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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

Julian Vasquez Heilig, the first underrepresented minority Provost in Western Michigan University's history, announced his resignation from the position after a two- year tenure marked by significant institutional achievements. During his leadership, WMU set all-time records for online programs, graduation rates, and student retention.

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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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University provosts have bleak outlook on free expression in higher ed

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MAY 6, 2024

Last month, Inside Higher Ed released findings from its census of 331 chief academic officers, or provosts, working at public and private institutions across the country. 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.

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New Impact Academy cohort represents 25 states, reaches 15,000 teacher-candidates annually

Deans for Impact

JUNE 27, 2023

Thomas , Dean of the College of Education, Grambling State University Elizabeth Dinkins , Dean of the School of Education, Bellarmine University James P. McIntyre, Jr. They continue to learn from and collaborate with one another through DFI’s Leadership Collaborative, an alumni network for former fellows.

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A Wish List for New Faculty

Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2023

As the academic year begins, Karlyn Crowley, a university provost, offers some thoughts to professors at the start of their careers. As provost, I have spent this summer imagining what I will say to welcome our new faculty this fall.

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How MSU Saved Millions Without Cutting Faculty or Programs

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AUGUST 22, 2023

EAB’s Paul Gunther is joined by Missouri State University Provost John Jasinski to talk through a highly successful transformation effort that resulted in more than $5 million in cost savings at MSU without cutting staff or programs.

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Littles Gets Dean Appointment in Florida State’s College of Medicine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

Littles’ dedication to Florida State University and to the people of Florida has made a profound impact on the health and well-being of thousands of people,” said Florida State University Provost Dr. Jim Clark.

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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.

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Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

programs will be represented by TRU-UE in collective bargaining with the university,” university provost Sunil Kumar announced in a statement. The union is called the Teachers and Researchers United–United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers. “Approximately 3,200 student workers across JHU’s 65 Ph.D.

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CIEE awards four US institutions $1m each to transform study abroad

The PIE News

JUNE 5, 2024

“Study abroad is one of the most transformational college experiences that supports student retention and persistence to graduation,” said Nancy Gonzales, executive vice president and university provost, ASU.

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How Vermont is winning the fight against falling enrollment

University Business

MARCH 13, 2023

Following the widespread pushback, Vermont State University conceded, promising to keep 10% of its current collection. Books will be salvaged based on the frequency of specific checkouts and their proscribed academic value according to department chairs and the university provost. Recent philanthropic efforts between the J.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.”

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What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

One of us was already provost of CUNY’s Hunter College for several months before realizing that fully two-thirds of the graduates she would celebrate at Hunter’s commencement were transfer students. She is a former provost of Hunter College and former executive vice chancellor and university provost and interim chancellor of CUNY.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“We know that students, for them to be successful … [they] need to be able to take advantage of all the resources available to them,” Wichita State University provost Shirley Lefever says. A secondary element, once the resource is established, involves making the one-stop visible to the student and utilized.

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US: ISU partners with University of Havana

The PIE News

APRIL 21, 2023

He also expressed his eagerness to move forward on research collaboration “with University of Havana faculty”. Starting in Fall 2023, research is projected to be conducted between the College of Health and Human Services at ISU and Cuba’s highest ranking university.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

An Inside Higher Ed survey of college and university provosts published earlier this month found about 75 percent agreeing that politicians and the institution’s board members are prioritizing STEM and professional programs over those that support general education.

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AAU task force to build US-India HE partnerships

The PIE News

APRIL 14, 2023

” University at Buffalo president Satish K. Tripathi and Johns Hopkins University provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs Sunil Kumar, who is joining Tufts University as president in July are also co-chairs. The post AAU task force to build US-India HE partnerships appeared first on The PIE News.

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Harvard President Resigns from Post

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

Claudine Gay Jones floated Danielle Holley, the current president of Mount Holyoke College and the former dean of Howard University's Law School as a worthy successor to Gay. In the meantime, the university's provost, Dr. Alan M. Garner has been named interim president.

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Western Michigan University Provost Heilig Steps Down After Two Years of Record-Breaking Progress

Ripe for poaching: Will DeSantis’ higher ed policies drive out Florida faculty?

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University provosts have bleak outlook on free expression in higher ed

New Impact Academy cohort represents 25 states, reaches 15,000 teacher-candidates annually

A Wish List for New Faculty

How MSU Saved Millions Without Cutting Faculty or Programs

Littles Gets Dean Appointment in Florida State’s College of Medicine

University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize

CIEE awards four US institutions $1m each to transform study abroad

How Vermont is winning the fight against falling enrollment

Bridging Research and Practice

What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters

Consolidating touch points for retention

US: ISU partners with University of Havana

Field of study not key to new academic program success

AAU task force to build US-India HE partnerships

Harvard President Resigns from Post

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