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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

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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. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice and vice provost. Then students [start] informing others, and they’re going to want to apply and come here.”

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

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Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. LaVar Charleston had a crush on Dr. Sherri Charleston from the moment he met her in ninth grade.

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A conversation with IHEP Board Chair Dr. Peter Nwosu, incoming President of SUNY-Oswego

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Until early August, he was Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at Herbert H. IHEP recently spoke with President Nwosu about what inspires his commitment to college access and success and how IHEP’s research and advocacy inform his work. I see myself in our students.

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Two Scholars are Building Diversity Initiative Database for All

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Byrd, former special advisor to the provost at Georgia State University (GSU), said that institutions are struggling to diversify their faculty. Pipeline and diversity programs in the database are assessed through what Byrd and Mason call the THRIVE Index : Type, History, Research, Inclusion, Identity, Voice and Expectation.

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AI: A Brilliant but Biased Tool for Education

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Those assignments acknowledge the usefulness and the limitation of the technology, which cannot detect or differentiate human bias and negative stereotypes in the almost limitless field of data and information from which it pulls its answers. Provost Dr. Janice L. In a world where data is king,” says Calhoun, “AI is a superpower.”

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Calls for Change at Penn State

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Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State. Dr. Michael West, professor of African American studies, history, and African studies at Penn State, said that, while Penn State does offer these supports to faculty, “this does not, however, translate ipso facto into belonging. Dr. Marcus A. Dr. Marcus A.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

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One campaign he oversaw helped draw in $66 million, the largest in school history, Telegram & Gazette reports. The work was done in collaboration with the provost. Alma College President Jeff Abernathy has informed the board of trustees he will be stepping down following 14 years at his post, according to a school statement.