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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Beasley Beasley receives the full-time appointment, effective March 1, as Distinguished Professor of Practice and Public Service in the law school’s Department of Legal Studies. 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.

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National Opinion Polls on Affirmative Action: Inflaming an Issue that is Divisive Enough

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Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (SFFA) , the Court is once again faced with the decision to respect decades of precedent or reverse the holistic admissions policy that selective colleges have used since the Court ruled in the Grutter v. Bollinger decision in 2003. In the Students for Fair Admissions v.

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The End of Affirmative Action

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Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two cases challenging the use of race as a factor in college admissions. Bollinger, a case from 2003, the Supreme Court approved the use of race as a factor in college admission in order to produce a diverse student body. Blog: Leadership in Higher Education This morning, the U.S.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

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So as we grew as an institution and my management responsibility started to grow, I realized the only shot that I had at being able to be the father, husband, and college president that I wanted to be was to reduce the number of people that I was managing. "So We're not going to be who we can be as a college until you figure that out.'

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Pepperdine law dean talks openly about his stutter

Inside Higher Ed

He studied political science in college because he’d always been interested in politics, and when he graduated without “employable skills,” he joked, he went to law school. ” ‘I Made It Work’ Caron didn’t always intend to be a dean, or a professor, or even a lawyer.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

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On this episode from the Weekly Wisdom podcast series, we spoke Dr. Charles Welch , President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). I had been president of the student body in high school, and then I became president of the student body at the University of Arkansas.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court dismantled decades of legal precedent in June, ruling against race-conscious college admissions and bringing an end to affirmative action practices in higher education. On June 30, the Supreme Court struck down the measure, which was based on the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act of 2003.