Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

25, Moorea Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at The Ohio State University (OSU) and executive director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Centerwas awarded the Order of the Palmetto South Carolinas highest civilian honor established in 1971. Moore III trailblazers whose influence shaped his path to distinction. since 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Morgan State University, Maryland's largest Historically Black University, is taking decisive action to address a concerning trend: the steady decline in Black male Dr. David K. University President Dr. David K. Wilson enrollment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

Howard University has appointed renowned historian and bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi significant expansion of the historically Black university's research capabilities. I have had my eye on the Mecca my entire career, studying its history and witnessing what Howard means to the culture. Dr. Ibram X.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Georgetown University As Xavier University of Louisiana enters its centennial year, the nations oldest Catholic institutionGeorgetown Universitycelebrated the institutions 100-year legacy and the 45th anniversary of its Institute for Black Catholic Studies (IBCS).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Georgia's Board of Regents has named Dr. Jermaine Whirl as the sole finalist for the presidency of Savannah State University, the state's oldest historically Black Dr. Jermaine Whirl university. The coastal Georgia institution, founded in 1890, has played a vital role in African American higher education for over 130 years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

In a significant leadership transition at one of legal education's key institutions, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has appointed Sudha Setty as its new president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2025. We must collectively do more to support those who have been historically excluded from leadership roles," she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Jonathan Holloway has been named the new President and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation, following his five-year presidency at Rutgers University. The Henry Luce Foundation announced on Friday, that Holloway will become its seventh President and CEO in the organization's 89-year history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. He's earned degrees from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Oregon, where he obtained his Ph.D. million in spending cuts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., Early on, Briscoe saw herself as a student leader.

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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? Under the guidance and visionary leadership of our current President and CEO, Dr. Michael Lomax , ICB officially launched in 2006. But history tells us that HBCUs thrive when they work collectively.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Under Bumphus's leadership, community colleges strengthened their position as essential providers of affordable education and workforce training, working closely with four presidential administrations to advance their mission. Martin CEO of the Year Award and the 2021 Baldridge Foundation's Award for Leadership Excellence in Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Grammy-winning artist Usher Raymond IV will deliver the keynote address at Emory University's 180th Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 12, where he will Usher also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. With eight Grammy Awards and nine No.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

The University of California Los Angeles has become the benefactor of a $25 million gift from Meyer Luskin and his wife, Renee, both UCLA alumni. We believe the study of history is vital in creating informed participants in a vibrant democratic society,” said Meyer Luskin, president, CEO, and chairman of Scope Industries.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

Bolton, who will officially begin her tenure on July 1, becomes the first woman to lead the creative arts-focused college in nearly 90 years and the first woman of color in the institution's history to serve as president. Prior to Georgia Tech, Bolton held administrative positions at Washington University in St.

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Today's Learner

MARCH 17, 2025

Reading Time: 7 minutes During the month of March, we celebrate Womens History Month. Kim Zoldak Kim Zoldak is a Teaching Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. Whether shes teaching introductory astronomy , astrophysics or physics courses, her passion for sharing the wonders of the universe always shines through.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The exclusion and omission of Black history threatens to harm not just the Black community at large but also students and the very future of the nation, experts said during a Nov. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Marcia Vandiver, associate professor of elementary education at Towson University. the NREI website stated.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 17, 2024

On May 6, 2024, Dorothy Jean Tillman II walked across the stage at Arizona State University (ASU), making history as the youngest person in the country to earn a doctoral degree. The post Chicago Teen Dorothy Jean Tillman II, DBH, Makes History appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 14, 2025

April 14, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Tuskegee University is the ninth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Washington, Tuskegee University is a private historically black university (HBCU) located in Tuskegee, Alabama about 40 miles east of Montgomery. It was built on Booker T.

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SRHE

APRIL 22, 2025

by GR Evans The Office for Students has found that the Trans and Non-Binary Equality Policy Statement of the University of Sussex involves breach of two of the relevant OfS Regulatory Requirements in late March 2025, and imposed an unprecedentedly substantial fine. Sussex was created among the batch of new universities of the 1960s.

