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Acting Temple University President, DEI & Civil Rights Advocate Dies Suddenly

Insight Into Diversity

As a student, Epps worked at the university’s bookstore, and she later joined the faculty in 1985, eventually working her way up to several high-ranking roles, including dean of the university’s law school, the executive vice president and provost, and chief academic officer. Josh Shapiro (D) wrote in a social media post.

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Patricia Timmons-Goodson Appointed Dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I’m very elated that former North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson will be joining our team at NCCU and look forward to working with her and her team as we advance the mission of the law school by preparing a significant cadre of the nation’s future jurists,” said Dr. David H. Jackson, Jr.,

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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. As the provost of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., cum laude from Harvard Law School.

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Some Stanford professors oppose closed event on free speech

Inside Higher Ed

Both Jonathan Levin, dean of the business school, and Persis Drell, provost, faced questions about it last week while addressing the Faculty Senate. Some of these speakers have long had reputations as free speech advocates. But these steps haven’t relieved opponents’ concerns.

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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. Wutoh, Howard provost and chief academic officer in an announcement in April. In Memoriam Lauded legal theorist and civil rights advocate Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Dr. Theresa A.