Sabine StanleySabine Stanley has been appointed vice provost of graduate and professional education at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Stanley holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Toronto and a master’s and Ph.D. in geophysics from Harvard University.
Dr. Jennifer BorlandJennifer Borland has been appointed director of Oklahoma State University’s Center for the Humanities. She is a professor of art history at the university. Borland holds a bachelor’s degree in the history of art from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in art history from Stanford University.
Kathleen Fuchs HritzKathleen Fuchs Hritz has been named senior director of community relations at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Hritz holds a bachelor’s degree in human organizational development and Spanish from Vanderbilt, a master’s in civic leadership from Lipscomb University in Nashville, and an Executive MBA from Vanderbilt.
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Carrie Forsyth has led UCLA’s women’s golf team to two NCAA championships, five Pac-12 titles, more than 100 All-American awards, and at least half a dozen conference Golfer of the Year accolades in 24 years as the program’s head coach. Carrie Forsyth played as a student athlete for the UCLA Bruins’ women’s golf program from
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Dr. Timothy Alvarez’s life is a living example of the importance of mentors in higher education. Dr. Timothy AlvarezFrom earning an associate degree to serving as president of a community college, Alvarez understands the value of higher education and the need to create pathways and support systems. As he prepares to retire Aug. 11, after
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On July 1st, incarcerated Americans will re-gain access to Pell grants for the first time in nearly 30 years. Reformers have hailed the change as a critical step towards enabling people in prison to experience the myriad benefits of higher education. But a new report has revealed that an important segment of this population may
When Dr. Devorah Lieberman became president of University of La Verne in 2011, a private institution of approximately 8,000 students about 35 miles east of Los Angeles, she was in many ways seeing life come full circle. At the time she was offered the position, she was the provost of Wagner College in New York
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Working together, educational institutions can create more accessible and effective pathways for students to enter high-demand career fields. Dr. Margaret Terry Orr (1999) noted in her research-paper, “Community College and Secondary School Collaboration on Workforce Development and Education Reform: A Close Look at Four Community Colleges,” that an “increased emphasis on workforce preparation for our
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About 43 million people are expected to resume or start repayments of their student loans. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments. This week, experts from Western
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Dr. Dana B. Hamel, founding chancellor of Virginia Community College, has died at 99, NBC 12 reported.Dr. Dana B. Hamel “Dr. Hamel died Friday night, just a few weeks shy of his 100th birthday,” VCCS Chancellor Dr. David Doré said in a statement. “We have lost a great friend and Virginia has lost one of
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