Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 2, 2023

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected 15 minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to receive the MUREP Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN) award. The schools will be given funds for research, professional development, and student experiences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

College and university leadership would be well served to make investment in a retention strategy both an immediate and ongoing priority. While 60% of employees are looking for non-higher ed jobs, 70% are looking for opportunities at another school. And one-third of respondents said they are likely or very likely to do so even.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2023

The dean of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music was the first woman in the role and first African American dean at the university in general. Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts.

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University Business

APRIL 24, 2024

Moreover, the university plans to balance its budget by Jan. 1, 2026, according to a financial update posted on the school’s website. By fiscal year 2025, UA leaders have mapped out how they plan to cut the shortfall by $110 million, reducing its current $166 million budget hole to $52 million.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In one memorable instance, we stood at the entrance to the Council of Graduate Schools annual meeting, where so many people came up to greet Orlando. He liked to tell the story of his mother going back to school and how that affected him. Katrina Rogers In our long association, I traversed the field of higher education with Dr. Taylor.

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University Business

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Morgan State University Police union members are demanding change in the department in the wake of a mass shooting on the school’s campus earlier this month. Read more from CBS News.

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HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2023

Reeves’s book, which quotes HEPI’s work on the issue, proposes the – perhaps – counter-intuitive idea that boys should start school a year after girls: ‘The main reason for starting boys late’, Richard writes, ‘is not so that they will be a year older in kindergarten. It is so they will be a year older when they get to middle and high school.’

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

The Shift to Direct Admissions To make it easier on students and increase the applicant pool, many colleges and universities have become more flexible with their admissions requirements. Recruiting and Retaining Employees With a looming recession, hiring and retaining employees will be top of mind for college and university leadership.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Weighed down by a $6 million deficit, Chatham University is undergoing a campus-wide reorganization to mitigate the effects of financial hardship. About 8% of staff positions have been eliminated — putting 20 staffers out of a job — and the university leadership team has been restructured, according to school officials.

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University Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Philadelphia’s University of the Arts will close its doors at the end of the week, the school announced, abruptly ending programs for its about 1,100 students and 700 faculty and staff amid financial trouble. Under extraordinary circumstances, we diligently assessed the urgent crisis presented and pathways to keep the institution open.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Larry Johnson, president of Guttman Community College-City University of New York (CUNY), said most community college presidents would say funding is the most pressing institutional issue. Guttman engaged with lawmakers and policy makers as a collective through CUNY.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2025

By 2040, the goal is for 75 percent of working-age Americans to hold not just a postsecondary credential, but one that yields a meaningful earnings premium, defined as at least 15 percent higher income than a high school diploma alone. This shift in emphasis reflects growing public skepticism.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Terry Hartle, senior vice president of government relations and public affairs at the American Council on Education tells us that selective schools have done well, as have schools in states with growing populations. These are students with lives outside of school. Now, we don’t know too much about the sample.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

Overall, Hutchens feels university leadership may have initially tried to avoid upsetting politicians, afraid of causing greater harm. The AAUP report views the takeover of the school as a “test case” meant to intimidate other institutions. Raising awareness is important,” she says.

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University Business

APRIL 27, 2023

In today’s higher education landscape, a plethora of schools face razor-thin revenue margins and are exploring innovative ways to serve their students through strategic alliances. For example, Lewis University and St. Why are schools joining alliances? Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships—oh my! And who are they?

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UW Presidential Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Dean Eddie Uehara, who is stepping down as Dean of the School of Social Work after an extraordinary 17 years at the helm, was the first Asian American woman to be a UW dean. Her trailblazing leadership has made the School of Social Work a national model thanks to her commitment to racial equity and social justice as requirements for progress.

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University Business

MAY 17, 2023

Following Trocaire College’s failed acquisition of its neighboring Buffalo private school, Medaille University is closing its doors. Trocaire College and Medaille University leadership did not comment on why the acquisition fell through, citing confidentiality agreements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2024

Brutally honest and descriptive, Schexnider’s memoir is a reminder that university leadership is tough, particularly for a no-nonsense Black man who was committed to change. In reading Schexnider’s book, one learns about the intricacies of higher education — the good, the bad, and the ugly,” wrote Dr. Marybeth Gasman in Forbes.

