University of Maryland Eastern Shore Names a New Provost

Patrick LiverpoolJuliette B. Bell, president of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, has appointed Patrick R. Liverpool to the position of provost and vice president for academic affairs. He has served as interim provost since July.

Dr. Liverpool is the former dean of the School of Management and professor of management at Delaware State University. Earlier in his career, Dr. Liverpool was a vice provost at Virginia Tech and served as dean of the business schools at Virginia State University and Virginia Union University. Before concentrating on educational administration, Dr. Liverpool served on the faculties of Fisk University, the University of Toledo, and Howard University.

Dr. Liverpool holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. He earned a Ph.D. in business administration from Kent State University in Ohio.

Related Articles

1 COMMENT

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

The Huge Racial Gap in College Completion Rates

According to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, the percentage of students who began college in the fall of 2018 and earned a credential within six years rose to 61.1 percent. For Black students who enrolled in 2018, 43.8 percent had earned a degree or other credential within six years. This is more than 17 percentage points below the overall rate. And the racial gap has increased in recent years.

American-Born Layli Maparyan Appointed President of the University of Liberia

Dr. Maparyan, a distinguished academic and prolific scholar, had been serving as the executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and a professor of African Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

Black Medical School Students Continue to Have to Cope With Racial Discrimination

A new study by scholars at the medical schools of New York University and Yale University finds that African American or Black students were less likely than their White counterparts to feel that medical school training contributed to their development as a person and physician.

Kyle Farmbry Has Resigned as President of Guilford College in North Carolina

Before being named the first African American president of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2022, Dr. Farmbry served as a professor of public administration in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University in Newark.

Featured Jobs