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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

W Kim Lee and Dr. Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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Worthy of More: Systemic Failures Women of Color Face in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Why are women of color in higher education celebrated for their excellence yet set up to fail by the very systems that claim to value them? This isnt a personal failure; its a systemic issueand higher education is a microcosm of broader workplace inequities.

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Investing in Care to Combat Declining Enrollment in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number of traditional college-age students is steadily declining, with fewer high school graduates enrolling in higher education. Turning Enrollment Decline into Growth Serving Californias High Desert, our college has long navigated economic and educational inequities.

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Higher Education Non-Exempt Staff Numbers Continue Seven-Year Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The organization's latest workforce trends report, "The Non-Exempt Higher Education Staff Workforce: Trends in Composition, Size, and Equity," reveals a 9 percent overall decrease in full-time non-exempt staff positions since 2017. percent drop in part-time positions beginning in 2020. The non-exempt staff workforce at U.S.

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Olin College President Steps Down Amid Financial Strain, Latest in String of Higher Ed Leadership Exits

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Barabino, who made history in 2020 as the college's first Black woman president and second president overall, brought distinguished leadership to the science and engineering institution. The institution joins numerous smaller colleges in the region facing similar pressures in an increasingly competitive educational landscape.

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Study Reveals Only 16% of Faculty is Ready for GenAI in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new study examines potential effects of artificial intelligence on current challenges faced in higher education and notes that few are ready. The survey was conducted by Cengage Group and Bay View Analytics to better understand attitudes and concerns of higher education instructors and leadership.

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College Transfer Enrollment Grew for Third Consecutive Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

below 2020 levels. of non-freshmen undergraduates, and this percentage has steadily grown since fall 2020. Were observing that students have become more mobile in terms of transfer behaviors as we put the pandemic disruptions further behind us, said Dr. Black students saw an even higher transfer rate at 8.3% overall and 8.9%