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University of Michigan President Dr. Santa Ono to Exit After Brief Tenure

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Santa J. Ono University of Michigan President Dr. Santa J. Ono has announced his departure after a remarkably brief three-year tenure, accepting the sole finalist position for the presidency at the University of Florida. In a statement released Sunday, Ono confirmed he plans to transition to his new role this summer, pending approval from Florida's Board of Governors.

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Listening—The Superpower Every Leader Needs

Steve Keating

Several years ago, I was working in a company with a newly christened CEO. I, and several of my colleagues, had known him for a long time in his various roles within the organization. We had good working relationships with him, and I was especially excited about his elevation into the top spot. I was certain he would do a great job. It didnt take long before I began to wonder about that.

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Dr. Willie L. Todd Jr. Named 22nd President of Talladega College

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Dr. Willie Todd Jr. Talladega College's Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Willie L. Todd Jr. as the institution's 22nd president. Todd, who has served as president and CEO of Denmark Technical College (DTC) in South Carolina since 2020, will assume his new role on July 1. "I am profoundly honored to have been chosen to lead Talladega College, an institution with a powerful legacy and boundless potential," Todd said.

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Evan Davis - Gymnastics, University of Iowa

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Joelle Desrosiers - Volleyball, SUNY Old Westbury

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Aashaka Desai - Golf, University of Delaware

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The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?

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Dr. Uma M. Jayakumar In 1954, Harvard physics professor Dr. Wendell Furry was summoned before the U.S. Senate to answer whether he had ever been a member of the Communist Party. He refused to name names. He did not invoke the Fifth Amendment. He invoked academic freedom. For that, Harvard sanctioned him. Across the country, professors were fired, blacklisted, or cowed into silencenot necessarily because of their affiliations, but because of the fear that silence itself could be construed as disl