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Women’s Wrestling Aims At 2026 NCAA Championship Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"USA Wrestling is excited that the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics has recommended women's wrestling to become an official NCAA championship," said Rich Bender, executive director of USA Wrestling, one of the national governing bodies of women's wrestling. "As

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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Beasley presided as governor from 1995 to 1999 and is credited with reforming state government and helping revitalize the state’s struggling economy. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2003. Between 2017 and 2023, he served as executive director of the U.N. His efforts earned him the John F.

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It was NEVER about Deion: HBCU Realities VS. Perceptions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While people continually tell HBCUs what to do to change their financial positions, there’s never a conversation about what systems like the NCAA or federal/state governments should do to help HBCUs out of this financial situation…a situation that white institutions created by divesting from HBCUs. Many will say HBCUs don’t have the profile….HBCUs

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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

SRHE

By Michael Shattock Editor’s note: Michael Shattock is the guru of governance studies in HE; SRHE Blog is delighted to bring you his invitation to researchers in HE to expand their work in governance – a definitive statement about the many contributions that governance research can make to our understanding of higher education.

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Bridging Research and Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From 1998 to 2003, Floyd served the university before going on to lead the University of Missouri and Washington State University. At the national level, he serves on a number of boards including the Schott Foundation Governing Board and the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE). “I

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He joined the faculty of Connecticut College in 2003, and was an associate professor of history, director of the African American studies program as well as interim dean of institutional equity and inclusion, chair of the history department and director of the Center of the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity. “You

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Using Faculty Satisfaction Data for Strategic Change in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed podcast 254 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. R. Todd Benson

The Change Leader, Inc.

Learn how higher ed leaders can turn faculty survey data into strategy, improve shared governance, and increase retention and leadership trust. What Shared Governance Data Reveals About Leadership and Trust Faculty perceptions of shared governance remain a critical focus. About Our Podcast Guest R. Todd Benson, Ed.

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