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President moves: 1 momentous resignation, 3 leaders enter 2024 with new prospects

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Claudine Gay – Harvard University Harvard University President Claudine Gay was pressured to step down due to mounting allegations of plagiarism and public blowback from a miscalculated Congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. She was the shortest-serving president in Harvard’s history, last six months.

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A New Era of Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In August 2023, Kinloch became the 15th president of JCSU — the only historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1867 by formerly enslaved Black people. She is only the second woman to hold the position in the school’s 157-year history.

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Presidential exits: Some leave on a high note, others entrenched in scandal

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He also led the school through seven of its largest freshman enrollment classes in Langston’s 126-year history. Craft also helped establish a diversity office and oversaw the creation or revitalization of the college’s teaching, learning and recreational facilities, as well as centers for integrated science and student success.

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Resuscitating Dead Money

Inside Higher Ed

You’d find it somewhere after discrimination, assault, harassment, maleficence in the workplace and somewhere before paranoid university presidents stuffing full-length puffy coats under doors for soundproofing, deans asking for logos, and students asking if what I just said is going to be on an exam.

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The Impact of Crushing Student Debt on American Society: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions: Changing Higher Education Podcast 164 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest David Linton

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They know what colleges the other students are applying to and want to ensure their students have a similar or better college experience, including more physical and mental health services, nicer campus facilities, larger research departments, more public services for the community, and other ancillary services. Every facility was top-notch.

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Presidential Turnover Crisis in Higher Ed–Solutions and Challenges: The Role of Politics, Policies, Processes, Performance, and Public Relations

The Change Leader, Inc.

The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. A case in point is West Virginia University, which recently contended with a staggering $70 million deficit.

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SCOTUS, Affirmative Action, and the Future of University Diversity: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 174 with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Thomas Parham and Dilcie Perez

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Thomas Parham 01:58 I’m doing as well as a university presidents can do. Well, the latest stats that I’ve seen is that the average tenure of university presidents is about 3.9 So I’d say you’re doing pretty darn well. I’m a former Ivy League professor at the University of Pennsylvania.