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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. I think its values, what it represents, is the best of higher education.”

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

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Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities. “Moreover, we have yet to see our social work leaders take a bold stance on police divestment.”

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Each fall, Charmin Smith, head women’s basketball coach at University of California, Berkeley, welcomes three other Black female Division I head coaches and their teams to campus for the Raising the B.A.R. Basketball Activism and Representation) Invitational. In my tournament, you’re always going to see four Black females leading their teams.

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Change is an opportunity. Amid deepening pressures, universities must seize it

University Business

For many private universities and flagship state systems facing pressure to thrive, the central question is how to establish change as an opportunity instead of a hazard. Over the past year, the University of North Carolina Greensboro has joined other college campuses making that move in 2024. of our student body.

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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of Maryland campus, Memorial Chapel. The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. It’s our own small way to ensure that all voices are heard, and all people are respected.”

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President’s corner: Why Ed Feasel values cultivating global citizens at Soka University

University Business

Soka University of America is comparatively young standing next to other historic institutions that have racked up a century’s worth of legacy and alumni. “The presidents adding to their curriculum and innovating are mission-centric and value-based,” he says. It’s not like how I taught at other institutions.”

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Sheree M. Ohen Appointed Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer for Amherst College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ohen will become chief equity and inclusion officer (CEIO) for Amherst College. Ohen “We are in a unique time in our country where values around diversity and democracy are being questioned,” Ohen said. “I Most recently, Ohen was associate dean for DEI and belonging at Harvard University. Martin Luther King Jr.