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Grinnell College to Launch African Diaspora Studies Department

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Grinnell College is launching a Department of African Diaspora Studies. I think we’re living in a time right now of grave misinformation, of suppression of history, and of rolling back of civil and human rights, and we need to know how we got here.” Coursework will center on Black intellectual and cultural activity.

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Dr. Corey D. B. Walker Appointed Dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. Dr. Corey D.

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Dr. Wen Mao Named Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wen Mao will become the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business (VSB), effective Aug. Mao is currently vice dean of the business school. Previously, she has been VSB’s associate dean of faculty and chair of the Department of Economics. Donohue, president of Villanova University.

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Departments of One

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. It prepared me to be a very specialized political theorist in a poli sci department of at least a couple dozen people. Instead, I’ve spent most of my career in places where the poli sci department was either one person or two. Being a department of one had its perks.

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When and how departments should make political statements

Inside Higher Ed

Departments as such should avoid statements on what we call here ‘external’ matters (state, national, or international policy matters),” the guidelines say. Those in the department with dissenting views should be able to express them in the same forum, the guidance also says. Departments vs. Individuals.

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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. University of Maryland campus, Memorial Chapel. These [reports and investigations] aren’t designed to make universities look bad. Hughes-Watkins agreed.

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HBCUs Continue to Meet Their Mission During Tough Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brandi Waters, senior program manager of AP African American Studies at the College Board, and Dr. Ericka Armstrong Dunbar, professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. She is always looking to center the story of Black women in history, particularly to find ways to make those stories resonate with the students of today.

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