Sir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis was known for his contributions in the field of economic development. In 1979,he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
The University of the West Indies (UWI),originally University College of the West Indies,is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean:Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,The Bahamas,Barbados,Belize,Bermuda,British Virgin Islands,Cayman Islands,Dominica,Grenada,Guyana,Jamaica,Montserrat,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Trinidad and Tobago,and Turks and Caicos Islands. Each country is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British Overseas Territory.
The University of Guyana,in Georgetown,Guyana,is Guyana's national higher education institution. It was established in April 1963 with the following Mission:"To discover,generate,disseminate,and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community,the nation,and of all mankind within an atmosphere of academic freedom that allows for free and critical enquiry."
Dame Julie Katharine Maxton is a British-New Zealand barrister,legal scholar,and academic administrator. Since 2011,she has been executive director of the Royal Society.
University of Ilorin,also known as Unilorin,is a federal government-owned university in Ilorin,Kwara State,Nigeria. It was established by a decree of the federal military government in August,1975. The establishment aimed to implement one of the educational directives of the Third National Development Plan,which was aimed at providing more opportunities for Nigerians aspiring to acquire university education and to generate high-level manpower,which is vital for the rapidly expanding economy. Compared to other higher institutions of learning in the country,the institution has one of the largest land areas,covering approximately 15,000 hectares of land. It is reported by Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) to be the most sought-after Nigerian university in 2021. And again in 2023,it was announced by the JAMB Head,Professor Ishaq Oloyede to be the sought-after University,for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME),making it for the 10th consecutive year.
Academic ranks in the United States are the titles,relative importance and power of professors,researchers,and administrative personnel held in academia.
Dame Anne Marie Rafferty FRCN is a British nurse,academic and researcher. She is professor of nursing policy and former dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing,Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's College London. She served as President of the Royal College of Nursing from 2019 to 2021.
Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA is a Barbadian historian. He is the current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
Kingston University London is a public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames,in South West London,England. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute,founded in 1899. It received university status in 1992,before which the institution was known as Kingston Polytechnic.
Violet Eudine Barriteau,FB,GCM,is a professor of gender and public policy,as well as Principal of the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. She was also the president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2009 to 2010,and she is on the advisory editorial boards of Palimpsest:A Journal on Women,Gender,and the Black International,published by SUNY Press,and Signs:Journal of Women in Culture and Society,published by University of Chicago Press.
Rhoda Reddock is a Trinidadian educator and social activist. She has served as founder,chair,adviser,or member of several organizations,such as the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA),the Global Fund for Women,and the Regional Advisory Committee of the Global Poosay Coalition on Women and AIDS established by UNAIDS. In 2002 she received the Seventh CARICOM Triennial Award for Women,was Trinidad and Tobago's nominee for the International Women of Courage Award in 2008,and was honoured in her country's National Honour Awards ceremony in 2012 with the Gold Medal for the Development of Women.
Eilís Veronica Ferran,FBA is a Northern Irish solicitor,legal scholar,and academic administrator. As an academic,she specialises in company law,financial regulation,and corporate finance. She has been Professor of Company and Securities Law at the University of Cambridge since 2005,and its Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations since 2015.
Evelyn O'Callaghan is a Jamaican academic who is a professor of West Indian literature at the University of the West Indies. She was the first Jamaican woman to win a Rhodes Scholarship.
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill is a public research university in Cave Hill,Barbados. It is one of five general campuses in the University of the West Indies system.
The University of the West Indies at St. Augustine is a public research university in St. Augustine,Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of 5 general campuses in the University of the West Indies system,which are ranked 1st in the Caribbean. It is ranked 1st in Trinidad and Tobago and 28th best in Latin America.
Nelson Ferebee Taylor was an American lawyer and educational administrator who served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1972 to 1980.
Goski Alabi is a Ghanaian academic,author and entrepreneur. She was the founding Dean of the School Graduate Studies at the University of Professional Studies,Accra. She is the President of Laweh Open University which happens to be the first accredited Open University College in Ghana established in 2014.
Hazel Simmons-McDonald is a St. Lucian writer and linguist. She is known for her work as a professor and administrator at the University of the West Indies,as well as her poetry,which has been published in periodicals,anthologies,and the 2004 collection Silk Cotton and Other Trees.
Bridget Brereton is a Trinidad-based historian,who is Emerita Professor of History at the University of the West Indies,St. Augustine. She is the author of works including A History of Modern Trinidad;Law,Justice and Empire:The Colonial Career of John Gorrie,1829–1892;Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad,1870–1900 and her articles have been widely published in journals and as book chapters. She edited Volume V of the UNESCO General History of the Caribbean:The Twentieth Century (2004),and has been co-editor of several other books.
