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Under her leadership, the university achieved record graduation rates and philanthropic funding while expanding its research footprint. Senator Patrick Leahy, who met with Tromp during her campus visit, expressed confidence in her leadership abilities. "Dr. Tromp seems poised and ready to lead UVM.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

as its 26th president, marking a significant leadership transition at one of the nation's Rev. He has also demonstrated fundraising prowess, helping to secure nearly $40 million for academic and student life initiatives since 2019. "I Boston College announced the appointment of Rev. Jack" Butler, S.J., Jack" Butler, S.J. Leahy, S.J.,

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JUNE 11, 2025

Garcia (2019) noted that while the federal government defines what constitutes an HSI–a full-time undergraduate enrollment in which 25% of students identify as Latinx–it offers no guidance on what servingness actually means or looks like. Mission, Leadership and Commitment 1.

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JUNE 9, 2025

Smith announced during the 2019 commencement ceremony for Morehouse that he would pay off the student loans for the graduating class. Some students and faculty criticized the decision because of Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. During my time here, we hired and promoted many young faculty,” Thomas says. “I

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs. Dr. George Q.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A massive plan to restructure the School of Education (SOE) at American University, is facing fierce opposition from students, faculty and staff. Faculty and staff at the private university in Washington, D.C. Students and faculty, however, have expressed concerns. Dr. Vicky Wilkins, interim provost at American University.

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APRIL 24, 2025

"I believe that I have done all I can to advance the mission of the agency and feel that it is time to pass the baton to new leadership," writes Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, a computer scientist who was nominated to lead NSF by then-President Donald Trump in December 2019 and was confirmed by the Senate in August 2020. "I

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Franklin & Marshall College has appointed Dr. Andrew "Andy" Rich, current dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College of Dr. Andy Rich New York (CCNY), as its 17th president following a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees. Rich will take office in July, succeeding outgoing president Dr. Barbara K.

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MAY 30, 2025

Tonya Smith-Jackson North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Provost Dr. Tonya Smith-Jackson has been appointed chancellor of Rutgers UniversityNewark, marking a significant leadership transition for the public research university. She has also presided over dramatic increases in both research staff and graduate assistants.

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MAY 13, 2025

I am excited to partner with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and supporters to build on our legacy and write the next chapter of Morehouse's transformative story." He brings an extraordinary blend of intellectual rigor, strategic thinking, and values-driven leadership."

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. She will bring tremendous vision and insight to this important leadership opportunity.” She will replace Dr. Shaun R.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.” Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president.

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APRIL 9, 2024

And if we're really thinking about ensuring America's future – whether that's the workforce, the economy, and civil leadership – Latinos are a key demographic and a key group to keep in mind when thinking about federal policy.” “Latinos are one of the fastest growing populations and college-going populations.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Strengthening a Diverse Leadership Pipeline Through Leadership Preparation and Development” is a partnership of faculty from five schools: Stony Brook, City College of New York, Fordham University, Hofstra University, and St. John's University.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Michael West, head of Penn State’s Department of African American Studies, has resigned from the role, alleging that leadership broke promises and questioning the school's commitment to diversity and equity, Centre Daily Times reported. There were 10 fewer Black tenure-line faculty overall in fall 2022 compared to the year before. “It

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APRIL 29, 2024

The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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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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AUGUST 21, 2024

2019) found that academic engagement and psychological capital resources were significant antecedents of academic performance among university students. This moment demands that we clearly communicate the value of DEI programs to all stakeholders – students, parents, faculty, administrators, and policymakers. A study by Martínez et al.

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APRIL 27, 2023

“While we know that they bring value to the classroom, they’re very much absent in the classroom as educators, as teachers,” said Strachan, acting chair of the Department of Teacher Education & Leadership at Alabama A&M University.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

He is a proven scholar who also has been elevated to leadership roles at major public universities in three states, including at Kentucky's flagship institution. We knew when we recruited Dr. Vasquez Helig to the faculty at University of Texas at Austin in 2006 that he was a rising academic star,” said Dr. Gregory J.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., an associate professor of educational leadership and research methodology at Florida Atlantic University, commends Dueñas for her innovation. Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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APRIL 24, 2023

Suddenly, HBCUs have cultural cachet, thanks to celebrities like Beyoncé, who honored the schools in her 2019 concert documentary Homecoming , and Deion Sanders, who brought Jackson State University’s football team to national prominence before departing last December. bridge program as an example.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

There are three core areas that institutions are asked to demonstrate to qualify to receive the Seal: (1) data, (2) practice, and (3) leadership. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level.

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MARCH 15, 2023

College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. Public opinion surveys generally give the institutions high marks for the quality of their faculty and programs. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership at Kansas State University. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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JULY 14, 2023

million credit and non-credit students for the 2021-22 academic year; the need to retain top talent among faculty and staff continues to grow. After it was first launched at GateWay Community College in 2019, we expanded the model to several colleges and our District Office, with the goal of system-wide utilization by the end of 2023.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Team NEO, in its 2019 Aligning Opportunities Report, zeroes in on the talent shortage facing three sectors of the economy — IT, manufacturing, and healthcare. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Faculty and staff at DCCC embraced him, Shegog said, seeing him as a human first and foremost, asking him to share who he was, his past, and his dreams. For almost a decade, ATD has selected Dream Scholars for this unique opportunity, offering networking and financial support as they grow their leadership and critical thinking skills.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

LaVar Charleston studied public relations, marketing, educational leadership and policy analysis. Together, the two work to make organizational, leadership, and cultural changes that transform higher education into a welcoming space for marginalized populations. At the beginning, their academic journeys followed different trajectories.

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Energy and excitement filled the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, as over two thousand community college leaders, faculty, and staff gathered to share stories of access, equity, and inclusion at the 2023 Dream conference. We celebrate you, your commitment, your work, and formally say welcome to the ATD network.”

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

“I am pleased that we are able to continue the excellent work of the Campus Free Expression Project and offer resources and support to presidents, trustees, faculty, and administrators of independent colleges and universities.”

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AUGUST 9, 2023

The University of Michigan reported that in 2019 one-quarter of students from underrepresented backgrounds said they did not feel they belonged at Michigan, a 66% increase over ten years earlier.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

In 2019, Oglethorpe partnered with TheDream.US , a national scholarship program that helps provide access to a college education for immigrant youth who came to the country at a young age without documentation. Provide holistic student services. Target undocumented students through specific on-campus programs and services.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about the mindset of accepting new leadership challenges, the responsibilities of institutional leaders as employers, required skills for effective leadership, and navigating the small world of higher ed. My parents had high school degrees but didn't talk much about college.

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MARCH 7, 2024

President Welch (who prefers “Chuck” whenever possible) shared what inspired him to work in the education sector, leadership’s unique perspective, painful decisions for the good of the institution, and the value of authenticity and lived experience. The vice presidents have responsibility for their respective areas. It was heartbreaking.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

Named by a Forbes article in 2019 as the most influential voice in college admission, he strives to build an educational ecosystem that better represents today’s society. “As His leadership approach has been featured in several outlets, including the American Society for Association Executives.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

But in 2019, when we began the dramatic renovation of what is now the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., Then, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw that the expertise of our faculty and the necessity of data-driven research to inform public debate and action were in greater demand than ever before.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. Faculty is a leadership role. That's exciting, and that's a reason to think about leadership and to partner with your leaders.

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