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University holds Holocaust remembrance event despite Jewish protests

Inside Higher Ed

Image: James Madison University in Virginia held an event Thursday to mark the Holocaust—despite all the Jewish members of the planning committee resigning. And faculty members say this year’s event was going to feature the provost, Heather Coltman, playing piano, something the last event’s committee rejected.

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Columbia Journalism School Honors Life, Legacy of Ida B. Wells

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dawn Kissi “There is a tradition in this country of the advocacy journalist, and within that long history Ida B. Wells stands as an icon,” said Dr. Jelani Cobb, dean of Columbia Journalism School and Henry R. The event will culminate in the unveiling of a bronze sculpture of Wells by artist Dana King, a former network news anchor.

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The Changing Face of Executive Education

MindMax

The Breakfast Club, hosted by Chief Learning Officer, has a 17-year history of connecting leaders over breakfast to strengthen the link between learning and development, and business strategy. Watch “The Changing Face of Executive Education” webinar event which took place on October 13, 2022 and moderated by MindMax CEO, Lee Maxey.

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AI Practice Sharing (Online) 13th Dec.

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Mick Grierson (Professor and Research Leader, CCI) *AI and Languages with Helen McAllister (Associate Dean of International Student Experince, UAL) *A Short History of AI in Art Schools with Catherine Mason (Author) *Generative AI and the Automating of Academia with Prof. Where This event will take place online.

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Howard University to Receive Replacement of Hattie McDaniel's Academy Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This immense piece of history will be back in the College of Fine Arts for our students to draw inspiration from. In commemoration of this gift – to be made to the school’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts – Howard will host a ceremony titled “Hattie’s Come Home” at its Ira Aldridge Theater Oct. Hattie is coming home!”

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Why these school leaders are clashing with students’ free speech judgment

University Business

Discovery, faced chants, signs and protestors picketing in front of the entrance to the event. More from UB : These schools are working smarter, not harder, to boost international student enrollment Dean Jenny Martinez – Stanford Law School In March, students stormed a conservative campus event that Trump-appointed U.S.

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Higher ed’s worst free speech offenders of 2022

University Business

FIRE ranks the top 10 colleges across the nation in no particular order, and institutions were selected based on some of their head-scratching decisions such as circumventing a teacher’s academic freedom, removing funding from an LGBTQ+ event, instating policies that would streamline firing tenured professors, and others.

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