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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year.

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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, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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Canada: CBU limits int’ls on post-bac streams

The PIE News

Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia is putting a limit on the amount of international students it takes into its post-baccalaureate programs as recruitment drives proved “too successful”. The admissions are [now] being limited as part of the deliberate strategy to manage the enrolment in that program downward,” he continued.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Recruit the students from day one, and then try to weave their path such that they go directly into those opportunities. And then I’ll talk about Peter Freeman , one of the first Deans of Computing at Georgia Tech. Peter Freeman (Founding Dean and Dean Emeritus at Georgia Tech's College of Computing). Kauvar, and E.

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5 higher ed thought leaders we are following

EAB

Busteed joined us in 2021 for our Presidential Experience Lab , EAB’s signature event for college and university presidents to take inspiration from out-of-industry exemplars to consider thought-provoking concepts, lessons and trends to help shape their leadership e­fforts and institutional strategy.

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DeSantis puts into action his plan to end "woke activism"

Inside Higher Ed

FIRE also weighed in on plans to expand the power of presidents over faculty tenure. “Giving university presidents expansive power over hiring, firing, and post-tenure review jeopardizes academic freedom ,” FIRE’s statement read. “We’re old friends and talk often,” Spalding said.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

Before Alverno College, Foy served as Dean of the Faculty at Marian University in Wisconsin from 2018 to 2020. From 2014-2018, he led statewide enrollment and recruitment strategies as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin Colleges. The Benedictine president-elect holds a Ph.D.