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Community College Leader Dr. Walter Bumphus to Step Down After Transformative Era

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2013, Bumphus was awarded the Diverse Champions award by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. His achievements have been widely recognized, including receiving the ACCT Marie Y. Martin CEO of the Year Award and the 2021 Baldridge Foundation's Award for Leadership Excellence in Education.

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Nandi Mehta - Soccer

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mehta was a 2013 and 2014 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and a Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society inductee. A member of the womens soccer team, she was named co-captain in 2014 and 2015. Shes also pursuing a Kellogg School of Management Undergraduate certificate in managerial analytics.

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Reimagining Black Male Success in Education: Moving from Marginalization to Empowerment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Adriel Hilton In many educational institutions, Black males are burdened with the label of "problem" rather than "promise" (Howard, 2013). It is imperative to view Black males as capable achievers whose success is indispensable to a healthy and diverse educational landscape (Goings et al., 2015; Harper & Davis, III, 2012).

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Business and Health Professions Lead Faculty Growth as Humanities Decline, CUPA-HR Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2013-14, most disciplines (79%) reported less than a quarter of faculty as non-tenure-track. The report also documents a significant shift toward non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty positions across all disciplines.

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NC A&T Provost Tonya Smith-Jackson Named Chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smith-Jackson, a human factors engineer who has served as provost and executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at NC A&T since 2013, will assume her new role on August 1. Tonya Smith-Jackson has been appointed chancellor of Rutgers UniversityNewark, marking a significant leadership transition for the public research university.

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Carol Ann Tomlinson, University of Virginia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2013, she has been ranked in the top 20 of Education Weeks Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings of the 200 University-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about schools and schooling, and in the top 5 voices in Curriculum.

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Murky Waters 2: Ambow Education, Chinese Influence, and US Edtech, 2013-2025

Higher Education Inquirer

In 2013, the company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and liquidated after accusations of accounting irregularities. While other sectors of the U.S. economy—especially semiconductors and AI—have become more cautious of Chinese-linked investment due to national security concerns, American higher education remains notably exposed.