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UNC Chancellor Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz Appointed President of Michigan State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2013, Time magazine named him one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America” in 2013. Jackson, dean of the MSU College of Education and search committee member. During his time at UNC, he founded the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center; led the school’s $1.2

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2004, Edley joined UC Berkely as dean of the law school, but stepped down from the role in 2013 and took a medical leave to battle prostate cancer. The case stemmed from a reverse affirmative action lawsuit filed by white student Cheryl Hopwood, who was denied admission to the University of Texas law school. Orrick, Jr.

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C2YC Past Award Recipients

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Service to the Profession 2022- Dr. Dariel “DT” Henry, Bristol Community College 2013 – Lisa S. Dean, Richard Bland College 2009 – Nancy W.

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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

Inside Higher Ed

Here is what it looks like: Full+Part-Time 2020 38,510 2019 40,884 2018 41,479 2017 41,490 2016 41,993 2015 42,782 2014 43,610 2013 44,677 2012 67,074 Not sure why there was such a significant drop between 2013 and 2012. Even if we start looking at 2013 compared to 2020, the decline in library staffing appears large.

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Dr. Paula D. McClain

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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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Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Glover Announces Retirement

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Glover – who was hired to lead Tennessee’s only land-grant, historically Black university in 2013 – said her voice was needed on a "more national platform," though she had no specific plans for the future. And now it's only appropriate that I announce my retirement from the place that gave me my start."

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

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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.