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First African American Dean Blazes Trail for Northwestern Music

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The dean of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music was the first woman in the role and first African American dean at the university in general. Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts. “I

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Pepperdine law dean talks openly about his stutter

Inside Higher Ed

Today, Caron is dean of law at Pepperdine University. ” Caron smiled during a recent interview prompted by a post he wrote, called “Deaning While Stuttering,” on his blog, TaxProf. Many would say this is still the case and argue that higher education remains ableist, in particular.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne PHOTO COURTESY OF CUNY Becoming Dean of Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enables Dr. Dara N. Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Macaulay is a highly selective honors college for students in the CUNY system.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. The UIA was developed during Bridget’s tenure as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship at Arizona State University.

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Press Release: ACPA Renames Professional Development Event to the Paul Shang Institute for Aspiring SSAOs

ACPA

Paul Shang was the sixty-third ACPA President from 2002-2003 and the first and only Asian American member to have served in this role to date. After serving as ACPA President in 2002-2003, Shang continued to lead in ACPA as a member of the International Books and Media Board.

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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2003. He will teach and give guest lectures at the law school, the Honors College, and the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

If you have a hospital and college of medicine , it adds an important dimension to the job that's hard to visualize. When we asked Chancellor Reyes about the best career advice he ever received, he told us: "It was given to me by Dan Worrell , the dean at the Walton College at the University of Arkansas.