Ripe for poaching: Will DeSantis’ higher ed policies drive out Florida faculty?
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 7, 2023
One university provost has already publicly promised to recruit Florida students and professors amid the state’s political strife.
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Western Michigan University Provost Heilig Steps Down After Two Years of Record-Breaking Progress
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 30, 2025
"Serving as Provost at Western Michigan University has been one of the greatest honors of my career," Heilig said, noting a personal connection to the institution as his mother's alma mater. His announcement emphasized his ongoing commitment to ethical leadership and community engagement.
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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 4, 2025
For instance, we recognized that a universal approach could not always apply to programs leading to licensing exams such as the CPA exam where external accrediting bodies impose strict curricular requirements. Through collaboration, more than 300 courses, or blocks of courses, are now universally equivalent to each other across all colleges.
University provosts have bleak outlook on free expression in higher ed
University Business
MAY 6, 2024
Although most provosts surveyed had a positive perception of the speech climate on their campus, few indicated they thought this was due to their campus speech policies. About 1 in 5 provosts (22%) believed their campus speech policies are “very” or “extremely” effective at creating an environment for constructive dialogue.
University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 5, 2024
Already having committed to making several cluster hires for the department, the university turned to the Mellon Foundation to help quicken the pace of expansion, said Dr. David Figlio, the university's provost. We have a lot here, but we also have a long way to go,” Williams said. “I
Bridging Research and Practice
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Western Michigan University Provost Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. at Stanford.
What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
There are many surveys of the views of students and advising staff on transfer experiences, policies and practices. When asked to rate how confident they were in their knowledge of transfer policies on a seven-point scale on which 1 means not at all confident and 7 means very confident, the mean confidence ratings for both associate (M=3.4)
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