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Western Michigan University Provost Heilig Steps Down After Two Years of Record-Breaking Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"Serving as Provost at Western Michigan University has been one of the greatest honors of my career," Heilig said, noting a personal connection to the institution as his mother's alma mater. Under his administration, the university strengthened its academic programs while focusing on equity and student success.

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Howard University Establishes 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wutoh, Howard University provost and chief academic officer. Its enduring legacy, constantly tested and reinterpreted, demands rigorous study in our universities today." "The 14th Amendment forged principles of equality and due process that remain foundational to our understanding of justice and citizenship," said Dr. Anthony K.

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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. Queens College is one of The City University of New Yorks 25 colleges. And over the years there have been efforts to achieve that at CUNY.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Western Michigan University Provost Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction.

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University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Already having committed to making several cluster hires for the department, the university turned to the Mellon Foundation to help quicken the pace of expansion, said Dr. David Figlio, the university's provost. We have a lot here, but we also have a long way to go,” Williams said. “I

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What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters

Inside Higher Ed

There are many surveys of the views of students and advising staff on transfer experiences, policies and practices. When asked to rate how confident they were in their knowledge of transfer policies on a seven-point scale on which 1 means not at all confident and 7 means very confident, the mean confidence ratings for both associate (M=3.4)

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US: ISU partners with University of Havana

The PIE News

He also expressed his eagerness to move forward on research collaboration “with University of Havana faculty”. As a result of the collaboration that will occur in these different disciplines at the University of Havana, the partnership, according to those involved, is the “first educational exchange agreement of this scope in Indiana”.