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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Lafayette College President Dr. Alison Byerly Named President of Carleton College
Lafayette College President Dr. Alison Byerly has been named president of Carleton College, effective Aug. 1, lehighvalleylive.com reported. Byerly – Lafayette’s first female president – announced in October plans to step down as the college’s president when her contract ends on June 30. During her tenure, her accomplishments include doubling Lafayette’s financial aid budget, the […]
May 17, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Former UC President Janet Napolitano Receives ACE Lifetime Achievement Award
Janet Napolitano, former University of California president and first woman in that role, has been given the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Lifetime Achievement Award. Napolitano is currently a professor of public policy and director of the Center for Security in Politics at The Goldman School at UC Berkeley. She was U.S. secretary of homeland […]
May 17, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy Appointed President of Illinois State University
Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy has been appointed president of Illinois State University, effective July 1. Kinzy is currently the vice president for Research and Innovation at Western Michigan University. In the past, she has served as vice president of research and professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at Rutgers, The State University […]
May 14, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Santanu Bandyopadhyay Appointed President of Modesto Junior College
Dr. Santanu Bandyopadhyay has been appointed president of Modesto Junior College (MJC), effective June 1, The Modesto Bee reported. Bandyopadhyay is currently the interim president at MJC. Bandyopadhyay was president of Columbia College when named as acting MJC president in January. In the past, he has served as executive vice president of educational programs and […]
May 14, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Dr. William Tate IV Named President of Louisiana State University
Dr. William Tate IV has been named president of Louisiana State University. Tate is expected to start in July. One of the nation’s most prominent education researchers, Tate is currently the Education Foundation Distinguished Professor and provost & executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina. Previously, he was dean of […]
May 7, 2021
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
May 5, 2021
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
April 27, 2021
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
February 5, 2021
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
February 3, 2021
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
February 2, 2021
Leadership & Policy
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.
December 17, 2020
Leadership & Policy
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.
December 1, 2020
Leadership & Policy
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.
November 20, 2020
Leadership & Policy
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.
October 22, 2020
Leadership & Policy
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 […]
September 4, 2020
Leadership & Policy
‘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.
July 7, 2020
Students
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.
June 12, 2020
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Virginia Roach Trailblazes Ways for Women in Academia
Dr. Virginia Roach, dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education, started her career with a job as a dishwasher in an on-campus daycare center. There, as an aspiring chemical engineer, she was asked to tutor a child with learning difficulties and came to the realization that “this is for me.”
April 22, 2020
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