Ripe for poaching: Will DeSantis’ higher ed policies drive out Florida faculty?
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 7, 2023
One university provost has already publicly promised to recruit Florida students and professors amid the state’s political strife.
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Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 7, 2023
One university provost has already publicly promised to recruit Florida students and professors amid the state’s political strife.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Leonard went to Dr. Dave Weatherspoon, vice provost of enrollment and academic strategic planning at MSU, to see if the student’s status could be changed to in-state. The second goal of the program is to help build a community and culture at the institution that is attractive to prospective Native staff, faculty, and students. “As
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Leonard went to Dr. Dave Weatherspoon, vice provost of enrollment and academic strategic planning at MSU, to see if the student’s status could be changed to in-state. The second goal of the program is to help build a community and culture at the institution that is attractive to prospective Native staff, faculty, and students. “As
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 11, 2023
will become provost at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Jun. Previously, he was dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice and senior adviser to the provost on Diversity at Penn ; junior fellow in Harvard University’s Society of Fellows; and assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University.
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2025
These factors include, but are not limited to Black male initiatives, Black cultural organizations that help to facilitate a sense of belonging, culturally relevant pedagogical strategies, diverse faculty who demonstrate an ethic of care and support, and efforts to create an inclusive campus climate through antiracism.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
In his sophomore year of college, Williams had begun to struggle academically and financially, but the leadership and faculty at Xavier gave him the opportunity to continue his education. At Emory, he created over 100 internal and external initiatives, recruiting plans that targeted under-represented and international students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.
The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 29, 2025
April 29, 2025 · Episode 257 Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In 34 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Rather than introducing immediate top-down changes, he led a full year of strategic planning that included participation from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and governing boards.
Insight Into Diversity
JUNE 28, 2023
Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Vanderbilt Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (V-FIRST) program will support underrepresented early-career investigators through hiring, promotion, and retention efforts.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.”
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
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Williams spoke to Inside Higher Ed about her career journey, managing her own professional development, the value of the student success offices housed within the provost’s office, and how others can position themselves as student success champions. A: I always felt this responsibility for each student I recruited to the university.
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 2, 2023
Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. The grant also helps fund the launch of the Detroit Center for Black Studies, which will be faculty-led and help connect Black Studies faculty from Michigan institutions.
EAB
MARCH 9, 2023
Blogs 4 takeaways on combatting faculty burnout from our gathering of academic leaders EAB recently launched the first two-part event series for our partners focused on combatting faculty burnout and integrating a culture of well-being in academic affairs. 5 critical to dos for academic leaders to support student success 2.
Higher Education Inquirer
JANUARY 25, 2025
And one higher ed consultancy, RNL, found that in 2022 , the median cost of recruiting an undergraduate student, minus personnel expenses, was only $1,652 for a four-year private college and $282 at a four-year public institution (though proponents of online education argue this is comparing apples to oranges).
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Woodruff, who has been provost since 2020, will become MSU’s fifth president—including interims—since 2018. Woodruff’s appointment was approved unanimously by trustees and supported by faculty. Woodruff steps into the position vacated by Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr., Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?
The PIE News
APRIL 2, 2025
Thats a very unique thing about the conference this year, Venky Shankararaman, APAIE president and vice provost (education), Singapore Management University , told The PIE News. The emphasis on smaller, underrepresented countries holds particular significance as the conference continues to expand.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 6, 2024
Kendrick Brown “This transformational $20 million gift will allow us to increase the ranks of our esteemed and talented professors so that we can uphold the legacy of excellence in our classrooms as our as veteran faculty retire,” said Morehouse President Dr. David A.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Wayne State University has received $6 million to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black studies center. and global histories, culture, social, economic, legal, and health systems. .
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.
PeopleAdmin
JULY 7, 2023
In the last few years, the HigherEd landscape has undergone significant changes, leading to challenges in faculty recruitment and retention. In a recent webinar, Best Practices for Faculty Recruitment and Retention , experts broke down some of the top challenges and solutions for both hiring and retaining faculty.
