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

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Under Bumphus's leadership, community colleges strengthened their position as essential providers of affordable education and workforce training, working closely with four presidential administrations to advance their mission. Martin CEO of the Year Award and the 2021 Baldridge Foundation's Award for Leadership Excellence in Education.

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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis

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In 2023, CUNY s Board of Trustees charged the Universitys leadership including myself to fix the transfer system. In 2013, the University implemented the Pathways initiative which established the seamless transfer of general education courses across its undergraduate colleges.

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UNC Chancellor Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz Appointed President of Michigan State University

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In 2013, Time magazine named him one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America” in 2013. I am confident that his decisive leadership will guide MSU with the same clarity and purpose.” In 2011, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on sport-related concussions.

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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

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Decatur Decatur has been the school’s president for almost a decade, his tenure having begun in 2013. Under his leadership, the school made impressive gains in student body strength and diversity, financial aid resources, faculty breadth and distinction, and campus enhancements. “It Dr. Sean M. 6 message to the Kenyon community. “It

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Nichols College President Glenn Sulmasy Resigns Amid Allegations of Past Sexual Misconduct

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In light of these reports and facts uncovered to date during our ongoing investigation, and their impact on President Sulmasy’s ability to lead Nichols College, the Board strongly believes the institution’s best interest is to pursue new leadership,” the Nichols Board of Trustees said in a statement Tuesday.

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After a Successful Tenure, Hauser Prepares to Pass the Torch

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That’s how Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser became president of Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in 2013. For someone who has grown up in these central mountain regions, as a Latino, immigrant, first-gen student graduate of this institution, it’s allowed me to have a whole sense of gratitude for her leadership,” says Estrada. “I I love CMC.

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Salovey to Step Down as President of Yale

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I have thought a lot about our university and the most auspicious time to begin a leadership transition. The percentage of freshmen who are Black, Latinx, or Native nearly doubled between 2013 and 2021, and the share of first-generation students climbed nine points to 21 percent. Dr. Peter Salovey, president of Yale University. “I