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Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bush’s national security adviser from January 2001-2005, the first woman to hold the position. Rice served as Stanford University’s provost from 1993-1999, during which time she was the institution’s chief budget and academic officer. As provost, she was responsible for a $1.5 Rice also served as President George W.

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

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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

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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. I am deeply invested not only in what Harvard is today but also what its leadership means for the future.”

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Life and Learning, the Washington Way

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Since 2001, he and his organization have connected with educational leadership and others, offering them the power of choice while educating them on intersectional identity and how they can build an environment that is welcoming and supportive of those marginalized by society.

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Optional attendance policies ill serve students (opinion)

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Eric Skipper is provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort. Two decades ago, Frank H. By implementing attendance policies that imbue students with responsibility rather than absolve them from it, we can help to re-establish a culture of community and caring.

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

Inside Higher Ed

Professor of Teaching and Learning at Harvard University, led a research effort involving in-depth interviews with more than 1,600 undergraduates for his book Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds ( Harvard University Press, 2001 ).

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Pride in the Halls

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Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend. The Point Foundation was founded in 2001 and most of its early applicants were gay males whose parents refused to pay for college after they came out.