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Dr. Dione Somerville Appointed Owens Community College President

Dr. Dione Somerville has been appointed president of Owens Community College, effective June 15, WTOL 11 reported. Somerville is currently executive vice president at Hawkeye Community College. Somerville earned a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University, and a bachelor’s […]

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Dr. Joseph Helble Named Lehigh University President

Dr. Joseph Helble has been named the next president of Lehigh University. He starts Aug. 16. Helble is currently the provost at Dartmouth College. He previously served as dean of Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering and  a professor of engineering. Helble holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh and a doctorate in chemical […]

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Dr. Kathryn A. Morris Named St. Lawrence University’s 19th President

Dr. Kathryn A. Morris, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Butler University, will be St. Lawrence University’s 19th president. At Butler, among other things, she led two presidential commissions on diversity and on sexual assault, helped launch a $250 million campaign, improved the school’s academic technology and established its first staff development program. Morris […]

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Chestnut Hill College President Sister Carol Jean Vale to Retire in 2022

Chestnut Hill College President Dr. Carol Jean Vale – the longest serving college president in the Philadelphia region – will retire in June 2022, closing out 30 years in the role, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. She joined Chestnut Hill in 1988 as chair of the religious studies department. Sister Carol is from the Catholic school’s […]

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CUNY Appoints Two New Presidents at Lehman College and Guttman Community College

City University of New York has appointed Dr. Fernando Delgado as Lehman College president and Dr. Larry Johnson Jr. as Guttman Community College president, the New York Daily News reported. Delgado previously served as vice chancellor at University of Minnesota-Duluth. Delgado’s research focuses on Latinx identity. More than half of Lehman’s population is Hispanic. Johnson […]

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The Rich Get Richer in the Midst of a Pandemic

In order to stay above water, institutions are making drastic decisions – implementing hiring freezes and pay cuts, trimming personnel via furloughs and layoffs, and leaving several employees without cost-of-living adjustments for the foreseeable future. Yet, in the midst of these decisions, I can’t help but notice how certain individuals seem to avoid economic losses – or take only minimal losses to save face.

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National Leadership and the Significance of the Breadth and Depth of American Identity

As President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris assemble the people, resources and programs that they will bring to the White House in January, they will create tremendous possibilities and opportunities for all Americans. This is true even for those who did not vote for them.

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Report Examines Competencies Needed to Succeed in Workforce

A new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) pinpoints the five most in-demand competencies across the labor market. Those work skills include communication, teamwork, sales, customer service, leadership, problem-solving and complex thinking, all of which can yield higher earnings.

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TIAA Institute Virtual Higher Ed Symposium Participants Express Optimism, Despite COVID-19

The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) Institute recently hosted a virtual “Higher Education Leadership Symposium” based on a new white paper — developed by TIAA in collaboration with EY-Parthenon — that spoke to the future of operating models and student success at higher ed institutions, given the financial constraints of COVID-19.

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UK to Undergo ‘Major Reorganization’ of Leadership That Will Emphasize Diversity

The University of Kentucky is undergoing a “major reorganization” of its senior administration meant to “elevate and expand its commitment to diversity, student success, accountability and its historic land-grant mission of service,” UK President Dr. Eli Capilouto announced in a letter to the campus community. As part of the plan, the school is placing a […]

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‘Dramatic Change Will Require Leadership.’ A Message to the Next Generation of Leaders

This summer we have all been living and learning through an unprecedented crisis: literally the greatest disruption to daily life in the United States since at least World War II, a rapid economic collapse that is approaching and may exceed the scale of the Great Depression, deeply inequitable impacts from the crisis mapped into pre-existing inequalities of race and class, and a death count conservatively estimated at more than 500,000 and rising.

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Universities Plan Fall Initiatives to Address Systemic Racism and Police Brutality

As protests continue across the nation after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police officers, universities are analyzing their own biases and implementing initiatives and conversations on campus for the fall semester to address systemic racism and police brutality.

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