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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. “I’m very thankful of where I am today, because of him.”

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Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For students who started at a community college in 2014, including those who transferred and those who did not, 33% obtained a credential. Dr. Frank Fernandez, associate professor of Higher Education Administration and Policy at the University of Florida. Six-year completion rates have also increased.

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Dean Hoke Appointed President and CEO of the American Association of University Administrators

Edu Alliance Journal

In 2014 he became Co-Founder in a new educational management consulting firm, Edu Alliance Ltd. In 2014 he became Co-Founder in a new educational management consulting firm, Edu Alliance Ltd. Mr. Hoke has extensive experience in the fields of higher education, marketing, communications and e-Learning.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

She was president of Burlington College in Vermont from 2012 to 2014, serving as vice president of administration and finance for almost five years before ascending to the top executive post. With the pending closure of Iowa Wesleyan, Plunkett will have led two colleges that shut down.

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, in 2014 former President Obama launched the My Brothers Keeper program which encouraged the country to examine and dismantle various obstacles to Black male success. After the initiative was introduced, it forced educators, law enforcement, parents,and others to have hard conversations. Dr. Tryan L.