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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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Historian Dr. Jonathan Holloway to Lead Henry Luce Foundation Following Rutgers Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Foundation's Board Co-Chairs, Debra Knopman and Terry Adamson, praised Holloway as "an eminent historian, a respected scholar of the humanities, a public intellectual, and an influential leader in higher education," highlighting his "thoughtful approach to collaboration" and "firm commitment to the Foundation's long-term view."

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Southern New Hampshire University President to Step Down Next Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He also for a time served as senior policy adviser to Under Secretary Ted Mitchell at the Obama-era Department of Education. They have done it in refugee camps, in low-income communities, and with students who are too often left behind by traditional higher education – this is disruptive education in service to humanity.”

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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. McGee is a professor in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ebony O. Dr. Christopher C.

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China, Philippines HEIs sign STEM partnerships

The PIE News

Co-hosted by the Commission on Higher Education, the Guizhou Provincial Department of Education and the Guiyang Institute of Humanities and Technology, the partnerships were signed during the Philippines – China University President Cooperation Dialogue, which took place during China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week.

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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

When President LeBlanc began his first higher ed leadership position in 1996, the year of the dotcom boom, he saw a role for digital technology at Vermont's small, struggling Marlboro College. And it's really about our humanity. Department of Education). Co-Host: Bridget Burns , CEO, University Innovation Alliance.

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Why is West Virginia University eliminating 9% of its academic programs?

University Business

The university’s drastic decisions come on the heels of a report last July that uncovered a $45 million budget deficit—which could grow to $70 million in the next five years. The budget gap and its ensuing changes are primarily driven by declining enrollment, a shocking misfortune for the state’s only R1 university.