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MAY 29, 2024

Maurie McInnis is set to become the next president of her alma mater, Yale University, effective July 1. I am filling big shoes and am grateful to be stepping into the university at a time when the priorities are clear and the plan to achieve them is strong and bolstered by an excellent academic and administrative leadership team.”

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MAY 21, 2025

Trans perspective reflects the findings of a groundbreaking study recently published in the Harvard Educational Review, which reveals how the pervasive model minority stereotype influences Asian American parents school selection process. However, these policies often fail when they dont account for parent buy-in.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.”

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

AERA Fellows were announced on Thursday and a distinguished list of researchers topped the list including Dr. Jerlando F. Jackson, a professor and dean of the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Education, is among 24 exemplary scholars selected by the American Educational Research Association.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Barbara Jones will become dean of the Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), effective Aug. I will dedicate myself to further BUSSW’s impressive national and global leadership and innovation in social work education, research, and practice.” and MSW in social welfare from the University at Albany.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Harper, who is the Clifford and Betty Allen Chair in Urban Leadership, will remain in the Center as its Chief Research Scientist. He also will maintain his University Professor and Provost Professor appointments in the USC Rossier School of Education, Marshall School of Business, and Price School of Public Policy.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Like so many other scholarly associations founded in the United States, African Americans and other minorities remained invisible within the leadership ranks for years. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University. Dr. Carol D.

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MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher has been named the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. “I Zamani-Gallaher holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Western Illinois University, a master’s in general experimental psychology, and a Ph.D.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Scott is a professor and the Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities at the University of California, Berkeley in the School of Education. She has been an active member of AERA since 2000.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Gordon Chair for Policy Research and Evaluation at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Johnson is currently the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and STEM Equity at Johns Hopkins University. The chair is named after Gordon, a prominent psychologist and education researcher. Gordon Chair at ETS.

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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. in biology from Mount Allison University.

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APRIL 16, 2024

. — remembers the joyful opening of the LGBTQ+ Resource Office on the main campus of Prairie View A&M University. The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Racial and gender inequities still plague the field of educational measurement, from professional rank to salary, across academia, industry, and leadership roles. These organizations provide membership and community for qualitative and quantitative researchers, and WIM focuses on improving gender and racial equity within the field.

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JUNE 3, 2024

These efforts include changes in leadership, boosting oversight and accountability, and engaging a variety of stakeholders so that FSA works best for our most important stakeholders — students and families.” Others agreed, calling for the FSA and ED leadership to overhaul in favor of communication and transparency.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Back in September, Western Michigan University—a public research institution located in the southwestern corner of the state—released its fall 2024 enrollment and retention numbers, much to the delight of the school’s provost, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Black student enrollment, for example, went up 2.3% in Hispanic enrollment.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Morgan and Helen Chu Karen Umemoto/UCLA Asian American Studies Center This pledge – the largest gift made to the institute since its founding in 1969 – came from Morgan and Helen Chu, two UCLA graduates who have historic ties to the university and the institute’s centers. from Yale University and a law degree from Harvard University.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

The American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, has responded to a proliferation of administrative actions it deems as hastily enacted policies restricting rights to assemble and protest on college and university campuses.

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JUNE 21, 2024

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has dropped criminal charges against 31 people, including students and faculty members, among the protesters in antiwar demonstrations at Columbia University. The prosecutor also noted the defendants had no criminal histories but would face internal disciplinary proceedings at the university.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. And that's how I started to solidify my position to keep us moving forward."

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, University of Arizona, Affiliate Faculty, Education Policy Center, University of Arizona Tenured: Yes Age: 37 Education: B.S., middle school math & social studies education, University of Missouri, Columbia; M.Ed.,

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Dr. Nicholas Bell Further entrenching this racialized injustice is more recent research that inappropriately uses achievement covariates in statistical models to make universal problematic claims that Black and Latinx students are underrepresented in special education. Educational Researcher , 44 , 278–292.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Photo by Trevor Hawks | Michigan State University College of Education Dr. Jerlando F. Moore III of The Ohio State University. Dr. Jerlando F.

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IEFA

JULY 18, 2022

Studying in the US or UK is not just about good grades and test results, your finances play a major role in the university application process as well. If you want to study in the United States or any other developed country, you will need to prove that you have the financial resources to cover your living and educational expenses.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Necessary infrastructure to support interdisciplinary programs August 9, 2023 Kimber McKay Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Montana The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Supporting Student Success

APRIL 1, 2021

By Tricia Seifert , Associate Professor of Adult & Higher Education at Montana State University. This was the start to the excellent Rural Student Success Unconference hosted by the University of Georgia, March 19-20, 2021. Everyone had a story that connected them to rural students. Community Assets.

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EAB

JANUARY 18, 2023

EAB among firms named to the 2023 GSV EdTech150, chosen from over 4,000 education technology companies. We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.

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EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

To support our partners in navigating both longstanding and emergent challenges, we pair rigorous research and deep knowledge of higher education with expert advisory services to holistically support each cabinet member as a functional leader and to serve the institutional leadership as a whole—we call this Strategic Advisory Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

And its impact on social issues has been dramatic, say scholars who add that the need for a social justice think tank, particularly with a focus on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is critically important. Research topics are driven by the mission and by the Agora Strategy Council of which Dr. Christopher B.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Nearly half of Black faculty say that discrimination is a source of stress for them, according to a survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2016-17. Only around 60% of Black faculty believe that faculty of color are treated fairly.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Dear Black women in higher education, 2023 should have been a wake-up call to our community, yet the red flags persist. Epps of Temple University and Dr. Orinthia T. Montague of Volunteer State Community College, was a signal to all other Black women in higher education. Now ask yourself, do you have life and work balance?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

[link] School principals must play a vital role in facilitating homeplace and Black joy by promoting, modeling, and holding educators responsible for their roles in contributing to homeplace. We argue that principals can enact homeplace by embodying the tenets of culturally responsive school leadership. Theory into Practice.

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COE

MARCH 14, 2024

Through its numerous membership services, COE works with colleges, universities, and community-based agencies that host TRIO programs to provide professional development for TRIO educators, research around access and completion, and a host of student opportunities, including study abroad and internship programs.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite Freeman’s aggressive tactics and his stern approach, the mostly Black students at Willowbrook flourished under his courageous leadership. “A Lewis, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and the executive director of The Urban Education Collaborative at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “He

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MAY 6, 2025

Milliken The University of California Board of Regents recently appointed James B. Milliken, current chancellor of the University of Texas system, as the 22nd president of the UC system, effective August 1, 2025. The 68-year-old Nebraska native brings extensive leadership experience in public higher education.

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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.

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JUNE 11, 2025

According to Curry's letter, as of June 6, the California State University Central Office, which oversees the application process, had received applications from two University of California campuses, three CSU campuses, one private university, and 36 California Community Colleges.

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