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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We observed how Black faculty immersed themselves in networks outside the academic world, such as churches, community organizations, sororities, or fraternities. One of the participants in our study belonged to a group that welcomed all the Black employees of the university in question, from a janitor to the president.

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Echoing Oz, Moody’s Downgrade Highlights a Tempest in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In response to the investigation, the University of Iowa, for example, has severed ties with the Ph.D. Project, despite the organization's removal of specific racial criteria from its program participation requirements. Many organizations have confused fairness with DEI, while others, like JPMorgan Chase, view fairness as essential.

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Cost allocation in the research university and what it tells us

Changing Higher Education

Lombardi , in How Universities Work. This somewhat cynical observation by Lombardi was informed by his broad and sometimes painful experiences as Provost at Johns Hopkins University, President of the University of Florida, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and President of the Louisiana State University System.

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AJC, Hillel International Expand Partnership to Counter Antisemitism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Hillel International are expanding their partnership to deepen the organizations’ critical work with college and university presidents and administrators to combat rising antisemitism on campus. Following the publication of the U.S.

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These IT teams are riding an AI breakthrough to unlock student success

University Business

. “The overall challenge I see myself facing is getting the organization coalesced around a common vision.” However, Ellucian’s new software as a Service, or SaaS, models are challenging the company’s 2,600 clients worldwide to integrate their systems.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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AI-generated essays are nothing to worry about (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

What’s more, many of the essays had obvious red flags for AI generation: outdated facts about the cost of tuition, quotes from prior university presidents presented as current presidents, fictional professors and named student organizations that don’t exist.