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First African American Dean Blazes Trail for Northwestern Music

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The dean of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music was the first woman in the role and first African American dean at the university in general. Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts. and Shirley W.

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Ensuring the success of future teachers to enact foundational skills literacy instruction

Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact partnered with Instruction Partners to reflect on the importance of fostering a continuum of support for pre-service and in-service teachers to enact evidence-based early literacy instruction. At West Sabine, teachers told us they learned foundational skills instruction on the job.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics, and research,” said Orfield, who is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA Graduate School of Education and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at UCLA. Christopher Edley Jr.,

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3 Questions for the Dean of the Mason Library at Keene State College

Inside Higher Ed

One represents the trends and challenges most of us in academic libraries are reading about. Or working on plans for workflow without staff covering essential services like cataloging. So the talking points you can use should support your library. I think about my response to this in two ways. This is a great question.

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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He advocates for first-generation, low-income students, participating in the establishment of the Penn First Plus Office and launching a student advisory board in 2018 to provide a voice for FGLI students in the college.

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

Insight Into Diversity

“He recruited DEI experts from Fortune 500 companies, higher education, and nonprofits to offer their expertise and help us grow our company. Dr. Metzler generously shared his passion for DEI and incredible depth of knowledge with us, our readers, and our clients. Christopher A.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

And she used her visibility as a student leader to advocate for more support services for undocumented and low-income students. Mora hadn’t originally considered working on food and housing insecurity issues, but her mentors saw her passion and drive and encouraged her to do so.

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