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Acting Temple University President, DEI & Civil Rights Advocate Dies Suddenly

Insight Into Diversity

JoAnne Epps, the acting president of Temple University, died suddenly on Tuesday after she fell ill during a memorial service for Charles L. Blockson, historian and curator of the Blockson Afro-American Collection, at the university. according to the university. according to the university.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

University Business

Following the California State System’s high-profile hire of Mildred GarcĂ­a as chancellor over two weeks ago, two major university presidents at Texas A&M and Stanford caught the national radar following their high-profile resignations. Katherine Banks – Texas A&M University M.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

Cole Effective the first of June, the student affairs vice president at Marquette University, Dr. Xavier A. Cole, will become the president of Loyola University New Orleans. Ennis First-time president Daniel J. Since 2015, Nicklow served as the president of the University of New Orleans.

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Incidents on AU campus prompt look into policy

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. ” An official of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression wrote a letter to university president Sylvia M.

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UC Virtual Conference Centers Free Speech, Civil Rights Amid Ongoing Tensions on College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matters of freedom of expression and higher education’s federal responsibilities were at the forefront of the University of California’s Sixth Annual #SpeechMatters Conference. Last December, Congress questioned the presidents of several high-profile universities about potential antisemitism on their campuses. and Barbara A.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

Before joining Illinois Tech, Raj developed and launched the first scaled online MBA program in partnership with Coursera at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Previously, Echambadi served as the dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Drumm McNaughton 02:03 Well, thank you.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

On this episode from the Weekly Wisdom podcast series, we spoke Dr. Charles Welch , President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). I had been president of the student body in high school, and then I became president of the student body at the University of Arkansas.