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Dr. Willie L. Todd Jr. Named 22nd President of Talladega College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Notably, Todd addressed over 50% of DTC's deferred maintenance issues and had the institution's probationary status with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools-Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) lifted within just one year.

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HBCU Leaders Unite to Address Threats to Black Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Shaun Harper, Provost Professor at the University of Southern California, delivered a stirring keynote calling on institutions to move beyond performative gestures and confront systemic racism in all its forms. Smothers, Executive Vice President and Interim Provost of VUU, underscored the institution's forward-looking mission. "We

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These schools are pioneering AI in student recruitment

University Business

West Florida’s graduate school experienced a 32% increase in the admission rate of applying students while using Halda ‘s AI Student Recruiter. “We’re always mindful of keeping the student centered in our processes,” says Heath Einstein, vice provost for enrollment management.

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Value Entrepreneurs – Driven by Mission

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Dr. Joshua Travis Brown formerly enslaved educator purchases a plantation to create a school for freed persons. In fact most such schools boast similarly fraught origins. The president of one tuition-driven school spoke for many when he said that relationships are at the center of everything they did.

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Colleges and Universities Offer Faculty Development for AI Use in the Classroom

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

However, more than half of the presidents, provosts and other higher education leaders who participated in an American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University survey, said a lack of faculty familiarity at their institution was posing a considerable challenge to the adoption of AI tools.

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UNC Chapel Hill Provost Stepping Down Amid Civic Life Strife

Inside Higher Ed

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills provost is stepping down next month to return to the faculty there, a development that news articles last week suggested is tied to his disagreement with hiring practices at the School of Civic Life and Leadership, or SCiLL.

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Howard University Establishes 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The center, which has been in development since 2023, will be housed at Howard University School of Law and will take a multidisciplinary approach to examining the 14th Amendment, connecting law, business, and the arts to advance understanding of its principles. Wutoh, Howard University provost and chief academic officer. Jordan, Jr.,