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WCET Frontiers

APRIL 13, 2023

At New Mexico Highlands University, leadership and faculty alike consider the institution’s different student populations, their backgrounds, and how they got to where they are. “So How an institution helps students to feel a sense of belonging can take on various forms.

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The PIE News

APRIL 21, 2023

In addition, according to Indiana State University’s LinkedIn post, the exchange includes collaboration with “the University of Havana’s Center for Hemispheric and United States Studies and its Latin American School of Social Sciences”.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

According to College Viability, a college comparison service, enrollment and school endowment have increased by 33% and 37% , respectively, in the last decade, the latter anchored by an informal fundraising campaign that’s won the school $600 million since Qubein has taken office.

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

DECEMBER 18, 2022

What the emerging fascination about AI is delivering an accelerated pace to the self-reflective processes that all university leadership should be undertaking continuously. I would argue this needs to be introduced in primary schools and built on in secondary. 1998) and Wikipedia (b.2001),

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The PIE News

MAY 8, 2024

” McGovern was responding to a question about how to get support from university leadership for study abroad at a time when funding may not be readily available. The post Study abroad boosts US school’s tuition by $6m appeared first on The PIE News. ” Read the full interview here.

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HEPI

APRIL 25, 2023

In my last role as a PVC Education, I instituted a series of meetings with the departments across the university. In the interests of sharing good practice, I asked one Head of School if they could share the reasons for their notable successes. ‘I

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University Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

Many schools tried recruiting Shelly, but she chose a private college near a large metropolitan area to take advantage of career opportunities available in an urban setting. University leadership that hushes abuse endangers students, welcomes scandal and ruins an institution’s reputation.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Adam Lindgreen, Professor of Marketing at the Copenhagen Business School & Extraordinary Professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science at Pretoria University , C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Professor of Marketing at Temple University, Pennsylvania.

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Liaison International

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Despite broad anticipation of the ruling, there has been much confusion on the best path forward for schools that want to ensure the progress they’ve made to be more inclusive. It is incredibly important to recognize that the collection of data does not, and will not, make a school non-compliant. So where do you go from here?

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

MAY 17, 2024

‘The transformational impact of artificial intelligence is impossible for business schools to ignore’, according to the Financial Times. Indeed, at the recent AMBA & BGA Global Deans and Directors Conference, the application of AI in executive business education was a key topic of discussion.

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The PIE News

MAY 8, 2024

During my undergrad, I was studying abroad in Lima and my previous high school was bringing students to Peru and contracted me to design a study abroad program for them. Other teachers at my school also wanted that kind of thing, and it snowballed. I went to Peru in high school, and my Spanish teacher at the time had studied there.

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Helix Education

MAY 11, 2023

The higher ed landscape continues to change at a rapid pace, and yesterday’s enrollment planning methods will not yield the kind of results most college and university leadership teams are looking for.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. Once his interim university leadership position concludes, Chancellor Reyes intends to resume his role as provost.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

Her role involves guiding innovation in instructional technologies and fostering a culture of educational improvement and accessibility through collaboration with university leadership and faculty. Impact of immersing university and high school students in educational linear narratives using virtual reality technology.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

“Ellis’ erratic behavior and blatant disregard for students’ wellbeing is unbecoming of University leadership and has no place in our University community.” A majority of the 17-member board could be Youngkin appointees within the next two years.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“It made sense because of the strong mission alignment between Bloomfield College and Montclair State University. We’re both HSIs, and we’re both schools with a majority-minority population. “My hope is that very few people are left without an opportunity when this merger is effectuated,” Koppell said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2024

Brutally honest and descriptive, Schexnider’s memoir is a reminder that university leadership is tough, particularly for a no-nonsense Black man who was committed to change. In reading Schexnider’s book, one learns about the intricacies of higher education — the good, the bad, and the ugly,” wrote Dr. Marybeth Gasman in Forbes.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

Her role involves guiding innovation in instructional technologies and fostering a culture of educational improvement and accessibility through collaboration with university leadership and faculty. Impact of immersing university and high school students in educational linear narratives using virtual reality technology.

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