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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

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Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. Richmond president Kevin Hallock broke the news to Robert Smith, Williams’s great-great-grandson and a graduate of the law school, over the phone. “History and posterity will judge the University and the Board.”

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

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South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D. Interest in J.D.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. I think its values, what it represents, is the best of higher education.” Danielle Ren Holley, current dean and professor of law at Howard University.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

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Over the past two weeks, the higher education landscape has seen a handful of shifts in school leadership. Some individuals decided to assume the presidency at another school and one who took a step down to pursue their dream job. Located in Melbourne, Fla., The Benedictine president-elect holds a Ph.D.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 has been a year notable for its ups and downs on the higher education landscape with the elimination of affirmative action and the implosion of President Joe Biden’s student relief program. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” In response to the decision, the U.S.

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The Supreme Court affirmative action hearings: a guide for the overwhelmed

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In 2014, lower courts ruled in the schools’ favor, finding that their policies complied with Supreme Court precedents. As Stanford law professor Richard Thompson Ford has suggested , “It’s enough to count the justices nominated by Republican presidents to predict the court’s decision. Harvard Law School.