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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in educational leadership. She worked her way through the ranks as a professor, eventually landing at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and then an internship opportunity in the Office of the Provost came her way. She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We would imagine that the leadership teams on many campuses are comprised of someone aware of the myriad of recommendations that have been proposed about how to increase access and success for college students in general and Black men, specifically. Dr. Robert T. Dr. Larry J. Dr. Tryan L.

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Dr. Marlene Tromp Named University of Vermont's 28th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Under her leadership, the university achieved record graduation rates and philanthropic funding while expanding its research footprint. A humanities scholar with a concentration in Victorian literature and culture, Tromp has published nine books and dozens of peer-reviewed papers. Tromp seems poised and ready to lead UVM.

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Dr. Fredrick Muyia Nafukho Appointed Vice Provost for University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fredrick Muyia Nafukho will become vice provost for the University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel. I look forward to working collaboratively with the leadership team, faculty and Faculty Senate to lead a transformational plan to support UW’s academic personnel from pre-recruitment to retirement and beyond.”

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Presidents and Provosts of Color Serving Together Still Rare at PWIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig steps into his post as Western Michigan University’s (WMU) provost and vice president for academic affairs this January, he will be giving the school membership in an exceedingly small club. McBride and provost and executive vice president for academic affairs Dr. Renée T.

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Building collaborative leadership across the centre-local divide

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Helen Laville , Provost at Kingston University , and is part of a series of HEPI / NCEE blogs on entrepreneurial leadership. This inevitably drives central university leadership to be less laissez-faire about discipline-level performance and outcomes.

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Reflections on leadership in higher education – a blog series

HEPI

Over 12 weeks, HEPI has hosted blogs exploring the topic of leadership in higher education. Our Autumn Talking Leadership series with HEPI has allowed us to explore different approaches to the challenges and change that the sector faces. As Ian Dunn, Provost at Coventry University put it, ‘ Change is required.