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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Ebony McGee To explore these questions, we published, Factors Contributing to Black Engineering and Computing Faculty’sPathways Toward University Administration and Leadership , where we interviewed 21 Black engineering and computing faculty members who transitioned into administrative leadership roles in their colleges and universities.

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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated an additional $350 million to Harvard University to support the research center that bears his name: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009.

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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The university could function for about eight months with no revenue source. There are hundreds of universities that operate on a different model and don’t have the kinds of privilege and problems [of elite] higher education institutions.” Fleming, president and CEO of the J. Dr. Katherine E. Paul Getty Trust.

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It’s a great time for higher ed to go electric

University Business

A recent analysis by EY found that EV sales will outpace all other types of engines three years sooner than expected. Let’s look at the most compelling reasons colleges and universities should actively begin integrating EV charging stations into their infrastructure right now.

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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

But there is a point where that strength that carried you through such difficult times actually becomes your Achilles heel, and I think that they just couldn't let go of the model. Thinking beyond regrettable events like this, his team at SNHU is developing a new model for small-school survival.

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Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

A senior engineering faculty member and some associate business and science deans said, ‘We want to have a conversation with you. Why have you never talked to the university? So, the Braven model became a course inside of higher education. The Braven model is built off the University of Chicago's Career Advancement model.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

Illinois Tech embraces a hybrid model due to student demand and to increase accessibility for those who work full-time jobs, for example. Before joining Illinois Tech, Raj developed and launched the first scaled online MBA program in partnership with Coursera at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Thank God, Drumm.