Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

DIVERSE : Can you talk about the history of the Institute for Capacity Building and how the UNITE convening came about? DIVERSE : Can you talk about the history of the Institute for Capacity Building and how the UNITE convening came about? From CPI and our broader institutional support work, UNITE was born.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Dr. Kevin Leonard, director of the Native American Institute at MSU, was speaking with a Native, out-of-state student whose tribal affiliation was in Michigan when she began to share the struggles that come with paying out-of-state tuition. Why shouldn’t this be more permanent?” says Weatherspoon in an interview with Diverse.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education tells the unique story about what Americans think of higher education. Dr. Sol Gittleman Gittleman, who is the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor Emeritus, has emerged as one of the nation’s most important interpreters of the history of higher education.

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UW Presidential Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

At the University of Washington, women have been making history since the University was founded. In Seattle, new Provost Tricia Serio serves as the University’s chief academic officer. In Seattle, new Provost Tricia Serio serves as the University’s chief academic officer.

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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. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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Academe Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

The April 21 meeting marked the first time in history that a quorum had been reached, and this historic resolution was passed by a 338 83 vote: RESOLUTION FROM THE NORTHWESTERN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, APPROVED AT THE APRIL 21, 2025, UNIVERSITY FACULTY ASSEMBLY MEETING Whereas, our campus and our country face existential threats (..)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 21, 2023

Dartmouth College has launched the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life (IBICL), a research center focused on the study of the Black diaspora. The institute is part of "Toward Equity," a three-year strategic plan to improve Dartmouth's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx. 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. totaled 62.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. But all along the way, Williams has worked at both public and private institutions—HBCUs and Predominantly White Institutions—that have become top producers of minoritized students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ellen Granberg Granberg is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Previously, she was senior associate provost at Clemson University. in history from the University of California, Davis; and M.A. Granberg holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2023

He previously served as vice president of academic affairs, provost, and president of Fisk University. "As in history from Winthrop University; an M.S. in in history from Howard University. Vann Newkirk Newkirk is currently interim associate vice president at Alabama A&M University.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

The consequence: the richest institutions can fully fund the education of lower-income students, while the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class undergraduates must take out loans to pay for their education. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent. They’re not. It isn’t.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These developments have thrust some higher education leaders to defend the place the humanities hold in the halls of our most prestigious institutions. Land-grant universities are building new colleges , HBCUs are racing to secure better funding and even liberal arts colleges are reviewing their general education curriculum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Drexel University, Jointly Appointed, History and Africana Studies, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 42 Education: B.A., Ramos, jointly appointed in History and Africana Studies, serves as an assistant professor in the Department of History at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

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HEPI

AUGUST 13, 2024

A little over four centuries ago it might still be expected that a student at each of these institutions would study and be assessed both for a 4-year B.A. degree in Astronomy, Geometry, Metaphysics, History, Greek, Hebrew and Natural Philosophy. But this would be incorrect. degree and then a 3-year M.A. degree persist? B.D., &c.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 13, 2023

The George Washington University (GWU) has named Ellen Granberg its 19th president, making her the first woman to hold the office in the institution’s 200-year history. Granberg is a sociology professor and current provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 29, 2024

Bonita Brown “It is a true honor and a privilege to return home to lead this great institution,” said Brown. I have been preparing for this moment my entire career and I am overjoyed to serve this great institution.” Brown has been named Chancellor of Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

They credited her for jumpstarting the institution’s new model for fiscal sustainability, breaking records in research expenditures and leading its athletics department into the Pac-12 Conference. Prior to that, she was vice provost at Utah State University. Foley – New York Institute of Technology Henry C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Spurred on by this interest in universities’ inner workings, Allen went on to eventually lead in an administrative capacity as senior vice president and provost at Widener University before returning to Meredith as its leader in July 2011. This return etched Allen all the more into the history of Meredith.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“Wayne State is located in the largest majority-Black city in America, and our curricula should reflect that with more courses that center the Black experience and the role that race has played in American history, culture, and society,” said Wayne State Provost Dr. Mark Kornbluh.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

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. When you are charged to move an institution forward, you may or may not be armed with the resources to move the agenda.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

His scholarly focus is on African American religion, philosophy, history, and culture. Outside of academia, Walker was founding president of the Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation; senior fellow for Religious Freedom at the Freedom Forum Institute; and member of the U.S. Institute of Peace U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Geisler last summer.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

Her resignation, announced on Tuesday, marked the end of a tumultuous six-month tenure, making her the shortest-serving president in Harvard’s 388-year history. Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth faced similar criticism for her response but has retained the university’s support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The school is one of only 21 institutions that qualifies for federally designated funding as an Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian serving institution. Without full disaggregation of student population data, the stories, history, and culture of Native Hawaiian students, faculty, and staff can often go unseen in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

“Wayne State is located in the largest majority-Black city in America, and our curricula should reflect that with more courses that center the Black experience and the role that race has played in American history, culture, and society,” said Wayne State Provost Dr. Mark Kornbluh.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. Five years from now, Byrd and Mason want their membership to reach 100 higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. I have long heard about the school’s rich history as an advocate for racial and social justice, and I look forward to building on the strong foundation that Emilie Townes and others have established to form this treasured community.”

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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. “Trust and institutional culture are broken,” the first of the five points said.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

On March 7, Dr. Shaun Harper, university professor, provost professor of education, business and public policy, and the founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, was watching a livestream from the U.S. Jenkins acknowledged that not all institutions have adequate funding to fully implement DEI initiatives.

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UW Presidential Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

The Big Ten Academic Alliance , governed by the member institutions’ provosts, has for more than 50 years brought together some of the nation’s leading research universities to foster innovative academic collaborations. Members of our University community near and far should be excited for this new chapter in our history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

It’s a challenging class that Dr. Kendrick Brown, Morehouse’s provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, describes as the best of what the school has to offer. There’s an additional layer: for many students we’re talking specifically about their history,” said Moore. “A

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University Business

APRIL 8, 2024

“Institutional change will happen at a speed to which they are unaccustomed and potentially unwilling to accept.” ” Brian Rosenberg, former president of Macalester College, believes that institutions’ shared governance models are holding them back. The post Is higher education leadership changing?

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schools’ histories. The president-designate was NYU’s Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for Global Programs and University Life for the past decade and is a lifetime member of the school’s senior leadership team.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The money will go toward creating endowed chairs and supporting research opportunities at the school’s Institute of American Cultures (IAC) and its four ethnic studies research centers. The couple's substantial donation represents increased stability and predictability for the Institute, its centers, and its ongoing work, Yoo said.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. He is co-editor of The Christian College Phenomenon: Inside America’s Fastest Growing Institutions of Higher Learning (2011).

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