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Oakwood University Names First Female President in 129-Year History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gina Spivey-Brown has been named the 12th president of Oakwood University, becoming the first woman to lead the historically Black Seventh-day Adventist institution in its 129-year history. I am deeply humbled that God chose me to be the 12th president of Oakwood University for such a time as this," said Spivey-Brown. "I

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges: Changing Higher Ed podcast 256 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Brent Miller of HED

The Change Leader, Inc.

The interesting piece to this is that at the same time, the university received another $40 million gift by Bella Sue Gross for the school of nursing. The university had these two gifts, but the university only wanted one building. We see a lot of it in local community colleges and in high school districts.

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Campus art museum leaders feel the heat (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

A Roman Catholic college gallery hosted an exhibition that stimulated thought and discussion about clerical sexual abuse, and numerous campuses founded by enslavers have led the way in organizing truthful discussions about foundational histories and their legacies.