University Business

MARCH 12, 2025

As Adelphi University maintains a “human-centered approach”, the private New York university has embraced AI as a means to improve communication with prospective students at whatever time they need assistance, Shawana Singletary, assistant vice president and chief enrollment officer, said in an email.

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Recruitment Schooling Students Humanities 76

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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Institution Advise Model Provost 128

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. The grant also helps fund the launch of the Detroit Center for Black Studies, which will be faculty-led and help connect Black Studies faculty from Michigan institutions.

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Humanities Faculty Provost Recruitment 106

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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Humanities History Liberal Arts Faculty 108

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“Grace” Jinliu Wang will become the 17th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), effective Apr. WPI is a world-class institution with a unique and vital approach to teaching, learning, and discovery. Dr. Grace Wang “WPI’s founding principles of theory and practice resonate strongly with me,” Wang said.

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Institution Engineering Academia Provost 97

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Despite this, Black scholars face, internal racism and microaggressions, disrespect, and dishonor, within the institutions where they serve, and call “home.” Specifically, some of our Black colleagues are thriving, receiving genuine support, and feel a sense of workplace belonging within their respective institutions of higher education.

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Institution Higher Education Humanities Provost 125

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

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Humanities College Students Community College 98

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. Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of melding often siloed disciplines of the humanities, arts and social sciences with STEM.

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Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Provost Humanities 124

Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 14, 2023

Starting this fall semester, employees currently assigned to the DEI office will be relocated to Student Success, Student Affairs, Human Resources, Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance, and University Advancement positions, the nonprofit news source Arkansas Advocate reports.

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University Advocate Provost Humanities 133

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 7, 2023

Dr. Pardis Mahdavi Mahdavi served as provost and executive vice president at the University of Montana most recently. Previously, she was acting dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and director of the Pacific Basin Institute and dean of women at Pomona College. She earned a Ph.

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Deans University Provost Humanities 104

Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 3, 2024

“If you can have an AI model run through and then a human just sort of spot checks it, and it can go ahead and make those decisions, that’s just going to let your team focus on what’s viable or important,” Rick Clark, assistant vice provost and executive director of undergraduate admission at Georgia Institute of Technology, told USA Today.

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College Humanities Provost Deans 115

The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2025

Effective higher education strategic planning requires more than setting goalsit requires leadership that understands the importance of stakeholder engagement, shared vision, and persistence in driving institutional transformation. Faculty culture played a critical role.

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Higher Education Faculty Arts And Sciences Engineering 52

Campus Sonar

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Perception is shaped by human feelings and opinions, and is dynamic in nature. Understand and align perceptions The power of social intelligence is its ability to understand authentic human perception by uncovering stakeholders voices. Knowing this helps you persist as an institution, or evolve into what you can be in the future.

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Arts And Sciences Humanities Equity University Vision 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

Duane Watson Duane Watson has been named associate provost for faculty development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Mayborn Professor and professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt. in brain and cognitive sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Watson serves as the Frank W.

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Provost Faculty Development Humanities Technology 96

Insight Into Diversity

MAY 10, 2024

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has done away with diversity statements as part of their hiring process. Critics argue that diversity statements undermine hiring practices based on meritocracy, but proponents say that they help institutions better serve historically marginalized people.

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Faculty Provost Inclusivity Deans 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. Institute of Peace U.S. Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Dr. Corey D.

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Deans Schooling Academia University 116

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8 granting universities; a broader approach considering other types of institutions (e.g.,

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Arts And Sciences Humanities Liberal Arts Provost 104

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Wayne State University has received $6 million to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black studies center.

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Provost History Recruitment Humanities 106

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As former provost, Fleming spoke at length about how tuition is the grease that spins the wheels of higher education. There are hundreds of universities that operate on a different model and don’t have the kinds of privilege and problems [of elite] higher education institutions.” Dr. Nicholas B. But they’re all getting more expensive.

