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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Howard-Baptiste currently serves as the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

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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

These factors include, but are not limited to Black male initiatives, Black cultural organizations that help to facilitate a sense of belonging, culturally relevant pedagogical strategies, diverse faculty who demonstrate an ethic of care and support, and efforts to create an inclusive campus climate through antiracism.

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Emory Ph.D. Student Workers Unionize, Join Organizing Wave

Inside Higher Ed

Emory’s provost, Ravi V. Emory University Ph.D. student workers have voted to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board announced Tuesday. The vote was 909 to 73, the agency said. Bellamkonda, sent Ph.D.

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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. Dr. Fredrick Nafukho Nafukho will also become tenured faculty in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business.

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Career Q&A: UT Knoxville's vice provost for student success

Inside Higher Ed

Williams spoke to Inside Higher Ed about her career journey, managing her own professional development, the value of the student success offices housed within the provost’s office, and how others can position themselves as student success champions. At UT, my job would be much more difficult if I didn’t report to the provost.

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Working to Keep Minoritized Students Safe - Dr. Kaleb Briscoe

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That makes me attractive, and the work I do attracti Its not just funding organizations that pay attention to Briscoes scholarship. In this moment where some institutions may not be brave, [where] everything is being attacked and interrogated, Im funded by these agencies.

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Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy, Wayne State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Espy has modernized the universitys organization and leadershipand establishedstrong relationships with WSU stakeholders. Kimberly Andrews Espy is the 13th president of Wayne State University in Detroit, serving sinceAugust 2023. The university has seen record enrollment growth, with nearly 7,000new students joining the Wayne State community.A