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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

As the Chicago-based college aims to expand its graduate education and deepen its impact globally on creating equity-minded leaders, no better person came to bind for the Board of Trustees. Bergman was the first woman to lead the private liberal arts college when she stepped in in 2014.

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It wasn’t something that was ever taken lightly,” Rasmussen said in an email, recalling a “lengthy” and “deliberative” decision-making process while he served on the board from 2014 to 2018. “In that fiscal year, we have more total expenses than not,” she said of the program’s first year.

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faculty should be committed to teaching the diverse student body. “I Even though we’re a teaching institution, the nature of passion that a faculty member has for his, her or their research is important because that ignites some spark in students.” They learned in pods and had a different approach to their graduate education.