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Howard University Makes History as First HBCU to Achieve Top Research Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes the highest number of doctorates awarded to Black students at any college or university in America. Palmer, chair and professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the university. Department of Education. Howard reaching R1 status is phenomenal.

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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., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., She went on to earn her Ph.D.

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Women in Leadership: Empowering Change across Generations and Cultures

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Today, women serve as CEOs, university presidents, political leaders, and cultural pioneers. She exemplifies the empathy and innovation that women bring to leadership in higher education. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University.

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Southern New Hampshire University President to Step Down Next Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For his leadership, LeBlanc – a first-generation college graduate – was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 15 “Classroom Revolutionaries” and one of the “most influential people in higher education,” in addition to winning the TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education in 2018.

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‘Compliance U’: Colleges and universities are facing new legal complexities

University Business

Colleges and universities already worrying about maintaining their relevance to prospective students and the workforce are also now entrenched in a new drama few are adequately prepared for: the increasing litigation and compliance involved in the sector. ” Things took a daunting turn last year following three momentous U.S.

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Trade Commission Sues Grand Canyon University for Deceptive Advertising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Grand Canyon University for deceptive advertising, illegal telemarketing, and misrepresenting the school as a nonprofit institution, according to Reuters. Grand Canyon University President Brian Mueller speaks during a Nov. Department of Education decisions.

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Lindenwood University Buys For-Profit Dorsey College

Inside Higher Ed

” Lindenwood officials intend to convert Dorsey College into a nonprofit institution, which will require approval from the Department of Education. Dorsey College has eight campus locations across Michigan, including a cosmetology school, according to its website.

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