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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Beasley Beasley receives the full-time appointment, effective March 1, as Distinguished Professor of Practice and Public Service in the law school’s Department of Legal Studies. Rice School of Law. William Hubbard “Little did I know the challenges and adventures I was being prepared for in law school.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. from Arizona State University in Psychology.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

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. Following his and others’ departures, he said, just one full-time professor will remain in his department.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Resolutions and Safe Spaces — Adelphi University. Adelphi University’s Office of Community Concerns and Resolution was established in fall 2021 to simplify and enhance the system for reporting discrimination, bias, and abuse. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Learning Leadership by Example In describing his leadership style, President Welch recalled a few pivotal moments early in his academic career: “I was going to go to law school to be a politician. I had been president of the student body in high school, and then I became president of the student body at the University of Arkansas.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Presented with two cases about race-conscious admissions – one regarding the University of North Carolina and the other involving Harvard University — the conservative-leaning court ruled along partisan lines that the two schools’ affirmative action programs violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.