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Thinking Creatively About Better Serving Adult Learners with Dr. Frank Dooley

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From how advisors interact with data to how students navigate support services, the Purdue Global team is focused on clarity, not complexity. That philosophy drives how teams at Purdue Global interact with each other and with students. Trust plays a central role in that equation. “If

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University of Richmond to Receive $25 Million for New Student Learning Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Richmond (UR) will receive $25 million for a student learning center. The Carole and Marcus Weinstein Learning Center – in the Boatwright Memorial Library – will integrate and expand student academic services, including effective speaking, writing, and peer tutoring. “We Carole and Marcus Weinstein.

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SUSANNA RINEHART

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Susanna Rinehart As one of four associate deans in the college, Rinehart will play a critical role in advancing the college’s academic agenda and fostering a supportive and inclusive academic environment that will lead to student and faculty success.

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Dr. Kristine Dillon Appointed Interim President of Whittier College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Previously, she was president of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE); dean of academic services and student affairs at Tufts University; and a senior leader in student affairs at the University of Southern California. “As Dillion is a senior adviser for Huron Consulting’s higher education practice.

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Dr. Kristina Whalen Appointed President of Foothill College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Kristina Whalen Whalen is currently vice president of academic services at Las Positas College and vice president of the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association. Kristina Whalen will become president of Foothill College, effective Mar.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Black and openly queer woman, Williams-Goliday serves as a guide of sorts, helping students navigate their identity and the world around them, and how they can continue to be authentic as they go about their studies and approach the workplace, she says. “A There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says.

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Ashton Gillotte

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gillotte’s success and accolades on the field are rivaled by his early graduation with honors as well as his commitment to helping in the community, according to Caroline Crafton, the associate director of academic services for Louisville Athletics.