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Higher Education Arts And Sciences Education Allocate 105

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

The grant money will fund the project for one year, but it will continue afterwards due to additional funding from industry partners, including the BioCom California Institute. We have the human capital to prepare students [for] these roles.” Nearly one-third of Cal State Fullerton’s students are first-gen.

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Computer Science Engineering Community College Provost 125

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

The bill requires that — of the nine voting members — at least six members must be state residents, eight must be governor appointees, and at least three members appointed by the governor must be alumni of the institution among other requirements.

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Provost Administration Humanities Institution 112

HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

Professor Guo spent 34 years at Imperial College London studying AI, data mining, machine learning, and large-scale data management before becoming Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2022. UK institutions must now step up to the plate. This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Yike Guo.

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Higher Education Education Academia Humanities 130

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For his leadership, LeBlanc – a first-generation college graduate – was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 15 “Classroom Revolutionaries” and one of the “most influential people in higher education,” in addition to winning the TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education in 2018.

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University President Provost University Advise 110

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. Such attributes betray the text’s humanity.

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Computer Science Humanities Technology Provost 145

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Blog: Just Visiting I see we are in another cycle of concern for the academic humanities, this time triggered by a long article in the New Yorker by Nathan Heller titled “The End of the English Major.” We shouldn’t be surprised that the decline in humanities faculty has led to a decline in humanities majors.

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Degree Humanities Liberal Arts Faculty 108

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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Deans Provost Arts And Sciences Faculty 119

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Hartwig , dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of communication at Colorado Christian University, has been selected as vice president for academic affairs and provost at Vanguard University, in California. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Provost Deans College Administration Humanities 44

The PIE News

JANUARY 31, 2024

This type of intentionality leverages shared and compounding expertise within and among institutions to help everyone achieve their goals. SIOs have employed collaboration at their own institutions in order to implement comprehensive internationalisation. This allows everyone to win. About the authors: Jill E.

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Leadership Education Professional Development Provost 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama. That experience was critical as she led the university through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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University Provost Deans Humanities 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

CSU Stanislaus is an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Rios-Ellis previously held leadership roles at two other California State University institutions, Long Beach and Monterey Bay. At the latter, she was the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services.

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Students Deans Inclusivity Leadership 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Sylvia Burwell Burwell had an unusual background for a college president, never having been a professor, a dean, or a provost, and never having earned an advanced degree. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama. That experience was critical as she led the university through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Provost Deans Humanities Policy 97

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

International Chapel Morehouse College With programming ranging from panels and performances to service in the community – and much more in between – many institutions are planning to commemorate the occasion for longer than just the one day itself. Francis College, in 1964, said Shannon Zlotkowski, assistant provost for DEI at UNE.

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College University Humanities Provost 131

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Brown, director of academic integrity at The Institute for Learning and Teaching at Colorado State University (CSU). Some institutions turned to other AI software to assess assignments’ originality in the same way institutions assess for plagiarism. Provost Dr. Janice L. Dr. Joseph F.

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Education Faculty Humanities Technology 122

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

“At the heart of the resolution agreement is our reaffirmation that when an act of antisemitism occurs, we will take appropriate and necessary action to address the act, prevent its recurrence, and support those impacted,” UVM’s Office of the Provost said in an Apr. 3 statement. In 2021, two nonprofit Jewish advocacy groups, the Louis D.

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Provost University Humanities Environment 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2024

Building off of its decades-old Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African American Studies, the New York state private research university established its Black studies department in late 2022 , an endeavor headed by McCune, an associate professor of Black studies. A department really gets to own its future,” he said.

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Department University Faculty University Provost 125

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Succession planning is paramount in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as it can play a critical role in preserving these institutions' legacy, values, and unique contributions. This process includes the board of trustees, senior administrators, department heads, faculty members, and human resources professionals.

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Leadership Professional Development College Leadership Department 98

WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Marc joins us to discuss the potential of AI in digital learning and to highlight the amazing work happening at his institution to prepare faculty and students for a future that includes working with AI. This summer, we hosted an innovative cross-disciplinary AI Institute for Teachers.

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Technology Faculty Department Academia 139