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A New Era of Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In August 2023, Kinloch became the 15th president of JCSU — the only historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1867 by formerly enslaved Black people. Whether she could visualize it or not, that young freshman at Johnson C.

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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

Buoyed by a $20 million investment from the state, MCCS targeted high school graduates from 2020 to 2023 who might have been affected by the pandemic. Enrollment across the 15 community colleges has grown at such a rate that some academic administrators are concerned if they now have too many mouths to feed, WBUR reports.

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3 Questions for Sue Lorenson, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education at Georgetown

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At the very small liberal arts college [Swarthmore College] I attended, I unwittingly pursued a four-year internship in academic administration. Advice Newsletter publication dates: Sunday, March 5, 2023 Diversity Newsletter publication date: Sunday, March 5, 2023 Trending: I did whatever jobs came my way.

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Centralization Is Not the Objective

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In addition, they have been thoughtful to more clearly delineate core responsibilities, a formidable task when unit-level marketing goals and objectives can look vastly different across academic, administrative and auxiliary units. And they have established guiding principles for how they operate. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Penn State provides voluntary buyouts to mitigate its deficit

University Business

.” Staff who are eligible for this program include those currently tenured or in line for tenure, academic administrators and staff who are considered full-time and not on fixed-term contracts. Employees also must have been hired before April 1, 2023.

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The importance of academic mental health

SRHE

Increased workloads, pressures of research funding, lack of work-life balance and lack of management support are universal trends globally ( Kinman and Jones , 2008 ) leading to many university academics leaving the profession ( Heffernan et al , 2019 ; Ligibel et al , 2023 ). What can universities do?

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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

University Business

An academic administrator, a scholar and now president. The board voted to place Swayne on administrative leave in December, and in his place, appointed Greg South. Clarence Wyatt announced his plans to retire Monday following the 2023-24 academic year. Rhonda Phillips – Chatham University (Pa.)