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Dr. Yolanda Pierce Named Dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School

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Yolanda Pierce will become dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, effective Jul. Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. 1, pending board approval. She is the first woman in the role.

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INSIGHT Welcomes Robin R. Means Coleman as New Editorial Board Member

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Means Coleman, PhD, Vice President & Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, and the Ida B. At Texas A&M, she was the Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity. She earned a certificate in diversity and inclusion from Cornell University.

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

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Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders. Jerlando F.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

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Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. Jenkins, Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) Garry W.

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Harvard Names Dr. Claudine Gay to Presidency

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Dr. Claudine Gay is making history. Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. Experts in higher education, diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated the news, hoping it could signal to other institutions that it is time for more diverse leadership.

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Research in Action: Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson

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Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Gmelch, who, at the time, served as dean of Iowa State’s College of Education and had emerged as a national expert on college deans. “I Jerlando F.

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President moves: New hires, plus retiring leaders being lauded for their pandemic strategy

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In the 18 short months that Lynch led CSI, he has championed diversity, equity and inclusion and increased the institution’s financial health. There, she served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, whose 2000-student population is double the size of Presbyterian’s, according to the college’s website.