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First African American Dean Blazes Trail for Northwestern Music

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts. She attributed the lack of diverse representation in music leadership, faculty, and major symphony orchestras to a “pipeline issue.”

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in 2003 – and 7.5% One issue highlighted in the report was the shortage of Latino mentors to encourage students to pursue STEM fields. Among these suggestions were calls for corporations to implement inclusive hiring practices and diversity in leadership; and a need for higher ed to recruit Latino faculty in engineering and tech.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I remember riding the bus home from work one day and I saw someone with the Central Michigan University bumper sticker, and so I applied because I recognized the bumper sticker,” says Patterson-Stephens, who graduated in 2003 from CMU with a degree in sociology. Patterson-Stephens serves on the MCT board of directors.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

But there are times in which the tables change and crisis emerges, something happens on your campus, something happens to a faculty member, something happens to a student, the world keeps spinning, and you can't stop. Sometimes you'll be able to take time off. You have to spin with it." Be the chancellor.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

Leadership Opportunities Are Everywhere For most of her years working in higher education, Chancellor Larive was more interested in being a faculty member and lab administrator than moving into campus leadership. Faculty is a leadership role. When you're a faculty member, you're your own boss. ACE has a faculty fellows program.

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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

Every step of the way, something pushed me to decide to go to college, to become a faculty member. For example, a colleague and mentor at the University of Georgia told me, ‘You're going to be the next head of psychology here.’ Now we’re trying to measure and understand how our faculty and staff are engaged.

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Collaboration vs. Competition in Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

She explained her own approach: “My biggest strategic focus right now is on faculty impact. The emphasis must be on professional development to handle innovation, because if we don't teach faculty how to enhance teaching excellence and use innovation, we've failed as institutions.