Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Esther Jones Dr. Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Before her latest post, Jones served in various leadership capacities including as an associate provost in the Office of Faculty Affairs at Clark University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Jose Coll will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at Western Oregon University, effective June 30. I am humbled at the opportunity to work alongside President Peters, faculty, staff, and students to continue the legacy of Oregon’s oldest public university,” Coll said. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Fredrick Muyia Nafukho will become vice provost for the University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel. Dr. Fredrick Nafukho Nafukho will also become tenured faculty in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business.

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THE (Times Higher Education)

MAY 12, 2023

Just as deans and provosts start to realise their visions, they are often gone, leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces, says Elizabeth Lehfeldt

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The UT System has allocated $55 million across the ERUs to fund the recruitment of research-active faculty to increase its national research prominence and federal funding opportunities. program growth and discovery translations that benefit our city, state, and nation,” he continued. “We

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A member of the provost-appointed Academic Program Review Taskforce, which created the report, said the members expected the report was going to become public. AAUP-Utica president Leonore Fleming said the union represents full-time faculty there, librarians and some other employees. Image: Utica University’s president on Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Scott-Johnson will become provost and vice president for academic affairs at Spelman College, effective Aug. Scott-Johnson Scott-Johnson, is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Monmouth University. Dr. Pamela E.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

After two decades of working in higher education, Shrivastav is championing student success in academics at the University of Indiana Bloomington as the college’s newest provost. Q: How does managing student success as a provost differ from your focus on it in your prior role? A: It’s a much different, much bigger role. [At

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Image: There’s a lot to like about proposed changes to West Virginia University’s appointment, tenure and promotion guidelines, from a faculty rights perspective. But the same draft is alarming to some faculty members at WVU. A recommendation for noncontinuation triggers a multilevel review, including by the provost.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. ” That is, undergraduate programs with fewer than 12 students per full-time faculty member over a period of five years are no longer accepting new students.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2023

As the academic year begins, Karlyn Crowley, a university provost, offers some thoughts to professors at the start of their careers. As provost, I have spent this summer imagining what I will say to welcome our new faculty this fall. And yet it is a volatile time in our precious sector.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 10, 2024

Prospective faculty had historically been asked to submit a statement with their CV describing their experience working with assorted populations and their approach to challenges related to diversity and inclusion efforts. The post Diversity Statements Banned in Faculty Hiring appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Keona Lewis will become assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame, effective Feb. In this role, she will report to the vice president and associate provost for faculty affairs.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The piece argues forcefully for the need to place faculty at the forefront of the student success movement. It would be weird for me to argue with his thesis: my entire job is to engage my faculty colleagues in activities related to student success and educational equity. So where’s the problem?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

Lee The initiative comes from university consortium Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network (FAN), of which UChicago is the host institution. Diversity is a core value of our institution, and collaboration is essential in order to address the common challenges we share across institutions of higher learning,” said UChicago Provost Dr. Ka Yee C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Despite the fact that faculty are so crucial to students’ academic lives, they are often underutilized as levers of institutional change. Moreover, institutions are grappling with faculty burnout, dissatisfaction, and resignations at growing rates.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 13, 2022

” Faculty members—as well as staffers—are on the front lines of higher education’s battle to arrest declining student mental health, ravaged by nearly three years of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with such stressors as climate disasters, racial unrest, political incivility and culture wars.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Yale University faculty and staff will not be mandated to get a second booster shot before returning for spring semester, Yale Daily News reported. Last year, Yale Provost Dr. Scott Strobel said that Yale weighs legal questions surrounding personal choice and employee compliance along with employee responsibility to ensure community health.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Todd is the Vice Provost for Digital and Lifelong Learning at UNC. What does the role of Vice Provost for Digital and Lifelong Learning entail? As Vice Provost, I lead the teams providing these campus-wide programs and services and represent the University as needed in online, digital, and flexible learning spaces.

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EAB

AUGUST 22, 2023

Podcast How MSU Saved Millions Without Cutting Faculty or Programs Episode 163. EAB’s Paul Gunther is joined by Missouri State University Provost John Jasinski to talk through a highly successful transformation effort that resulted in more than $5 million in cost savings at MSU without cutting staff or programs. August 22, 2023.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Image: Brown University’s faculty voted this month to limit Tenure, Promotions and Appointments Committee (TPAC) membership to full, tenured professors only, starting next fall. The faculty vote was 43 in favor of the change and 34 against with 28 abstentions.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Stevie Lawrence II will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri , effective July 1. Dr. Stevie L.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 24, 2024

The faculty and professional staff union at Greenfield Community College voted no confidence in the college’s president and provost this week after administrators neglected to share the results of a scathing diversity, equity and inclusion report by a consulting firm. Employees are outraged.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

By Michael Vasquez Illustration by The Chronicle; Google image The closure of Poe Hall and dozens of reported cancer diagnoses have culminated in a faculty group’s no-confidence vote in the chancellor and provost.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

APRIL 1, 2024

One person I spoke to came right out at the start of the call: She was only calling, she said, because her provost wanted to know how much they could raise scores if they went test-optional. If I sensed or heard that motivation, I advised people against it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Kathleen Murray Murray, president emeritus of Whitman College, has previously served as the first female president of Whitman; provost and dean of the faculty at Macalester College; provost and vice president for academic affairs at Birmingham-Southern College; and Dean of the Faculty at Lawrence University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Dr. Badia Ahad Ahad is currently vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. “I I think my most important role as dean will be to ensure that students, faculty and staff have the tools and the resources that they need to be and to do their best,” Ahad said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

His plans for the center include helping to advance African and African American studies as a discipline and to create a more substantial intellectual community through interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty, students, and the local community. “Dr. Watson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at FAMU.

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Academe Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

James Ryan, UVa President Ian Baucom, UVa Provost Deans, UVa Schools Michael Kennedy, Chair Faculty Senate Amanda Flora, Chair General Faculty Council Dear Colleagues, The University of Virginia (UVa) Chapter of the American…

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. ” “I am one of many pretenure faculty who are leaving the college,” Bell said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Harper Harper is currently provost and vice president of academic affairs at CSUB. Harper is a highly principled and energetic academic leader, with a well-established track record of innovation, student success and inspiring faculty engagement and productivity,” said Dr. Jolene Koester, CSU interim chancellor.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As a faculty member, she introduces students to timeless stories from ancient Greek, Roman and Biblical literature, as well as enduring works from the medieval ages and Eastern authors. ” Hooten hosts reading forums on classic literature for Pepperdine’s prospective students, parents, alumni and other community stakeholders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

I’m excited to work with the provost and other deans, the world-class faculty and talented staff, and to meet the students and alumni when I get there this fall.” I look forward to seeing all that she and our dedicated and talented faculty and staff will accomplish together.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

“NCCU embodies grit, innovation, leadership, purpose and legacy, and I am committed to building on our rich traditions and ensuring that our students, faculty, staff and alumni have the tools and opportunities necessary to succeed,” she said. “I I can’t wait to engage with all the possibilities that Durham has to offer.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A former public-school educator, Holcomb-McCoy served as vice provost for faculty affairs and vice dean of academic affairs in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University prior to her arrival at AU.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

Monique Guillory has been appointed the new provost and chief academic and enrollment officer Dillard University, effective April 1. Ford announced that Guillory will work with the interim provost, Mablene Krueger, through April to transition into the role. Dillard President Dr. Rochelle L.

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