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“Scott is a visionary, proactive leader who has built strong, collaborative relationships with students, faculty, staff, academic and administrative leaders, OSU stakeholders and partners, including the OSU Board of Trustees, the OSU Foundation and Alumni Association, communities and community leaders and partners across Oregon to advance the university’s (..)

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APRIL 3, 2024

While players in the NCAA Tournament were diverse, head coaches and administrators lagged far behind. He added that the players deserve more Black faculty, more culturally responsive classrooms, and more Black head coaches and athletic administrators. However, the percentage of Black female faculty is very low.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Many of those families still live here,” says Patterson-Stephens of the Black alumni. Patterson-Stephens guided the development of CMU’s first strategic plan for diversity since 2012 and reinstated the Faculty and Staff of Color Alliance, which had remained inoperable since 2013. Their children still go to this institution.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

As a student activist, a longtime faculty member, and an administrator in higher education, I am particularly proud of two career accomplishments. Unfortunately, students had to repeatedly make their case to skeptical and unsupportive university administrators, trustees, alumni, donors, and legislators.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Dr. Christine McPhail, president of Saint Augustine's University, “Nobody wants probation, but I’m a seasoned administrator with multiple decades of experience in the area,” said McPhail. “Am Evidence of enthusiasm and continued support for SAU can be found in its alumni donations. Am I concerned about it? Any academic is concerned.

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APRIL 16, 2024

noted they received unfair treatment from school administrators. There was also a standing committee on LGBTQ student needs that the student affairs office had, which did as much as they could within the confines of the administration,” he says. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Albany State University recently announced its president, Dr. Marion Ross Fedrick, had been appointed executive vice president for administration and chief of staff at Georgia State University, effective July 1. We truly get to know them in terms of board, alumni, students, faculty, and staff.” says Kimbrough.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Conway-Turner, who will retire at the end of this academic year after nine years as president of Buffalo State, has had a stellar 43-year career as a faculty member and administrator. In addition, her administration has advanced civic engagement across campus with co-curricular activities and service learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

It really is a structural erasure of queer and trans individuals,” says Dr. Ángel de Jesús González, an assistant professor of higher education administration and leadership at Fresno State. At the University of Texas at Austin, Lavender Graduation for LGBTQ students was taken up by the alumni association.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2023

Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An

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APRIL 26, 2023

He was appointed as fellow to help bolster Brown’s efforts and relationships with HBCUs, according to Brown officials, who added that he will create a consortium of partner schools for research, faculty development, student opportunities, and bolstering the number of HBCU undergraduates attending graduate school. Pinkard holds an Ed.D.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Gayles is currently an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education and senior adviser for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the College of Education. She also received NC State’s University Faculty Scholar in 2018 and is the winner of the Zenobia L. Gayles holds a Ph.D.

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JUNE 4, 2024

honors Yancy’s legacy as a scholar among African American women known for her work as an American academic, professor, and administrator. The award, presented by the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.), The Fulbright scholar was the first African American to achieve tenured professor status at Georgia Institute of Technology.

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MARCH 24, 2023

Cole is a uniquely experienced higher education administrator who has dedicated his career to the study and preservation of Jesuit, Catholic institutions in America, and to the service of their students,” said Stephen Landry, chair of the Loyola University New Orleans board of trustees.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has released a new trustee guide intended to help higher education leadership proactively prepare for potential campus disruptions, such as those linked to antiwar protests last spring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Students and alumni fought to voice the importance of race-conscious policies, campus diversity, and solidarity among communities of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Because high schools that enroll substantial percentages of students of color are readily identifiable, colleges and universities must engage these designated school districts and, in conjunction with their administrative offices, create focused recruitment drives that begin the first day of the freshman year of high school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It is a bittersweet moment as I am extraordinarily proud of all the students, faculty, staff and alumni of A&M-San Antonio,” Teniente-Matson said. Together we have helped to further our trajectory with an eye towards inclusive excellence, academic program growth and support for the future of our community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Faculty and Black groups at Michigan State University (MSU) are calling for campus stakeholders to be able to interview MSU’s sole presidential candidate, given his role in a number of race-related controversies , The State News reported. The interview would be open to all MSU representatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

