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Dr. Paula D. McClain

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McClain is professor of political science and professor of public policy and dean of the graduate school and vice provost for graduate education, having moved to Duke from the University of Virginia in 2000. The 6 th edition will be published in mid-2013.) Title: Professor of Political Science/Public Policy Duke University Paula D.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department.

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. The dean had an envelope in his hand and gave it to me. His articles on a wide variety of subjects—18th-century British literature, C.S.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). This article will explore how educators can move away from this kind of pathological approach to better help autistic students succeed academically. American Psychiatric Association (2013).

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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is indeed completely free,” said Dr. Bryn Geffert, dean of libraries at UVM. “It Before UVM, he helped launch the Amherst College Press in 2013 and led a consortium of libraries in creating the open-access Lever Press in 2016. Geffert himself has prior experience with o pen-access models.

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Finding Innovative Ways to Support Student Mental Health

Insight Into Diversity

Lisa McBride, PhD The event raised awareness of the academic pressure and stress college students face, says Lisa McBride, PhD, associate dean for DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), professor of medical education in the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, and Insight Into Diversity editorial board member.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). This article will explore how educators can move away from this kind of pathological approach to better help autistic students succeed academically. American Psychiatric Association (2013).