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Temple University VP for Student Affairs Dr. Theresa A. Powell Dies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Powell was a trusted and respected member of the Temple community, with students benefiting from her guidance and staff members benefiting from her coaching. “She She was just so beloved,” said Dr. Stephanie Ives, associate vice president and dean of students at Temple. Blackburn Distinguished Pillar Award.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college’s dean, Dr. David E. A graduate of Morehouse College, Canton earned a master’s degree in Black studies at The Ohio State University and a doctorate in history at Temple University. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person.

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. Like my courses in the United States, I engaged my Qatari students in a critical history of the United States, one that centered the history of race.

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Mentoring Matters: Supporting the Success and Sustainability of Diversity Officers

Insight Into Diversity

The role of the ADO varies and is often impacted by the size, individual culture, and histories of their institutional division. Similar to the challenges that ADOs face, ADIDs’ roles vary by size, individual culture, and histories of their institutional athletic departments.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It bans affirmative action not only in race but other protected categories, and not just in admissions but in hiring practices and awarding money,” says Dr. Mark Henderson, associate dean of admissions and vice chair for education in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of California (UC) Davis.

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When and how departments should make political statements

Inside Higher Ed

The guidance doesn’t—and, as mere advice, can’t—ban statements about social or political issues. Those in the department with dissenting views should be able to express them in the same forum, the guidance also says. The University of California system’s Academic Senate issued its own guidance in May.

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GPT-4 is here. But most faculty lack AI policies.

Inside Higher Ed

“It’s spring break,” Mity Myhr, professor of history and associate dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at St. Many professors are in a wait-and-see mode concerning AI writing tools in the classroom, though some are waiting for guidance, according to the survey.

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