Remove Deans Remove Magazine Remove Retention
article thumbnail

SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

As a tenured full professor of political science, a former director of graduate studies and admissions, dean, and now vice president for diversity, I view the crisis of Black faculty and staff retention in the Academy as a quiet earthquake — slowly moving beneath the ground, embodying the terrors that make academic life untenable.

Retention 104
article thumbnail

New presidents or provosts: Chamberlain Cumberlands Fielding Marist Princeton Seminary South Mountain Spring Hill

Inside Higher Ed

Trey Jarboe , vice president for enrollment and retention at University of the Cumberlands, in Kentucky, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs there. Tammy Keesey , nurse executive at Shriners Children’s St. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

Provost 106
university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Inside Higher Ed

” The second point said that “Dean positions are created and filled before dean positions are defined[;] input is requested only after key decisions are made.” “Lafayette has a major retention problem among faculty and among staff and among administration,” she said.

Deans 122
article thumbnail

Using customized academic plans to boost student persistence

Inside Higher Ed

That’s how academic advising at Tallahassee Community College used to look, says Pamela Johnston, dean of career and academic planning there: “Very reactionary.” Student Success Editorial Tags: Student Success Image Source: Tallahassee Community College Image Caption: Fall-to-spring retention is up 3.4

Advise 111
article thumbnail

Colleges honor education majors with pinning ceremonies

Inside Higher Ed

At the Rowan ceremony, students, cheered by friends and family, walked across the stage to receive pins from the College of Education’s dean, Gaëtane Jean-Marie. “I think pinning ceremonies are nice gestures, but I doubt their ability to substantively impact teacher retention. Is this diversity newsletter?:

Education 116
article thumbnail

One approach to student trauma and resilience training for higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

Defining Student Success While student success is often thought of in terms of retention and completion rates, both student success and student wellness should be thought of as long-term concepts, Oehme says. According to information from the program, average participant ratings are 4.4 of 5 on overall satisfaction, 4.5 on quality and 4.2

article thumbnail

Study Tracks Diversity Outcomes for Physician Assistant Programs

Insight Into Diversity

The study, titled “An Assessment of Physician Assistant Student Diversity in the United States: A Snapshot for the Healthcare Workforce,” involved combing through data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to examine the number and proportion of diverse graduates from 149 PA programs nationwide.