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JOSÉ LUIS ALVARADO

JOSÉ LUIS ALVARADO has been named dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education. Alvarado has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Cal State Los Angeles, the founding dean of the College of Education at California State University Monterey Bay and associate dean of the College of Education at San Diego State University. He holds a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Virginia.

June 10, 2021

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HARI M. OSOFSKY

HARI M. OSOFSKY has been named Myra and James Bradwell Professor and dean of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Osofsky is currently the dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs, Osofsky is also Distinguished Professor of Law, professor of international affairs and professor of geography at Penn State. She holds a law degree from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Oregon.

June 10, 2021

Former Penn State President Begins Serving Two-Month Jail Sentence

Former Penn State President Dr. Graham Spanier has reported to jail early to begin serving his sentence for child endangerment related to the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, 6 ABC reported. According to an online inmate locator, Spanier is in custody at Centre County Correctional Facility. Spanier was charged in 2012 and convicted in […]

June 10, 2021

Two Former Indiana Politicians Hired as Distinguished Scholars at Indiana University

Former Indiana politicians Evan Bayh and Dan Coats — IU alumni and former U.S. Senators — will be hired at Indiana University, the school announced Wednesday, Indy Star reported. Bayh, a Democrat, will join the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs as executive at large. Coats, a Republican, will join the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies as […]

June 10, 2021

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Actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Donate $1 Million to School for Policing Center

Actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena have donated $1 million to the school for a new center on policing, CNN reported. The Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform – pending approval by Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Education – will “build relationships and share data with policing agencies as well as use […]

June 10, 2021

BATTINTO BATTS JR.

BATTINTO BATTS JR. has been appointed dean of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Batts is an experienced crime reporter, lecturer, philanthropist, strategic communications professional, higher ed administrator and nonprofit leader. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University, a master’s degree in media management from Norfolk State University and a doctorate in higher education management from Hampton University.

June 10, 2021

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Legislators Introduce BASIC Act to Help Students Meet Most Basic Needs

A group of legislators introduced legislation on Thursday that could help students meet their most basic needs — such as food, housing, child care and transportation — while pursuing an education. Named the BASIC act, the bill proposes an investment of $1 billion in grants that would help education institutions fulfill their students’ “most fundamental […]

June 10, 2021

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JAMIE BOGGS

JAMIE BOGGS has been named vice president of athletics at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2019, she has served as interim director of athletics at the Grand Canyon. She previously served as the deputy athletic director/senior woman administrator at the institution. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Diego and a law degree from the University of Arizona.

June 10, 2021

NADIA BROWN

NADIA BROWN has been appointed director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University, where Brown will also be a professor in the Department of Government with an affiliate appointment in the Department of African American Studies. Brown most recently was associate professor of political science and African American studies at Purdue University. Brown holds a Ph.D. in political science from Rutgers University.

June 10, 2021

TRACEY OSBORNE

TRACEY OSBORNE has been appointed director of the Center for Climate Justice at the University of California. Currently a management of complex systems professor at the University of California, Merced, Osbourne holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University, a master’s degree from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

June 10, 2021

AMMINA KOTHARI

AMMINA KOTHARI has been named director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island. Serving as an associate professor and director of graduate programs for the School of Communication at the Rochester Institute of Technology, she holds a Ph.D. in mass communication from Indiana University.

June 10, 2021

VINCE RODRIGUEZ

VINCE RODRIGUEZ has been appointed president of Coastline College. He has held various positions at the Coast Community College District, most recently serving as vice president of instruction. He holds an associate degree from Orange Coast College, a bachelor’s in information technology and a master’s degree in education. Rodriguez also holds a Ph.D. in educational leadership from California State University, Long Beach.

June 10, 2021

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KAREN DIVER

KAREN DIVER has been appointed senior advisor to University of Minnesota President Joan Gabe. She was the former chair for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and special assistant to the president on Native American affairs during the Obama administration. Diver holds a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and a master of public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

June 10, 2021

TARA SETHIA

TARA SETHIA has been named the Shri Shantinath Endowed Chair in Ahimsa Studies in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Sethia is a professor of history and the founder of the Ahimsa Center. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Rajasthan University in Jaipur, India and a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Los Angeles.

June 10, 2021

ROBERT LUCERO

ROBERT LUCERO has been named associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion; professor of nursing; and the Adrienne H. Moseley Endowed Chair in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of California, Los Angeles. Previously associate professor of nursing and graduate faculty in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida College of Nursing, Lucero holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

June 10, 2021

GLENN A. MARTINEZ

GLENN A. MARTINEZ has been appointed dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the Stumberg Distinguished University Chair at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Currently professor of Hispanic linguistics at The Ohio State University, Martinez holds a master’s in Spanish from the University of Houston, a Ph.D. in Hispanic linguistics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an M.P.H. from Texas A&M Health Science Center’s School of Rural Public Health.

June 10, 2021

Community Colleges

Roueche Center Forum: Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Community College

While education is the great equalizer, enrollment and attainment gaps linked to race and ethnicity have long plagued the nation’s educational system, particularly among African American, Hispanic and Native American students. Researchers and practitioners emphasize the need for culturally relevant supports and interventions to address issues of equitable enrollment, retention and completion practices on college campuses. One such intervention, Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), has proven to be a powerful strategy to improve student success and completion.

June 10, 2021

Deborah Manning

Mission Minded

The 2021 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs set the standard for success.

June 10, 2021