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Dr. Badia Ahad Named Dean of Oxford College at Emory University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Badia Ahad will become dean of Oxford College at Emory University, effective Aug. Dr. Badia Ahad Ahad is currently vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. “I from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and both an M.A. Ahad holds a B.A. and a Ph.D.

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The Thomas Jefferson University Model: Building next-gen leaders and real-world solutions in population health

Higher Ed Dive

As Thomas Jefferson University celebrates its 200th year, Dr. Billy Oglesby, Humana Dean of the College of Population Health, shares how it prepares students to drive change in population health, even before they graduate.

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Fairfax Appointed Dean of Howard University School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

has been tapped to become dean of the Howard University School of Law. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, a master’s from the University of London, and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School, where he was an NAACP Legal Defense Fund Scholar and an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Fairfax Jr.

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For Dean Pervis Evans, student perspective is essential to strengthen and diversify teaching workforce

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Sitting in on EDUC 1301: Introduction to the Teaching Profession at Odessa College last semester, Pervis Evans is conscious that he doesn’t quite fit in with the other students, a majority of whom are recent high school graduates. But that doesn’t deter him at all.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Danielle Ren Holley, president-elect of Mount Holyoke College. The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Danielle Ren Holley, current dean and professor of law at Howard University.

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Phylicia Rashad Slated to Step Down as Dean of Howard University's College of Fine Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad, is planning to step down as dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year when her three-year contract expires. Phylicia Rashad is currently the dean of the Chadwick A.

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Dr. Katharine Shepherd Appointed Dean of University of Vermont College of Education and Social Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Katharine Shepherd has been named dean of The University of Vermont’s (UVM) College of Education and Social Services. She also served as interim dean of the education college since July 2021. Dr. Katharine Shepherd Shepherd is currently the Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor of Education.

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