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Johanna Bond Appointed Dean of Rutgers Law School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An

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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. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

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and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schoolshistories. Mills’ extensive involvement with the university since 1999 put her at the forefront of the race. She has published articles in Harvard Law Review and Cornell Law Review, among others.

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Full Recording of Judge’s Disrupted Stanford Talk

Inside Higher Ed

A full recording has emerged of students at Stanford University law school disrupting a talk by Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Duncan was a target because he has a history of anti-LGBT activism. ” Ad keywords: administrators studentaffairs Is this diversity newsletter?: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic.

FIRE

But FIRE, ever hopeful that change could yet be on the horizon, hopes a strong (albeit imperfect) statement last week from Yale Law School’s dean could usher in that long-awaited era. FIRE remains hopeful the broader university’s dark, censorious days may soon be history.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

“This will result in both academic and administrative staff changes. ” Of the eight professors laid off, Manhattanville says three will take on other administrative roles and five will leave after the spring term. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

University Business

Following the California State System’s high-profile hire of Mildred García as chancellor over two weeks ago, two major university presidents at Texas A&M and Stanford caught the national radar following their high-profile resignations. Katherine Banks – Texas A&M University M.