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Put Democracy in the Lecture

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He was diagnosed with cancer and literally gave his last lecture in September 2007. It began with the heartbreaking story of Randy Pausch, who was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. That became a book in 2008…

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CARLTON SPELLMAN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marine Corps from 1984 until 2007. Spellman served as vice chancellor for business and finance at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. The Saint Leo University graduate served in the U.S.

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Bazan Named Union College's Next President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As vice president of Student Life at La Sierra University from 2007 to 2021, she led 10 departments ranging from athletics and counseling to campus security and spiritual life.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2007 Emerging Scholar, Dr. Peniel Joseph (“Interpreting African-American Life and History,” Jan. 11, 2007), has now published his seventh book and moved into administration at The University of Texas at Austin. White House Honoree, Jan. The most recent 2024 Emerging Scholars cohort now includes 15 up-and-coming academicians.

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UCLA Chancellor to Resign

Inside Higher Ed

Block, 74, joined UCLA in 2007 after nearly three decades at the University of Virginia. University of California, Los Angeles, chancellor Gene Block is stepping down, effective next summer, ending a 17-year run at one of the most selective public institutions in the U.S.

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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action

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states that banned affirmative action such as California in 1996 (Card & Krieger, 2005; Kaufman, 2007) and Michigan in 2006 ( Long & Bateman, 2020) , the results of these bans on affirmative action led to the lower participation and enrollment of students of color compared to the period before the bans. As seen in U.S. Kaufmann, S.

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Robin Okey obituary

The Guardian - Higher Education

In 1966, Robin was one of the first appointments to the history department at the newly founded University of Warwick, holding the positions of lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of history until he retired in 2007.

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