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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She worked her way through the ranks as a professor, eventually landing at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and then an internship opportunity in the Office of the Provost came her way. Howard-Baptiste currently serves as the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moreover, these learners are deserving of supportive experiences and environments despite comprising only 4.6% This dialogue is in contrast to the environment today. Dr. Calvin Hadley is Assistant Provost for Academic Partnerships and Student Engagement at Howard University. of students enrolled in colleges and universities.

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The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

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Diversity Statements Banned in Faculty Hiring

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The provost, chancellor, and six academic deans supported the move to eliminate this piece of their employment practice, along with president Sally Kornbluth, PhD, who said in a statement released this week, “My goals are to tap into the full scope of human talent, to bring the very best to MIT, and to make sure they thrive once here.

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New DEI Certificate at Muhlenberg Joins Others Working Toward Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., That work wasn’t going to be easy.

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is currently executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, the first Black to hold that role in the school’s history. There is so much talent and human potential, I figure in 2023 it should be commonplace. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice and vice provost. And it just isn’t.”

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University of Vermont Resolves Federal Investigation into Antisemitism Allegations, Agrees to Federal Oversight and Improvements

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“At the heart of the resolution agreement is our reaffirmation that when an act of antisemitism occurs, we will take appropriate and necessary action to address the act, prevent its recurrence, and support those impacted,” UVM’s Office of the Provost said in an Apr. 3 statement. In 2021, two nonprofit Jewish advocacy groups, the Louis D.

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