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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

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Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. Richmond president Kevin Hallock broke the news to Robert Smith, Williams’s great-great-grandson and a graduate of the law school, over the phone. “History and posterity will judge the University and the Board.”

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

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South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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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. She has published articles in Harvard Law Review and Cornell Law Review, among others. She is the first Black female president in the school’s 186-year history.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

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Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

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” The university plans to recruit Jewish faculty members to teach in the university’s law school, pharmacy school and new medical school, scheduled to open in 2024. It also can lead to a lack of consensus on things like this.” Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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American U staff strike for higher wages

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He said that while there is a long history of union organizing among professional staff at colleges and universities, militant tactics have become more common in recent years. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

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He was the first president to leave the school with a positive enrollment rate since Hurricane Katrina, and he was also the first president to lead a major comprehensive fundraising campaign in the school’s 65-year history. Located in Melbourne, Fla., We are excited to the moon.”