Jessica WilkieJessica Wilkie has been named dean of the School of Humanities at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York. Wilkie holds a bachelor’s degree from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, and a master’s in interdisciplinary humanities from the University at Buffalo.
Karen PlautKaren Plaut has been named executive vice president for research at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Plaut holds a bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Vermont, a master’s in animal nutrition from Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in animal science from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
The University of Arkansas (UA) system may be nearing an affiliation deal with embattled for-profit University of Phoenix, and UA faculty and staff continue to object to the move, worried about the damage it could do to the reputation of the state’s schools, The Washington Post reported. “The University of Phoenix has proven itself, through
Bob Jones University President Dr. Steve Pettit will resign at the end of the current school year. Pettit submitted his resignation to the college’s board of trustees Mar. 30, which has been accepted.Dr. Steve Pettit “It has been one of the greatest privileges of my life to serve as the president of Bob Jones University,”
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As colleges struggle to cope with declining enrollment as the influx of federal COVID-19 money dries up, a wave of closures is widely expected. Already this year, at least six campuses are expected to shutter, including Finlandia University, Cazenovia College, and, after an announcement last week, Iowa Wesleyan University. But experts believe that some institutions
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Iowa Wesleyan University (IWU) will close at the end of this academic year due to financial problems. The school’s board of trustees unanimously voted Mar. 28 to move in this direction. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the Board of Trustees has made the heartbreaking decision to close our beloved Iowa Wesleyan after 181
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The University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) began striking Mar. 29 following five months of negotiations, The Detroit News reported. A GEO rally took place on campus Wednesday morning, with hundreds of students, undergraduate and graduate, in attendance. GEO represents approximately 2,300 graduate student instructors and staff assistants. The current contract expires May 1.
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Dr. Wen Mao will become the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business (VSB), effective Aug. 1.Dr. Wen Mao “Given Dr. Mao’s long and productive history as a Villanova faculty member, coupled with her deep understanding of Villanova’s distinctive Augustinian approach to education, it quickly became clear that she was the
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J. Celeste Lay has been appointed interim dean of Newcomb-Tulane College at Tulane University in New Orleans. Lay holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the College of Charleston in South Carolina and a Ph.D. in government and politics at the University of Maryland College Park.
Two sessions continued on Thursday during the second and final day of the Black Men Research Institute’s (BMRI) Spring Symposium. The convening continued its conversation on the mental health of African American men at the Woodruff Library in the heart of the Atlanta University Center. “These conversations are needed,” said Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, Interim Executive
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