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Kelley Lips
Lips Emphasizes Collaboration in Enrollment Management Strategies

by Mary Harrison Kelley Lips (EdD, 2021) released an article, published by UniversityBusiness.com, entitled "Create Better Enrollment Outcomes by Breaking Down Department Barriers." Lips emphasizes the importance of collaborative enrollment management, such as orientations and career counseling, across institutional departments to help student retention, financial stability, and sustainability. She states, “Institutions that embrace a holistic…

Claire Major
Major Receives Faculty Achievement Award

by Mary Harrison Claire Major (McBee PhD), professor of higher education and faculty director of The University of Alabama Teaching Academy, is UA’s recipient of the 2024 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. Jim Dalton, UA executive vice president and provost, said, “[Major’s] foundational leadership of UA’s Teaching Academy, innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and scholarly excellence underscore her exemplary career…

Rebecca Perdomo
Toolkit Calls for Changes in Faculty Hiring Processes

by Mary Harrison Marybeth Gasman and Rebecca Perdomo (PhD, 2019) authored a report, Achieving Equity: A Toolkit for Racially Inclusive Faculty Hiring, aimed at improving hiring processes within higher education institutions. In the report, published by the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, Gasman and Perdomo cite the persistent lack of proportional representation and…

Caring or Capitalizing
Perdomo and Guajardo Investigate the Use of Title V Funds Within HSIs

by Mary Harrison Rebecca Perdomo (PhD, 2019) and Rodrigo Guajardo (PhD student) released a report titled, "Caring or Capitalizing: How HSIs Leverage Title V Funds" through the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Perdomo and Guajardo explored Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) prioritization of funds and programs towards Latinx students by investigating two questions…

Renni
Student Assistantships Spotlight 2024

We’re kicking off our month of Graduate Assistantship spotlights with Renni Turpin, who currently serves as a graduate assistant in the UGA Fanning Institute for Leadership Development with Embark Georgia. Embark Georgia supports students who have experienced foster care and/or homelessness to improve their access, retention, and success in postsecondary education. Working with Embark Georgia has given Renni the opportunity to apply her academic…

Chuck Ambrose
Nietzel and Ambrose Advise Leaders to Focus on the Bottom Line

by Mary Harrison Michael T. Nietzel and Charles M. Ambrose (MIHE EdD, 1989) provided an overview of their new book entitled Colleges on the Brink: The Case for Financial Exigency, in Inside Higher Ed. Nietzel and Ambrose write that the higher education sector is navigating terrain made more difficult by "a prolonged stretch of sinking enrollments, a global pandemic, uncertainties in state funding, a public increasingly skeptical of their value…

Kate Maine
Maine Named VP at Dalton State and Georgia Highlands

Kate Maine (Ed.D. 2019) was named as the inaugural vice president for marketing, communications and workforce development in a position shared between Dalton State University and Georgia Highlands College. Dalton State President John Fuchko III said, "Dr. Maine is an experienced higher education professional who understands the importance of Dalton State to our region, and I am very excited to have her join the college." Maine had previously…

Quarles'
Quarles' Responsibilities at Georgia Southern Expanded

by Jewel Caruso Dominique Quarles (PhD 2019) has been named the associate vice president for organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and inclusive excellence at Georgia Southern University.  This change reflects Georgia Southern's pursuit of institutional excellence "grounded in evidence-based leadership principles and a culture of high performances." Quarles will now work in tandem with various leadership, Human Resources,…

Jeff Delaney
Delaney Joins UofM Leadership as CIO

by Jewel Caruso Jeff Delaney (EdD 2011) has been named as the new chief information officer at the University of Memphis.  University of Memphis president, Dr. Bill Hardgrave, spoke on Delaney's expertise and strong background for the role. Hardgrave said, "Coming from a similar technology background as Jeff, I saw he had a keen understanding of the multi-layered role of a CIO and its importance to the very structure of an institution." He…

McBee members
MIHE Community Tapped to Comment on Academic Job Market in Red States

by Jewel Caruso Paul Rubin (PhD 2017), Barrett Taylor (PhD 2012), and Brendan Cantwell (former McBee postdoc) contributed to a recent article in Inside Higher Ed by Ryan Quinn, "Are Professors Really Fleeing Universities in Red States?" In the article, Quinn addresses news articles that have "raised alarms" that waves of faculty members are fleeing red states. Some observers had speculated that right-wing pressure has led to "Southern…
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