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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Charles Alexander is shown with Kiet Lam, president of the AAP alumni network. He describes his current work as “being a thought leader, resource person and a fundraiser, a person looking at innovative ways to implement some of our programs and activities that we provide for students at UCLA.” Each cohort is typically 15-20 students.

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4 Key Questions About the Advancement Landscape, Answered

EAB

Jenny offers over 20 years of experience in program planning and implementation, with a knack for fostering relationships with alumni, donors, and university teams. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives will be central, as institutions aim for inclusive strategies. What Advancement Leaders can learn from enrollment.

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President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month

University Business

Among the slate of presidents to announce their plans to retire in the next year, all three double as school alumni. The leadership’s conservative approach axed its DEI office and has flooded the school with intercollegiate athletics, displacing legacy upperclassmen. Ron DeSantis and his plan to re-envision education in Florida.

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Presidential Turnover Crisis in Higher Ed–Solutions and Challenges: The Role of Politics, Policies, Processes, Performance, and Public Relations

The Change Leader, Inc.

In numerous states, including Ohio, there is a growing trend of imposing restrictions on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Additionally, university presidents find themselves compelled to allocate even more of their time to fundraising efforts, a task that was already demanding in its own right.

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Can Connecticut College's embattled president hang on?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students first occupied Fanning Hall, where Bergeron’s office is located, last month after Rodmon King, the dean of institutional equity and inclusion, resigned in protest of the college’s decision to hold a fundraiser at the Everglades Club in Florida, which has a famously discriminatory past. King resigned on Feb.