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Tyton Partners Study the Gap Between Dreaming of Equity and Achieving Equity

Tyton Partners have released their annual update for three reports: “Hitting their Stride” “Time for Class”, and “Driving Toward a Degree.” These studies analyze the gap between institutions recognizing the need for equitable changes and the actuality of making those changes. This year, for the first time, the results of all three have been compiled. […]

June 28, 2021

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Rutgers Renames Building to Honor Dr. Samuel Dewitt Proctor

Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s Board of Governors voted to rename a building on campus in honor of late civil rights activist and minister The Reverend Dr. Samuel Dewitt Proctor. Originally known as the Administrative Services Building 1, the newly named and recently renovated Dr. Samuel Dewitt Proctor Hall houses student services. Proctor—who first spoke at Rutgers […]

June 28, 2021

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Modern States Education Alliance, Morgan State University Partner to Address College Affordability Challenges

With student debt loan rising—which currently exceeds $30,000 on average for recent graduates—non-profit Modern States Education Alliance sought to address the college affordability problem. The solution? Offering the ability for prospective students to earn college credit at no cost.

June 28, 2021

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Retiring President Dr. Diana M. Doyle Leaves Behind Legacy of Student Success Arapahoe Community College

Dr. Diana M. Doyle, president of Colorado’s Arapahoe Community College (ACC), has strategically navigated the impact of the pandemic, calling on her 43 years of experience in higher education. Doyle has been the president of ACC for the past 11 years, and, when she retires at the end of this academic year, she will do so with a sense of accomplishment and contentment.

June 28, 2021

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Former FAMU, TSU President Dr. Frederick Humphries Passes Away at 85

Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, former president of Florida A&M and Tennessee State universities, passed away last week at the age of 85. During a long and distinguished career of leadership and advocacy for HBCUs, Humphries also served as president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. As news of the […]

June 28, 2021

EVE DE ROSA

EVE DE ROSA has been appointed dean of faculty at Cornell University. She is the first woman and first person of color to hold the position. An associate professor of human development in Cornell’s College of Human Ecology, De Rosa holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology from Vassar College and a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Harvard University.

June 25, 2021

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JACK EADDY JR. has been named director of athletic bands at Western Carolina University. Previously assistant director of bands at McNeese State University in Louisiana and at the University of South Carolina, he holds a master’s degree in music conducting from the University of Georgia and a doctorate from the University of North Texas.

June 25, 2021

ISAAC Y. KIM

ISAAC Y. KIM has been appointed chair of the Department of Urology at Yale School of Medicine and chief of urology at Yale New Haven Hospital. Kim holds high level positions at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Monmouth Medical Center. He holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and an M.D. from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. He holds an MBA in finance from the the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

June 25, 2021

BARKLEY BARTON II

BARKLEY BARTON II has been appointed director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Georgia. Barton has 20 years of experience in admissions at various schools, including Clark Atlanta University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Notre Dame, to name a few. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a master’s degree in higher education from Bay Path University.

June 25, 2021

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JULIAN VASQUEZ HEILIG

JULIAN VASQUEZ HEILIG has been named to the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Board of Directors. Dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky since 2019, he holds a bachelor’s in history and psychology and a master’s in higher education from the University of Michigan. He also holds a master’s in sociology and a Ph.D. in educational administration and policy analysis from Stanford University.

June 25, 2021

JAYATI GHOSH

JAYATI GHOSH has been named dean of the Scott L. Carmona College of Business at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. Most recently dean of the School of Business Administration at Widener University in Pennsylvania, Ghosh holds master’s degrees from the University of Calcutta in India and Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

June 25, 2021

SOHAIL AGBOATWALA

SOHAIL AGBOATWALA has been appointed interim senior vice chancellor for student services and administration at Troy University. Vice chancellor for international programs at the university, Agboatwala holds a bachelor’s in economics and an MBA from Troy. He also holds a master’s in higher education administration from the University of Alabama.

June 25, 2021

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ENKU GELAYE

ENKU GELAYE has been named senior vice president and dean of campus life at Emory University. Gelaye currently serves in the role of vice president of campus life at Emory and she was earlier vice chancellor of student affairs and campus life at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She holds a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from the University of Tennessee and a law degree from the University of Georgia.

June 25, 2021

BRENDA THAMES

BRENDA THAMES has been named leader of El Camino Community College. Most recently president of the Coalinga campus of West Hills College, Thames holds a bachelor’s in sociology and social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as master’s degrees in social work and public administration from the University of Southern California and a Ph.D. in education from Oregon State University.

June 25, 2021

CHANITA HUGHES-HALBERT

CHANITA HUGHES-HALBERT has been appointed associate director for cancer equity at the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Southern California. She will also join the faculty at the university’s Keck School of Medicine as a professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Preventive Medicine. Most recently at the College of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, Hughes-Halbert holds master’s and doctoral degrees from Howard University.

June 25, 2021

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RICHARD CHAU

RICHARD CHAU has been appointed chief investment officer at Tulane University. He currently oversees Tulane’s Investment Management Office. He was previously a vice president at Bessemer Trust, where he helped manage multi-billion-dollar private equity and venture capital portfolios. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and Chinese from Williams College and an MBA from Columbia University.

June 25, 2021

PAULA HAMMOND

PAULA HAMMOND has been named Institute Professor, the highest faculty member honor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the first woman and first African American in the role. A professor and chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT, she holds a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from MIT, a master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from MIT.

June 25, 2021

TERRENCE CHENG

TERRENCE CHENG has been named president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system. He is currently campus director of the University of Connecticut Stamford campus and a faculty member in the English department. Cheng received his bachelor’s in English from Binghamton University and his MFA in fiction from the University of Miami.

June 25, 2021