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

University Business

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. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. If no one studies history, we don’t get the next Doris Kearns Goodwin; if no one studies English literature, whence the next David McCullough?

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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. at an American university. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr.

History 59
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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. at an American university. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr.

History 52
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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Established in 2020, the College of Ethnic Studies is the newest college at California State University, Los Angeles, and one of only two schools of ethnic studies in California. Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Weaving DEI into Classroom Discussions — Southwestern Law School.

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Universities on Fire

HESA

The second half of this interview in particular provides some really interesting insight into issues of what enablers are required for academia to really turn the corner on CO 2 emissions. Think about Lewis and Clark College, out in the west coast of the US for example or the Vermont Law School, in Vermont, which is explicitly very green.

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Defending Central European University and Academic Freedom: Elements of an Initial Response

GlobalHigherEd

She has also been a postdoctoral fellow at New York University Law School and a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. Her main field of expertise and research is international and European human rights law, particularly on freedom of expression.