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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The two have made several other gifts to UCLA over the years, leading to a 2001 scholarship fund in their name, as well as an endowed director’s chair for IAC’s Asian American Studies Center. from Yale University and a law degree from Harvard University. He gained prominence as a trial and intellectual property lawyer. Though, the Ralph J.

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Harvard Names Dr. Claudine Gay to Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Claudine Gay is making history. Gay will be the second Black woman to lead an Ivy League university, following Dr. Ruth Simmons, who served as president of Brown University from 2001 to 2012. Claudine Gay, president-elect of Harvard University. Bacow on July 1, 2023.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Dacey, who recently narrated a video about LGBTQ history at UND, has remained engaged with advocacy at the university. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC.

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Why I gave $25M to a small liberal arts college (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Earlier this year, Richard donated his prized 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, marking the first Ferrari in the automotive restoration program’s 45-year history. Our relationship with McPherson College began in 2012, when I donated tool sets to the college’s automotive restoration program in honor of Richard’s birthday.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

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” This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP’s history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. Professor of History, CSU East Bay1989-2010, Prof. Emeritus, 2015-present.