Johnson’s distinguished higher education career, along with his accomplishments as an exceptional administrator, makes him the right fit for TSU at this time.” I know working with our students, staff, alumni and fellow board members, this next chapter will cement TSU's legacy of excellence.” in economics from Stanford University. “His

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JUNE 7, 2023

This comes after the Tougaloo Alumni Coalition – not directly associated with the Tougaloo Alumni Association – started a petition to remove Walters earlier this year, citing concerns such as declining student enrollment, loss of faculty and staff, vacant key positions, and questionable fiscal issues. Dr. Carmen J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. I think you’ve heard it from faculty and others about the impression he has left on this campus in an interim (executive vice president) position.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

Amid a hazing scandal and the subsequent firing of Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald , some faculty, alumni, and investors are pushing back against the school’s plans for a $800 million renovation of its football stadium, CBS reported. But calls to delay are increasing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s unfortunate, said some alumni and political leaders, who credit Thomas with boosting student enrollment, establishing an honors college, securing millions of dollars in grant funding, and overseeing the construction of three new facilities. There is something wrong when the last message given was that he was a bully.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 21, 2023

Dr. Kimberly Juanita Brown, IBICL's inaugural director, said that numerous stakeholders were involved in the creation of the institute, from alums and faculty to staff members and the administration. Kotz added that one of the institute's goals is to help Dartmouth recruit and retain Black faculty, staff, and students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Our responsibility as educators and administrators is to intentionally address their needs through a highly personalized holistic education plan tailored to their interests and goals. Edward’s “familia” or family of students, faculty, staff, and leadership. For many, the hilltop is their “segunda casa” or second home with the St.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In so many educational institutions, unfortunately, students, faculty, staff and alumni feel their identity—racial, gender, sexual orientation, religion—are things that hold them back in their institution,” said Holley. What I see at Mount Holyoke I also experienced at Howard.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Charles Alexander is shown with Kiet Lam, president of the AAP alumni network. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. AAP staff works with students, faculty, and staff at those schools and at UCLA to create pathways. Dr. Charles J.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Two things: persistence and alumni. According to Mary Burke, vice president for institutional advancement at TU who has long stood on the frontlines of fundraising for much of her career, this achievement speaks true to Temple’s mission and the passion of its alumni. Yet the potential to connect with alumni continues to grow.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

The decision followed a survey of more than 3,000 students, faculty, staff, administrators, Board of Trustees, and alumni, the majority of whom agreed with transitioning to university by name and status. Officials expect the change also will help the New York City institution attract a more globally diverse student body.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

MAY 1, 2019

Tammi Cooper, Associate Dean in the School of Business at Northcentral University, shares her knowledge from her own often-bumpy transition from faculty to academic administrator, covering the following key topics: The challenge of the transition. Key areas for administrator success. Creating a personal development plan.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2024

Faculty, students and alumni at Providence College in Rhode Island have accused the administration of “hypocrisy toward and systemic oppression of LGBTQ+ people at PC,” The Providence Journal reported Thursday.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

How flashpoint response impacts faculty well-being. natural disasters, life-altering political decisions), especially when they want to reassure faculty that their well-being is top of mind. Impact on faculty. How will this flashpoint impact faculty perceptions of physical or psychological safety? Expert Insight.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

These administrative burdens , which I believe are least partly intentional and reflect the same racialized paternalism and austerity mindset that we see in welfare policy and the financial aid policy too, effectively keep students who are trying to escape poverty from achieving that goal.

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Great College Advice

JULY 5, 2023

Student to Faculty Ratios and Educational Quality When a client asked me the other day about the importance of student to faculty ratios, I got to thinking about other supposed indicators of educational quality. Professors and administrators cap enrollments in popular courses in order to keep the average class size small.

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