University Business
MARCH 20, 2025
Prior to the retirement of the third president of the college, the provost was identified as a candidate for the presidency. After a thorough interview and vetting process that included feedback from all constituents, the provost was confirmed and shortly thereafter promoted to the role of associate president. References Gonzalez, K.
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
Clarence Lang, dean of the College of the Liberal Arts, had refused to follow through on a commitment to hire two new tenure-line faculty. Penn State has had ongoing issues in recruitment and retention of Black faculty, something that Black faculty have repeatedly mentioned, West said.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
We’re looking at creating a national clearinghouse of diversity, BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Color] initiatives for minoritized students, faculty and staff at universities,” said Byrd. There’s diversity happening among students, where the pipeline is slowing down is at the faculty level.” We’ve not seen the growth that we want.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
As provost, I have been pushed to confront many of the quasi-religious assumptions usually held in academic affairs without guardrails or reason to pause for the first time in my 26 years in higher education. Faculty and staff are evaluated and rewarded similarly from a unified employee handbook. Tuition is very low, if not free.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2023
Dr. Consuelo Wilkins The Vanderbilt Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation Program (V-FIRST) – funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – will aim to accelerate hiring, promotion, and retention efforts for diverse, early-career investigators. American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 1, 2022
noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. Dr. Nikki Chun, vice provost for enrollment management at UH M?noa. Before U.S.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 4, 2024
But rather, it's the elimination of opportunities to retain faculty and students [who] this country and its universities has historically never served,” McCune said. And so, part of what we are seeing is an elimination of offices that help retain faculty that have historically not been included in the university culture.
Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
On September 10, the University of North Texas (UNT) announced that faculty senate committees and networking groups focusing on employees of color, women, and other communities would be cut in compliance with the state’s ban on DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives, according to an email obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 21, 2023
Dr. Kimberly Juanita Brown, IBICL's inaugural director, said that numerous stakeholders were involved in the creation of the institute, from alums and faculty to staff members and the administration. The Office of the Provost at Dartmouth has given $1.3 Culture and research are at the center of the institute.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”
The PIE News
JANUARY 31, 2024
Collaborative leadership also means providing robust opportunities for professional development for staff and faculty and working collectively within the international office. By their very nature, successful global partnerships are collaborative, focus on shared interests, feature mutually beneficial work, and are sustainable.
EAB
DECEMBER 7, 2022
The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments. In our new survey , 100% of university presidents and provosts identified grad and adult learner enrollment as a high or moderate priority. So what programs are presidents, provosts, and VPEMs betting on? Survey Methodology.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2023
They are foundational values of the university that we are committed to as a community and believe are essential to our continued success,” wrote President Reginald DesRoches, Provost Amy Dittmar and Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alex Byrd.
ACRLog
JANUARY 29, 2024
Blogger 1 : At my university, we have a fairly new president and provost. There has been a lot of faculty rumblings that ultimately came to a head with a letter from anonymous faculty to the President, listing both their concerns and rumors that had been swirling around the new administration.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Bennett Bennett, a behavioral scientist, is currently vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health, and medicine at Duke. Bennett will become dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, effective Feb. Dr. Gary G.
Insight Into Diversity
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Recruiting more students to backfill the teacher pipeline amid a growing shortage in the U.S. At the height of pandemic closures in 2020, I began weekly strategy meetings on Zoom with the small recruitment team at my college. is at the top of nearly every education school’s agenda. . So how did we do it? So how did we do it?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
During her time there, she increased the diversity of tenure-track faculty and co-founded the Master of Science Physician Assistant Program, the first of its kind in the CSU system. At the latter, she was the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. are white and only 21% are faculty of color.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Image: A new automotive technology program at Coconino Community College, launched last fall, is on pause as campus leaders struggle to hire a full-time faculty member to keep it afloat. an increasingly popular tourist destination near the Grand Canyon, has repeatedly scared off faculty candidates for this position and others.
Helix Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
McKinsey & Company’s recent survey of more than 7,000 college students globally revealed that students ranked timely content and relevant faculty among the most important elements shaping their online learning. This low number may surprise faculty as well as provosts. How does your course quality measure up?
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