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Insight Into Diversity Honors Legacy of DEI Innovator, Former Board Chair

Insight Into Diversity

” With degrees in law and human rights from both Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and doctorates from Aberdeen, his academic journey was distinguished. Metzler’s legacy as a scholar, leader, author, and advocate will endure, inspiring generations to come. Christopher A.

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Mark Richards to step down as provost in summer 2023

UW Presidential Blog

In his time as provost, Mark has had a significant positive impact, starting with the nine outstanding deans that he’s hired during his tenure. This program has increased the attraction of social sciences and humanities majors for new students at the UW.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I thought I could make more of a difference at MIT because of its unique role in science and engineering.” A dean at MIT suggested she look at some industrial research labs. Jackson has also been an advocate for gender equity. “That forced me to think about what I was doing,” she said. “I The Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.

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Making Higher Education Work for All Students

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

He would drop off his homework, stay for tests, and then drive off to his next job so that he could pay for college and graduate as an electrical engineer. Facing the realities of our own human limitations is part of that work.” He never could stay in class. If people aren't following you, you're not leading.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Especially from the perspective of someone like me, who has long been an advocate for the transformative impact of experiential learning on students’ social and economic mobility, and a critic of higher education’s tendency to overlook students’ career preparation in favor of other goals? Darling and Deanna P.

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UT Austin professor alleges threats over conversative views

Inside Higher Ed

At the event, Atlas, a former COVID-19 adviser to President Trump, “falsely told a small crowd that COVID-19 vaccines present serious safety concerns and advocated against inoculating children,” the paper reported. In March, The Austin-American Statesman wrote that the Salem Center hosted Atlas.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The court’s decision was widely criticized by those advocating for diversity in higher ed who voiced concerns over campus diversity and equity. In Memoriam Lauded legal theorist and civil rights advocate Charles J. Human rights activist and civil rights lawyer Randall Robinson died March 24, at age 81. Ogletree, Jr.,