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Faculty & Staff

GREGORY E. TRIPLETT

GREGORY E. TRIPLETT has been appointed associate dean for graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate director of the Honors College at the University of Missouri. Triplett earned a bachelor’s from Florida A&M University, a master’s from Florida State University and a doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

March 22, 2016

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Community Colleges

MARJORIE L. DORIMÉ-WILLIAMS

MARJORIE L. DORIMÉ-WILLIAMS has been named director of assessment in the Office of Academic Affairs at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She was director of academic assessment at Baruch College (CUNY). Dorimé-Williams earned a bachelor’s from Saint Joseph’s University, a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

March 22, 2016

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Faculty & Staff

JULIA JASKEN

JULIA JASKEN has been named provost and dean of the faculty at McDaniel College. She was acting provost and dean of the faculty and an associate professor of English at McDaniel. Jasken earned a bachelor’s from the College of Saint Benedict in Minnesota, a master’s from Northern Illinois University and a doctorate from Michigan Technological University.

March 22, 2016

TANAYA M. WALTERS

TANAYA M. WALTERS has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Clark Atlanta University. She was dean of students at Johnson and Wales University in North Carolina. Walters earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Johnson and Wales.

March 22, 2016

Faculty & Staff

ELIZABETH L. PAUL

ELIZABETH L. PAUL has been named president of Capital University, effective July 1. She is executive vice president and provost at Stetson University in Florida. She is also a full professor of psychology at the university. Paul holds a bachelor’s and a doctorate from Boston University.

March 22, 2016

IZETTA SLADE

IZETTA SLADE has been named associate director in the Office of Equity & Diversity at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was human resources officer and director of extension evaluation and staff development at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Slade earned a bachelor’s from the University of South Carolina and a master’s from Texas A&M University.

March 22, 2016

African-American

NADINE SHIGEZAWA

NADINE SHIGEZAWA was appointed director of the Veterans in Transition to Academic Leadership (VITAL) program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was a psychologist for the Veterans Administration. Shigezawa holds a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

March 22, 2016

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Kansas Campuses Prepare For Guns in Classrooms

Next summer, in addition to textbooks, laptops and double-strength coffee, Kansas college students will be able to bring something else to class: guns. By July 2017, all six state universities plus dozens of community colleges and technical schools must allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. The reason for the change was simple: to […]

March 22, 2016

Community Colleges

Funding Still a Major Concern for Future Community College Leaders

League of Innovation leaders debate issues that will affect the new generation of community college leaders during a recent forum in Chicago.

March 21, 2016

The Benefits of Campus Activism

Student unrest and campus activism historically has been responsible in many ways for bringing about justifiable and positive changes in academe.

March 21, 2016

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Nelson Uses Critical Race to go Above and Beyond the Law

When Camille Nelson takes on the position of dean of the American University Washington College of Law in July, she will be one of few critical race theorists who’ve risen to the position of law dean.

March 21, 2016

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Leadership & Policy

A Positive thing about Donald Trump’s Presidential Run

While people point to Donald Trump tapping the anger of the American electorate, you always know that, in the political physics, Newton’s third law still applies, that for “every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

March 21, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Baccalaureate Degrees in Growing Demand at Community Colleges

The Innovations conference’s opening general session in Chicago on Sunday focused on the growing trend to offer baccalaureate degrees at select community colleges across the country.

March 21, 2016

Higher Education Can’t Wait Until 2030

Africa can’t wait until 2030 for the next round of United Nations Global Goals to address the urgent need for quality higher education.

March 21, 2016

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African-American

Bridges Improving Chicago Economy Through Small Business Program

Vasco Bridges III has taken his academic background and his commitment to social change and community development into a career that is improving the economic landscape in Chicago.

March 21, 2016

Community Colleges

Kentucky House Approves Free Community College

All students who graduate from Kentucky high schools, home schools or obtain their GEDs in Kentucky will be able to attend community colleges for free under a bill that passed the Kentucky House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill now moves to the state Senate. House Bill 626 requires students to apply for available student aid and […]

March 20, 2016

higher-education

Diverse Docket: Nigerian-born Student Loses Bias Suit

A Nigerian-born graduate student who failed his doctoral qualifying exam three times has lost a lawsuit accusing Golden Gate University of discrimination and other claims.

March 18, 2016

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Wallace Foundation Earmarks $47M to Bolster Programs for Aspiring Principals

The Wallace Foundation announced Wednesday that it will make a $47 million commitment to help a select number of universities redesign their academic programs for aspiring principals.

March 18, 2016

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