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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As associate provost at the college, Ill admit I was biased but even two decades of experience in higher education couldnt fully prepare me for her struggle to transfer credits. At the same time, reality struck: A student should not need to have an associate provost as a parent to transfer college credits.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those opportunities led Howard-Baptiste to Miami University in Ohio where she earned degrees in exercise science, health promotion, and a Ph.D. in educational leadership. Howard-Baptiste currently serves as the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

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Working to Keep Minoritized Students Safe - Dr. Kaleb Briscoe

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., She received her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Albany State University (ASU). Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S.,

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Gomez Named Provost & VP for Academic Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Terri Gomez has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Gomez served as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs. Gomez was honored in 2024 by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis for her leadership in empowering vulnerable communities.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We would imagine that the leadership teams on many campuses are comprised of someone aware of the myriad of recommendations that have been proposed about how to increase access and success for college students in general and Black men, specifically. For a historically marginalized population, this economic advancement can be crucial.

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Georgetown University's President to Step Down, Following Health Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DeGioia personified Georgetown, having earned his undergraduate degree and a Ph.D. Under Jack’s leadership as President over the past 23 years, Georgetown University has grown and flourished as a global leader in higher education. Groves, the school’s Executive Vice President and Provost has been named interim president.

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Dr. Fredrick Muyia Nafukho Appointed Vice Provost for University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fredrick Muyia Nafukho will become vice provost for the University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel. I look forward to working collaboratively with the leadership team, faculty and Faculty Senate to lead a transformational plan to support UW’s academic personnel from pre-recruitment to retirement and beyond.”