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Columbia Journalism School Honors Life, Legacy of Ida B. Wells

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wells stands as an icon,” said Dr. Jelani Cobb, dean of Columbia Journalism School and Henry R. Wells impacted these causes through her journalism “Ida’s legacy is a powerful one and continues to resonate,” said Dawn Kissi, a 2005 graduate of the journalism school. “As Minouche Shafik and notable voices from national media.

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009. Kania Dean of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

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From 2005 through 2012, she served as education policy analyst for the Florida Legislature. “Dr. Parnell is poised to lead NASPA as an impactful driver of change in higher education,“ said Chicora Martin, past chair of the NASPA board of directors and vice president of student affairs and dean of students at Agnes Scott College.

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New Report: Faculty Remain Stubbornly White

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Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland “I wasn’t surprised by the result,” said Griffin. Schools that showed the most growth tended to be ones that did not have any minoritized faculty at all in 2005. “I

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C2YC Past Award Recipients

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Dean, Richard Bland College 2009 – Nancy W. Bentley, Moraine Valley Community College 2008 – Sarah Evenson-Merranko, College of Southern Maryland 2007 – Not awarded 2006 – Kari Kahler, Northwestern Michigan College 2005 – Nancy W.

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President moves: A historic hire, a retirement and 1 leader on leave

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Joining in 2005, she had previously served as the dean of Husson’s School of Education and is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, a position she’s held for the past 15 years. Coy-Ogan is quite familiar with Husson already.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

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Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). Ong-Dean, C. This is considered ‘deficit thinking,’ or thinking that defines a diagnosis by its challenges, in order to treat, fix, or minimize specific features of a student’s disability.

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