Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. Michigan State University In addition, out-of-state Native students who are Pell-eligible will be able to take advantage of a full tuition waiver.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Fredrick Muyia Nafukho will become vice provost for the University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel. Dr. Fredrick Nafukho Nafukho will also become tenured faculty in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Mark Becker plans to leave his role as president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) at the end of the year. “I Dr. Mark Becker Becker came into the leadership post in September 2022, previously serving as a member of its Board of Directors and as chair of the board for the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Jonathan Holloway Dr. Jonathan Holloway has been named the new President and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation, following his five-year presidency at Rutgers University. Holloway, who will succeed Dr. Mariko Silver (who departed in October 2024 to lead the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts), expressed his enthusiasm for the new role.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 17, 2022

Shivanthi Anandan , vice provost for undergraduate education at Drexel University, in Pennsylvania, has been selected as provost and vice president of academic affairs at LaSalle University, also in Pennsylvania. George Grant Jr. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

million students enrolled in colleges and universities. Collectively, as researchers, we have about 50 or more years of experience conducting empirical studies on Black men attending diverse institutional types, ranging from predominantly White institutions, community colleges, and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2025

Nicole Sampson Nicole Sampson has been named the permanent provost and chief academic officer at the University of Rochester. Sampson had been serving as interim provost and was the Robert L. Sproull Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at the university. and Mary L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Stevie Lawrence II will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri , effective July 1. Previously, he served as founding dean of the University College at Fort Valley State University and director of college success services for University of North Carolina.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Department of Education (ED) could update Titles III and V to better serve students of color and low-income students. Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU. Dr. Kayla C.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

After two decades of working in higher education, Shrivastav is championing student success in academics at the University of Indiana Bloomington as the college’s newest provost. Prior, he served as vice president for instruction at the University of Georgia. A: It’s a much different, much bigger role. [At

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. Michigan State University In addition, out-of-state Native students who are Pell-eligible will be able to take advantage of a full tuition waiver.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

Karrie Dixon has been elected chancellor of North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Dixon, who serves as chancellor of Elizabeth City State University, will succeed Dr. Johnson O. I can’t wait to engage with all the possibilities that Durham has to offer.” Akinleye, who retires June 30.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

Bearce , interim vice president for academic affairs at Northampton Community College, in Pennsylvania, has been appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Raritan Valley Community College, in New Jersey. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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UW Presidential Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

Over the past several weeks and months, there have been many questions about how the University of Washington is dealing with federal government actions that affect research funding and/or represent unwarranted and constitutionally questionable intrusions into our ability to educate students, care for patients and conduct research.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

By Emma Pettit Illustration by The Chronicle; image from 636Buster, Wikimedia Commons It's not professors’ fault that the university can no longer afford to support its current lineup of academic programs, the office of the provost wrote in a document shared with department chairs.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Cabrini University will eliminate a handful of senior academic leadership jobs—including the post of provost—as part of a larger reorganization to downsize, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Drinan, the interim president. The plan was approved by Cabrini’s board Friday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To earn the Seal of Excelencia a college or university must demonstrate an intentional, institutional focus on advancing Latino student success by aligning data and practice. Colleges and universities that have received the Seal of Excelencia enroll 17% of Latino students in the U.S. California State University, San Marcos Dr. Ellen J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. Dr. Melissa Gilliam Boston University Photography Gilliam, 58, is no stranger to firsts. There, she served in numerous roles in multiple departments, including as the Ellen H. Gilliam holds a B.A.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation At the most recent edX/2U University Partner Advisory Council meeting , we had the privilege of spending time with Dr. Todd Nicolet. Todd is the Vice Provost for Digital and Lifelong Learning at UNC. What does the role of Vice Provost for Digital and Lifelong Learning entail?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Brian Kite, currently the dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT), has been appointed UCLAs new dean and vice provost of graduate education. Kite received a Bachelor of Arts in theater from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Fine Arts in directing and theatrical production at UCLA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Yet by spring 2024, three had departed amid political pressures over their handling of campus controversies related to the Israel-Hamas war. Epps of Temple University and Dr. Orinthia T. Research by Dr. Gloria Oikelome, currently provost & vice president of academic affairs at Delaware Valley University, supports these concerns.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Cady Short-Thompson will become president of Northern Kentucky University (NKU). She previously served as provost at Hope College and dean at Cincinnati Blue Ash College. From 1996 to 2010, she taught at the school as a professor of communication, graduate program director, and department chair. “I Short-Thompson holds a B.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

The University of Chicago is partnering with U.S. research universities for an initiative to improve diversity and inclusion in higher education. Lee The initiative comes from university consortium Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network (FAN), of which UChicago is the host institution. Dr. Ka Yee C.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Cathy Breen and I have been getting to know each other through an IVY+ online directors group and the edX/2U University Partner Advisory Council ( UPAC ). Q: Can you give us the elevator pitch on what Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning ( VPAL ) does?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Texas A&M University-San Antonio has received a $3 million grant to address economic issues and expand technology access for its student population. Texas A&M University-San Antonio The money – in the form of a “Caminos Hacia el Éxito” (Pathways to Success) grant from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) President and CEO Dr. Paul J. He also for a time served as senior policy adviser to Under Secretary Ted Mitchell at the Obama-era Department of Education. She is currently the school’s provost. LeBlanc has announced that he will step down from the role on Jun.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Image: University of Illinois at Chicago faculty members began striking Tuesday after their union said 12 hours of negotiations with administrators on Martin Luther King Jr. ” The university declined to provide an interview Tuesday. ” The union said its contract with the university expired in August. until 10 p.m.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

Gabel has been appointed chancellor and chief executive officer (CEO) of the University of Pittsburgh, making her the first woman to lead the university. Gabel Gabel is currently president and chief executive of the University of Minnesota System and Twin Cities campus. from the University of Georgia School of Law.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

McBride will become the inaugural Gerald Early Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. He will be appointed to the Department of African and African-American Studies in Arts & Sciences and serve as a senior adviser to the chancellor. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Dwight A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, a prolific researcher who has led the School of Education at American University as its dean for the past eight years, has been selected president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

John Karl Scholz will become president of The University of Oregon (UO), effective Jul. Dr. John Karl Scholz Scholz is currently provost and the Nellie June Gray Professor of Economic Policy at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Treasury Department from 1997-1998. in economics from Stanford University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. These cross-school relationships and with areas like Wake the Arts and Campus Life have resulted in remarkable offerings that greatly enrich the intellectual life of our university.” Dr. Corey D.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Elsewhere on the site, Professor Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic and Provost at The University of Buckingham, highlights what is, in her view, a critical flaw in the LLE: the unfair funding gap facing students on accelerated two-year degree programmes, despite their clear benefits for employability and skills development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

South Carolina State University 1890 Research & Extension, Mixon Seed Service, and the South Carolina Black Farmer Coalition are partnering for climate-smart initiatives. Frederick Evans, SC State provost and vice president for academic affairs. This partnership – funded by a $4.5 million U.S. The grant was announced last week. “A

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Cantwell – Washington State University Elizabeth Cantwell, after less than two years at the helm of Utah State University, has accepted an appointment elsewhere. In April, she becomes the first female president at Washington State University. Marie Hardin – Quinnipiac University (Conn.) Elizabeth R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Jessica Berg has been appointed dean of the University of California Davis School of Law. Berg, who served as co-dean of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, will start in her new role Sept. She was a visiting professor at Michigan State University Medical School.

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