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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. Together, this marks first time in UW history that all four of these leadership positions have been held by women.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

recently announced bold choices in leadership. Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Columbia University named new presidents, each to take office in July. For Dartmouth and Columbia, these are the first women presidents in their history, while Harvard welcomes its first African American president.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2025

Jamal Watson, Professor Trinity Washington University, Executive Editor of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Panelists: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Distinguished Professor, Vanderbilt University Dr. Christina Greer, Associate Professor, Fordham University, Dr. Annette Gordon Reed, Professor, Harvard University Natasha S.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 25, 2024

The resulting report, “Leading the Revolution: The Crucial Role of HBCUs in Steering AI Leadership,” argues that HBCUs must center artificial intelligence in their curriculum and research to play a critical role in shaping artificial intelligence and assuring that it benefits all of society.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 12, 2023

A new report released Tuesday reveals the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) founders committed “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” of Native Americans during the 19th century to gain financial benefits for the institution. university has conducted a critical examination of its history with Native people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) welcomed Howard University's announcement late last week of Dr. Ibram X. deGregory as a history professor and director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Kendi's appointment Dr. Crystal A. Most recently, he was the Andrew W. Cole "cannot do."

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Former foreign secretary and Oxford graduate wins online vote, ending hopes a woman would fill role for first time The former foreign secretary William Hague has been elected as Oxford University’s next chancellor, ending hopes that a woman would fill the role for the first time in Oxford’s 800-year history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Hampton University has established a School of Religion. Given that we’ve hosted the [Hampton University Ministers’ Conference] for over a century – in terms of timing, I think this is long overdue,” said Hampton President Darrell K. Although we are not a religious institution, it is certainly a part of our fabric and our foundation.

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University Business

APRIL 8, 2024

“[F]aculty can no longer live in a world that no longer exists,” said Brian Mitchell, former president of Bucknell University, according to Forbes. Eli Capilouto, president of the University of Kentucky, recently released a proposal that would transfer the University Senate’s policy-making power to the Board of Trustees.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

Image: A program at the University of California, Irvine, ensures first-generation or underprivileged students are prepared for their lives after college, with a 100 percent graduation rate among its 630 scholars in the program’s 24-year history. Share here. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Tim’s Neurodiversity in the Arts Symposium , which took two years of advocacy and planning, and draws on several more of research across neurodiversity and art education, took place at the University of the Arts Helsinki , modelling best practices for inclusivity, not just for neurodivergent folx. Universities, watch and learn.

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The PIE News

MARCH 14, 2025

The rankings, which analyse more than 18,300 academic offerings at over 1,700 universities across 100 locations worldwide, have highlighted strong global competition. Moreover, the University of Leeds has made remarkable progress, securing 53 subject entries more than any other UK institution, according to a statement by QS.

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Edu Alliance Journal

JANUARY 27, 2025

During that time, I took on the role of President/CEO of the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) and dedicated myself fully to the organization. As such, I submitted my resignation, effective January 1st, and “retired” from my leadership role at AAUA. Unfortunately, Urbana University didnt survive.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Mary Curnock Cook CBE chairs the Emerge/Jisc HE Edtech Advisory Board, and Bess Brennan is Chief of University Partnerships with Cadmus. Cadmus is running a series of collaborative roundtables with UK university leaders about the challenges and opportunities of generative AI in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

West Virginia State University has announced it is launching its first doctorate degree program this May. Cage The Doctorate of Education in Leadership Studies would be the first doctoral degree conferred at the historically Black university. WVSU President Ericke S.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Lois Brooks has served in senior leadership positions at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 2018, after eight years as CIO at Oregon State and 25 years at Stanford. EDTECH: What is the history of UW IT Connects? EDTECH: What is the history of UW IT Connects?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2024

Mary Ann Villarreal has been appointed vice president in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). in history from Arizona State University. Villarreal holds a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies from Mount Holyoke College and a Ph.D.

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