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The University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to select Dr. Santa J. Ono as the university's 14th president, despite intense scrutiny from conservative activists and Republican lawmakers who questioned his commitment to Florida's higher education reforms. in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

Howard University has appointed renowned historian and bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi significant expansion of the historically Black university's research capabilities. The fellowship program will also be available to Howard's faculty members. Howard's Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Anthony K. Dr. Ibram X.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

in American history and public history management from the University of California, Riverside, and a M.S. in journalism from Columbia University. She is also known for the Peabody Award winning documentary “CHISHOLM ’72: Unbought & Unbossed.” In addition to her more than 28 years making documentaries, Lynch has a M.A.

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APRIL 9, 2025

A new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reveals that while faculty salaries increased for the second straight year, compensation has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. However, the report emphasizes that faculty salaries have still not returned to their pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Morgan State University, Maryland's largest Historically Black University, is taking decisive action to address a concerning trend: the steady decline in Black male Dr. David K. University President Dr. David K. Wilson enrollment.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

More than 300 women faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder will receive back pay and a salary equity analyses every three years, following a $4.5 million settlement that the university reached following a class action lawsuit that was filed alleging widespread gender pay discrimination.

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JULY 2, 2025

Siena Heights University announced it will permanently close following the 2025-2026 academic year, marking the end of more than a century of Catholic higher education in Michigan. University leadership cited insurmountable financial pressures and operational challenges as driving factors behind the closure decision.

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JULY 23, 2025

McClure’s The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace After the Great Resignation (Johns Hopkins University Press, July 2025), a welcome antidote to the current foci in higher education. As McClure contends, shared governance that includes staff, faculty, students, and alumni is not a luxury or radical activism.

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JULY 21, 2025

Arthur Levine Brandeis University has officially appointed Dr. Arthur Levine as its permanent president, removing the interim designation he has held since November 2024 and extending his leadership through July 2027. I am deeply grateful for the faculty's trust and partnership in shaping this vision," Levine said. "I

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. Michigan State University In addition, out-of-state Native students who are Pell-eligible will be able to take advantage of a full tuition waiver.

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APRIL 4, 2025

Queens College is one of The City University of New Yorks 25 colleges. As the largest public urban university system in the nation, CUNY had a real opportunity to make a change. In 2023, CUNY s Board of Trustees charged the Universitys leadership including myself to fix the transfer system.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA., Albany State University; M.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D.,

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MAY 15, 2025

Bonner II Graduate education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is not just evolvingit is erupting with purpose. Faculty are not just instructorsthey are mentors, guides, and co-conspirators in the work of equity and justice. We are investing in faculty. We are building networks of legacy mentorship.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tenured: Yes Age: 36 Education: B.A., Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D., Remember why you got into this. Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr., Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.,

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Psychology, San Diego State University; M.A., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D.,

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Saint Augustine’s University—a historically Black college and university in North Carolina—has announced plans to cut half of its employees as administrators, amid financial challenges. According to university officials, the institution has reduced its expenses by approximately $17 million this fiscal year compared to 2023.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

After more than four years as president of York College, City University of New York, in January 2024 she became the ninth president of California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), the first woman to serve in the position. “I

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JULY 7, 2025

Soccer icon and humanitarian Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor with Morgan State University President Dr. David K. Wilson, president of Morgan State University. The strategic alliance, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding, promises to reshape global educational engagement while fostering entrepreneurship and leadership development.

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MAY 12, 2025

Kala Burrell-Craft Grambling State University has announced the appointment of Dr. Kala Burrell-Craft as the new Dean of the College of Education, marking a poignant homecoming for the scholar whose family legacy is deeply intertwined with the Louisiana HBCU.

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APRIL 7, 2025

Roshaunda Breeden Dr. Roshaunda Breeden never expected to become a faculty member at North Carolina State University (NC State), the very same institution where her journey in higher education began. She recalls conversing with a local Black resident who lived near campus but felt entirely disconnected from the university.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. He's earned degrees from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Oregon, where he obtained his Ph.D. million in spending cuts.

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APRIL 9, 2025

As institutions of higher learning continue to grapple with creating more inclusive environments, Kizarts framework offers administrators, faculty, and staff practical tools to identify and counteract biases that may undermine diversity and equity initiatives. Kizart writes with both professional expertise and personal conviction.

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APRIL 4, 2025

While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

million students enrolled in colleges and universities. Collectively, as researchers, we have about 50 or more years of experience conducting empirical studies on Black men attending diverse institutional types, ranging from predominantly White institutions, community colleges, and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Title: Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.S., physics education, West Chester University; M.A., physics, Temple University Career mentors: Dr. A.J. Dr. David Goldberg recalls that Love was hired when the department was seeking new teaching faculty with a focus on STEM.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Womens Health Occupational Therapist, University of St. Chan School of Public Health Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Always strive to see the bigger picturehow your teaching, research, and advocacy can ripple outward to impact lives. Dr. Arlenys Loffredo at the University of St.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

By now many people have read the recent article by the New York Times that critically examines the state of DEI at the University of Michigan. This article prompted other criticisms against the University of Michigan’s DEI initiatives in media outlets including the New York Post and USA Today and follows other attacks.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Urban Education at the University of MissouriSt. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz (Teachers College, Columbia University) and Dawn Williams (Howard University) as Council Members-at-Large. Roland Sintos Coloma (Wayne State University), Yoon Pak (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Thandeka K.

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APRIL 25, 2025

Its part of wayfinding signage at University of Washington and LeMoyne-Owen College. A landing page for student-facing websites at University of Michigan and Amherst College, just to name a few. Its a cabinet-level position at Belmont University, Harvard University, and University of Massachusetts Boston.

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MAY 27, 2025

And yet, curiously, conspicuously, one of the most visible, influential, and economically significant arms of the university has been largely dismissed as peripheral or even unworthy of deep academic scrutiny: college athletics. It is not the front porch of the university. But athletics is no outsider. It has never been.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To earn the Seal of Excelencia a college or university must demonstrate an intentional, institutional focus on advancing Latino student success by aligning data and practice. Colleges and universities that have received the Seal of Excelencia enroll 17% of Latino students in the U.S. and graduate 19%.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

in Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; PhD. University of California, Irvine (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Career mentors: Dr. Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent. Aim for steady progress.

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MAY 14, 2025

Wilson For Morgan State University president Dr. David K. Rather, its about attracting world-class faculty, creating more research opportunities for students, and coming upwith new innovations that benefit everyday people particularlythose in Baltimore, where the sprawling HBCU campusis located.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Julian Vasquez Heilig, the first underrepresented minority Provost in Western Michigan University's history, announced his resignation from the position after a two- year tenure marked by significant institutional achievements. During his leadership, WMU set all-time records for online programs, graduation rates, and student retention.

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JUNE 4, 2025

The United Negro College Funds (UNCF) Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) is leveraging the power of networks, technology and innovation to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) achieve their missions. In 2015, UNCF received a $50 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

Colleges and universities across the country are preparing to celebrate the legacy of a civil rights icon who championed integration and transformed Americas Rev. Seton Hall University in New Jersey, decided to revamp their annual MLK program a few years ago, citing the need for change amid a challenging political climate.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the aftermath of the Presidential election, a new report outlines the importance of colleges and universities prioritizing civic education. An example cited in the report is the Metro College Success Program at San Francisco State University, which has civic learning and engagement as a key part of its student success strategy.

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