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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

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Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Other notable mentions: Dr. Stuart Rayfield, Columbus State University Dr. Cheryl McConnell, Saint Joseph’s University, the school’s first female president. News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6. cum laude from Harvard Law School.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

It serves as an advocate and provides a safe space for members of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming communities and their allies. . Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Weaving DEI into Classroom Discussions — Southwestern Law School.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) created Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia as a historian and professor. Advocates for Affirmative Action have viewed the exclusion and underrepresentation of minorities in higher education as a problem. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) created Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia as a historian and professor. Advocates for Affirmative Action have viewed the exclusion and underrepresentation of minorities in higher education as a problem. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Enrollment remained down at every level from community colleges to graduate schools, but much of academia showed its persistence and resilience. Manning, the Morgan and Helen Chu dean and professor of law at Harvard Law School, told Harvard Law Bulletin.