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

University Business

John Karl Scholz (Photo: UO Website) With experience as a professor, economist and provost (which he currently still serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), his focus at Oregon will be student career readiness and postgraduate success. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. She is also a first-generation student.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school. The question is how to measure and quantify—and ultimately justify and act upon—the value of non-STEM majors to students, employers, and the governments that fund much of higher education. New tools.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Throughout history, Black Americans have endured a long, tedious journey in achieving educational opportunities. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S. between 1976 and 1984. Similarly, 49.2%

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 9 minutes Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Throughout history, Black Americans have endured a long, tedious journey in achieving educational opportunities. Mary Frances Berry focuses on U.S. between 1976 and 1984. Similarly, 49.2%

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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2018, Chua and her husband, fellow Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld, were investigated for allegedly telling students to dress like models for a better chance at winning a clerkship with Brett Kavanaugh, now a U.S. Some of her students are pursuing clerkships, while others are embarking on different paths.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni with a single place to report nonemergency complaints or concerns, including those involving harassment and sexual misconduct. Adelphi also introduced Students Beyond the Binary, a new student organization focused on transgender and gender-nonconforming issues.

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Should professors still record lectures? Maybe. Maybe not

Inside Higher Ed

Many students still participated in the live class, and they shared thoughts about the policy in conversation and end-of-semester course evaluations. Alibali had 109 students; the most watched lecture video was viewed 84 times, and the least watched lecture video was viewed 34 times.

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