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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. The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F.

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Robert K. Vischer Appointed President of The University of St. Thomas

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thomas, including interim president, dean of the law school, and associate professor of law. He was also an inaugural recipient of the Minnesota Lawyer Diversity and Inclusion Award for contributions to diversity and inclusion in law. During his time as a student, he was also an editor of the Harvard Law Review. “Rob

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

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I suspect this pattern of continuous review and adjustment will define all of higher education in this country going forward.” Previously frozen programs are those in African studies, Asian studies, film studies, French, museum studies, music, music education and world religions, professors said.

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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. Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

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said Raymundo Arroyave, professor of Materials Science and Engineering, in a special Faculty Senate meeting. “I “The board thanks President Muhl for her time, her leadership during the pandemic, and her investment in Berklee’s educational experience.” We don’t exhibit a very good image of competence to the outside world.

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Who You Gonna Believe?

Inside Higher Ed

secretary of education Margaret Spellings and a collaborator declared , “Just as young people should be taught coding, they must be taught the decoding of news and information as a prerequisite of informed citizenship. Much of what people claim to know rests on trust and deference. Less than a year ago, former U.S.