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Dismantling DEI at University of Wyoming

Insight Into Diversity

Discussions have remained ongoing, as university president Ed Seidel, PhD, organized a working group made up of staff senate, faculty senate, deans, and administrators to “provide suggestions … on how essential DEI programs, activities, and functions could be organized and funded within the university to make them most effective.”

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President’s corner: How ‘presence’ unlocks a powerful enrollment strategy

University Business

Could your students recognize the dean of their college if they passed them in a hallway? Would your students feel comfortable striking up a conversation, and would the dean be mindful enough to ask about their classes and the semester? But campus presence isn’t just marmalade skies. “We’re excited.

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‘House of the Dragon’ Is Obviously a Thinly Veiled Exploration of Academic Politics

Inside Higher Ed

The show you want to watch if you want to understand how a university actually works is HBO’s thinly veiled academic drama, House of the Dragon. From the outside, a university appears to be a coherent organization, much like the image House Targaryen presents to the people of Westeros.

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President moves: Big time hires, retires and 2 leaders crash out

University Business

Welsh stepped in to lead the R1 university four months ago after an interim dean’s botched hire infuriated community members and caught heavy press. “It’s at the center of every decision at every level of the organization.” Christine McPhail – Saint Augustine’s University (N.C.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Vincent worked with Vasquez at UT-Austin and later at UK. Hillman Social and Racial Justice award.

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Organizational problems underlie 'cancel culture' (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

It’s hardly a new observation that, in corporatespeak, colleges and universities are ailing companies. As Temple University president Jason Wingard writes , our attrition rates would send a corporate entity into meltdown. Later, students email the dean demanding the instructor publicly apologize and undergo training.

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A New Era of Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She began her presidency at JCSU following an impressive, nearly 30-year-long career as an educator, writer, and academic administrator, most recently as the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean and Professor of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Kinloch prioritizes alumni engagement.

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