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Olin College President Steps Down Amid Financial Strain, Latest in String of Higher Ed Leadership Exits

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Barabino, who made history in 2020 as the college's first Black woman president and second president overall, brought distinguished leadership to the science and engineering institution. Once known for its innovative tuition-free model, Olin College began scaling back its generous financial aid programs in 2010.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DIVERSE : Can you talk about the history of the Institute for Capacity Building and how the UNITE convening came about? They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions.

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Columbia College Chicago Names Dr. Shantay N. Bolton as First Woman of Color President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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President’s corner: Why Hilary Link anchors herself in history for perspective, poise and innovation

University Business

In her “backward design” model, Link crafts her strategic plan by engaging with campus stakeholders, dissecting the building blocks of a university’s governance structure, and ingratiating herself with the region’s employers. “We look at our history. But the act was more than a kind gesture.

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Reflections on failing organic chemistry (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

I failed organic chemistry. I made the ball-and-stick models; he aced the tests. He didn’t say French, or history, or economics , I thought, racing down the stone path to the dorm. Organic chemistry is hard. Or do well in organic chemistry. First at Brown, then at Yale. I scored a 56 on that midterm.

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Review of Peter Burke's "Ignorance: A Global History"

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Intellectual Affairs Three years ago Peter Burke published The Polymath ( Yale University Press ), an illustrated history of what are usually called Renaissance men or women. His new book, Ignorance: A Global History ( Yale University Press ), pivots to the complete antithesis of “inquisitive appetite.”

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ASALH to Host 108th Annual Meeting Around Theme of "Black Resistance"

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) will host its 108th annual meeting in Jacksonville, Florida, from Sep. Woodson, the organization will sponsor a meeting at Jacksonville’s Bethel Church about Black history. In honor of the legacy and work of ASALH founder Dr. Carter G.

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