty from multiple disciplines and multiple colleges together in new ways to equip students for the future. Traditioned innovation is driving Belmont Universitys new medical school, which welcomed its inaugural class of 50 students this past fall.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

A recent survey of more than 300 university leaders affirms many of the concerns expressed in public discourse: the majority of students use generative AI while the majority of faculty do not; cheating has increased while AI detection tools remain unreliable; almost all institutions feel behind progress in some way. literature).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Georgetown University and Howard University have been awarded a $3 million grant to help fund the establishment of a center for medical humanities. year grant from the Mellon Foundation will go towards the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice, which aims to reduce health disparities in D.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Phylicia Rashad will become the inaugural Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities at Howard University. Phylicia Rashad Rashad is currently dean of the Chadwick A. By establishing an endowed chair in her name, we hope to deepen our students’ exposure to literary and other creative arts and to continue to remember Ms.

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Deans for Impact

MARCH 8, 2023

Saldana is one of hundreds of tutors employed through the Illinois Tutoring Initiative (ITI), a statewide high-impact tutoring effort aimed at addressing student learning disruptions impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, the local schools, regional ed-prep partners, and the state exchange student data to track learning growth.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 27, 2025

When MBA student Nitin Bishnoi decided he wanted to go to business school, there was no doubt where he would start his search: the rankings. “As humans, we just love numbers, right?, They just want to show their best side Nitin Bishnoi, MBA student Schools, too, have their own issues with rankings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

The Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) at the University of Utah is admitting its first cohort of fifteen degree-seeking students incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility. Erin Castro, the associate dean and associate professor who co-founded the initiative with 12 undergraduate honors students in 2016.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2025

A first-generation college student raised in rural Wyoming,Tromp brings nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. During her six-year tenure at Boise State, she successfully navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic while increasing student enrollment and improving affordability. from the University of Florida.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Our view is weve got to do more to transform higher education, workforce systems in order to meet human talent needs. Dr. Courtney Brown To reach the 2040 goal, Lumina is prioritizing four key areas: credentials of value, access, student success and redesign.

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Deans for Impact

MAY 24, 2023

Like many schools across the US impacted by the pandemic, Crim Elementary School in northwest Ohio was looking for more resources to support all of its students with rigorous, grade-level learning of academic concepts. The tutors were given training about the school context and how to support the diverse learning needs of students.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I lost track of the number of times on Friday I heard someone use the word “refreshing.” The conference was co-sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the NJ Council of County Colleges, and it included over 100 people from around the state. It was affirming.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. What can we do?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Instead, I’m going to talk about my son, Ben, a learner with disabilities and a second-year student at the community college where I work. Ben is now a thriving community college student who is the beneficiary of the community college mission. I may be the community college educator, but my son has taught me a lesson.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Seventy-one percent of its students are first-generation college students and more than half are Pell eligible. The ability to shape a campus culture of excellence with comprehensive student support was always very appealing to me,” says Rios-Ellis, a bilingual and bicultural educational and community health leader.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

As numerous fellows entered the African American Hall of Fame at Morehouse College, the Dean of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Division, Dr. Eddie Red, delivered a welcoming message, expressing his aspiration to one day be featured on the wall, as he, like many of us present, is destined for a greater purpose.

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University Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

Increased student enrollment and government funding in the 1960s and 70s spurred a building boom on college campuses across the U.S. This reaction is perfectly in line with studies of how materials, forms, colors, light and textures influence human psychology. Movable furniture now allows students to sit individually or in groups.

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University Business

JUNE 4, 2024

Colleges and universities wishing to combat an epidemic of loneliness sprouting from increased online learning modalities are working to recapture the power of human connection by equipping more faculty with coaching certificates in social-emotion support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Du Bois Department of Afro American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as doctoral students, they saw similarities in their research but began experiencing challenges within existing organizations aimed at supporting their work. Jacinta Saffold and the organizations president, Dr. Nneka Dennie enrolled at the W.E.B.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These developments have thrust some higher education leaders to defend the place the humanities hold in the halls of our most prestigious institutions. ” Hooten hosts reading forums on classic literature for Pepperdine’s prospective students, parents, alumni and other community stakeholders. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be part of a federal initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers. Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett As part of the U.S. A&T College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 25, 2025

The ESG and Sustainability MBA Pathway at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) Leeds School of Business provides students with the skills, knowledge, and network to excel in the rapidly growing ESG sector. Formerly known as the Net Impact Case Competition, it has provided students with real-world business challenges since 2001.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The prevailing belief is that students should prioritize hard, technical skills essential for thriving in our rapidly evolving information economy—with areas like science, technology, engineering, and business taking precedence over subjects like English or philosophy. Our students are working adults, military members, and busy parents.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Vanderbilt University issued an apology after receiving criticism for a campus diversity office’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to write an email offering support to students following the recent mass shooting at Michigan State University. The original email was sent on Feb.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

March 3, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of the College of Wooster is the fourth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. The college enrolls approximately 1,800 students representing diverse backgrounds from 47 U.S. The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1, ensuring personalized attention and mentorship.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Let’s embark on an imaginative journey to the year 2100, where the boundaries of humanity extend to Mars. Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 7, 2023

Previously, she was acting dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and director of the Pacific Basin Institute and dean of women at Pomona College. and master’s in sociomedical sciences and anthropology as well as a master's in human rights, all from Columbia University.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Find a dean who cares about career success and human success I’ve been fortunate to have many great online deans throughout the years. One thing I learned is to try and find a dean who not only cares about your career success, but your success as a human being. What do you need from me? Do you feel burned out?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Hicks is a tenured full professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University, where he has served as a dean for the Clemmer College of Education and Human Development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Favors – will focus on fostering educational opportunities for students and faculty and innovating for social, economic, and racial justice. Frye Distinguished Professor Dr. Jelani M.

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