Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Through the power of consultant ideas filtering into the subconsciousness of trustees, presidents, provosts and VPs—or through direct engagement with a big consultancy—what McKinsey and their peers think and do matters to higher education. All of these stories of McKinsey being on the wrong side of history are disturbing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

At the time she was offered the position, she was the provost of Wagner College in New York City, which caused the hiring committee to ask how a New Yorker would adapt to Southern California. Lieberman is the 18th president of La Verne and the first woman to lead in the university’s history.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 8, 2024

October 7 marked one year since the worst terror attack in Israel’s history that claimed 251 hostages and more than 1200 lives. A key feature of the event was a memorial exhibition hosted in the Mandela Room on campus. Posters illustrated the potential impact if similar attacks happened in the U.S.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I know about the history of legal bias and racism — so when I teach law, I need to instruct my students in ways that bias might show up and what to think about when they ask an LLM a question.” Provost Dr. Janice L. “We need to teach our students the places we’re likely to see bias in a particular discipline,” says Scott. “I

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In addition, Michele Minter, Princeton’s vice provost for institutional equity and diversity, noted that the university’s approach to DEI is not “top-down,” so each department develops its own initiatives.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Some have athletic events. “When you have over 1,000 students, even if you have the most compelling lecture in the history of civilization, it’s very challenging to continually interact with students and have an engaged course experience,” Ortegas said. “They get really sick. Sad things happen in their family.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This has been the case, for example, where a president and trustees have either restricted or prohibited alcohol at campus events or restricted parking on campus. Even if sports gambling now is legal within the state where a university is located, the university still has the prerogative of deciding its campus policies and prohibitions.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

” This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP’s history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. This event is not seen as an isolated incident but as a model for potential future actions in other institutions.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And all the, all of a sudden I’m getting nominated to be the institution’s provost and became the provost of the campus. I remember a colleague telling me when I went off to be the provost of College Park that I would never come back to the department. I’ll be provost for a few years. Of course, I will.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2023

Starting in 2010, Dr. Willis served as an Assistant Professor of History, department chair, faculty senate president, and Executive Dean of Centers at Lone Star College (Houston, Texas). in history from Florida State University, and bachelor's and master's degrees in history from Florida A&M University. She earned a Ph.D.

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, and at this moment in the history of higher education, small colleges could use one. While I was on campus for the event, what struck me the most as I spoke with other alumni was how far WVWC’s roots have spread into the field of higher education. The news has not been good.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

Ennis will be leaving his current post at Coastal Carolina University as provost and executive vice president for a challenging position at Delta State University in Mississippi. Scrutiny arose after students and staff became aware of the college’s decision to host an event at the Everglades Club in Florida.

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EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

In recent conversations with presidents, provosts, chief strategy officers, chief business officers, and chief information officers, we’ve identified seven missteps university leaders are making in their AI approach. By not initiating the conversation on AI, campus leaders could inadvertently drive utilization underground.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In an unusual turn of events, the board chair instructed the president to announce her resignation during the morning board meeting without prior notification to the full board. This will prevent boards from inventing things and revising history. Board dysfunction significantly contributes to the issue of presidential turnover.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

Links Mentioned in This Episode • University Innovation Alliance • Drew Magliozzi • Mainstay • Georgia State University • Dawn Medley , Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Retention, Stony Brook University • " Attention Is All You Need " by Ashish Vaswani, et al., and Why Does It Work?" It also becomes a podcast episode.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

Image: James Madison University in Virginia held an event Thursday to mark the Holocaust—despite all the Jewish members of the planning committee resigning. And faculty members say this year’s event was going to feature the provost, Heather Coltman, playing piano, something the last event’s committee rejected.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

During previous strikes I’ve done collaborative teach outs with colleagues on subjects such as decolonisation and artefacts of the British Museum, and LGBTQ labour activism, where with a colleague in art history we created a blanket banner with people stitching their stories into it. Over time I’ve refined my out-of-office message.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

So our performing arts activities occur there for our music program, our dance program, our theater program, lecture series, but it’s also home to enormous numbers of community events that occur right there at the Hammer Theater. 01:00:37] Drumm McNaughton: Hmm. Very interesting. Cynthia, this has been a fabulous conversation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

King’s alma mater, Morehouse College, an all-male Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Atlanta, GA, is hosting several events between Jan. The idea here is to engage the Morehouse community and the community beyond our borders, to engage with history as well as contemporary issues,” said Dr. Vicki L. Dr. Glenell M.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

” Halfway through the event, the protesters entered the building. “Even students who had never been activists or talked about politics much before were reaching out, asking how they could help, posting about it on social media … It’s been kind of a massive politicizing event.”

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The controversy initially stemmed from UPenn’s decision to host the Palestine Writes Literature Festival last month, as some speakers had a history of making antisemitic remarks. While UPenn leaders did denounce antisemitism in general terms prior to the festival, they refrained from directly addressing the event itself. Jackson Jr.

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HESA

MAY 4, 2023

So I’m thinking of examples of catastrophic cases like Pakistani campuses being underwater for most of last fall, or to go back in history, like what happened to Tulane after Hurricane Katrina. One of the ways that you talk about the climate crisis is the way that crises may affect institutional operations directly.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

Research by Stanford University social psychologists Geoffrey Cohen and Gregory Walton underscores how feelings of disconnection shape students interpretations of daily challenges, often leading them to perceive negative events as signs they dont belong. Projects such as the Inclusive History Project and Oral History research (e.g.,

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JANUARY 19, 2024

She sat down with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about what has shaped her as a leader, reversing higher ed’s tendency toward elitism, how leaders and institutions can grow through traumatic events, and the value of being present and making the best possible impact. Doug and his wife, Kate Scharff, live in Bethesda, MD.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2023

Being transgender, especially at this time in our history, is challenging on both a personal and a social level. Life events such as accidents, diseases or the death of a friend or family member often cause us to reflect deeply on some of the questions framing our existence. What does it mean to exist? Why am I here?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2024

I think there’s a paternalistic instinct and history in higher education with students, and I think it sometimes makes us not take seriously student voice and input in decision making process.” While Morehouse initially requested Biden’s presence at commencement before the catalyzing events of Oct. asked Commodore. “I

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HEPI

MARCH 12, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Tom Lawson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost at Northumbria University. This blog is an adapted version of remarks delivered at the HEPI and Advance HE event ‘Has the higher education sector got it right on freedom of speech?’ But we also must listen to their concerns.

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UW Presidential Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

As a University devoted to learning and discovery and to fostering discussion and debate, I encourage you to watch the Democracy in Focus lecture series , sponsored by Provost Tricia Serio, which explores some of the most important aspects of the democratic process.

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University Business

JUNE 1, 2023

Discovery, faced chants, signs and protestors picketing in front of the entrance to the event. More from UB : These schools are working smarter, not harder, to boost international student enrollment Dean Jenny Martinez – Stanford Law School In March, students stormed a conservative campus event that Trump-appointed U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 22, 2022

However, unusual moments in history compel us to shed our usual constraints. Fall events: Colleges and universities should use existing funding, programs and lectures to highlight the current democratic threat, inserting this conversation as often as possible in already funded opportunities.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

She co-founded the Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee, which proposed and won an on-site childcare center and which continues to sponsor events on women’s issues in science. Around the same time, according to the lawsuit, Fitz, the provost, informed Vitetta she’d have to complete her first posttenure review ever.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” Harvard’s first Black president Dr. Claudine Gay broke new ground in July and made history at the nation’s oldest higher ed institution. Wutoh, Howard provost and chief academic officer in an announcement in April. She became the first Black president to lead Harvard.

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