Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
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. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources.
University Business
APRIL 5, 2023
A notable recent example of campus intolerance: Stanford students and an associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion heckled a federal judge into silence during his visit, which led to Stanford’s president and law dean issuing an apology. It’s not just hecklers that are inhibiting civil discourse.
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University Business
MARCH 31, 2023
Before Alverno College, Foy served as Dean of the Faculty at Marian University in Wisconsin from 2018 to 2020. Slabach, president of Texas Wesleyan University, has accepted the bittersweet call to serve as dean of the University of Mississippi Law School, of which he is a graduate. We are excited to the moon.”
Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The program provides culturally responsive teacher preparation, field experiences, and high-quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in urban environments. The College of Urban Education at Davenport University launched a BS in Urban STEM Education program. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist.” .
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 4, 2023
University leaders responded with an email to the campus denouncing the incident and announcing that the Office of the Dean of Students would investigate and determine whether the incident constituted a violation of the university code of conduct. The center was established in response to a series of racist incidents on campus.
Insight Into Diversity
JUNE 7, 2024
This change was detailed in a Monday email from Nina Zipser, PhD, dean of faculty affairs and planning. Moving forward, they will be asked to detail their plans to “strengthen academic communities” and foster a “learning environment in which students are encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas.”
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Image: Recent issues at Yale Law School are back in the spotlight after a conservative judge called on his peers to abstain from hiring Yale Law graduates as clerks because of free speech concerns. “Across the country, there are thousands of young people who are about to apply to law school.
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