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FIRE asks NYU to reinstate chemistry professor whose firing caused furor and to ensure that adjuncts like him have academic freedom

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FIRE wrote New York University this week with grave concerns about the school’s headline – making dismissal of accomplished organic chemistry professor Maitland Jones Jr. “??We As we write: For years, FIRE has monitored the expanding bureaucratization of higher education with growing concern. Experts say: Hard.

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PATRICIA DRAVES

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Draves holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and doctorate in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Patricia Draves Patricia Draves has been named president of Monmouth College. She served as president of Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.

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HBCU-HSI Partnership Promotes Representation in Pharmacy Education

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Through the accelerated degree program participants will earn bachelor’s degrees in chemistry from Kean and a PharmD from Howard over the course of seven years, shaving a year off of the typical time spent earning a doctoral pharmacy degree.

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AHERIAL POLITE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She served as served as the department chair of chemistry, physics, and nuclear technology at Aiken Technical College. Polite holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and master’s in teaching from the University of South Carolina.

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Why Higher Education Needs to Be Proactive with Device Purchasing

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Offering courses on subjects ranging from chemistry to linguistics, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences encompasses 37 academic departments.

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“One of the biggest holes that we had in this educational pipeline was the validation, the exposure to role models,” she says. Mission HISPA seeks to inspire Latino students to discover their potential and to ignite their desire to embrace education and achieve success. We continue that with programs in high school and in college.”

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Edington Appointed President of the University of the District of Columbia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A physical chemist with a research specialty in ultrafast laser spectroscopy, Edington’s scholarly work includes matters such as research and training for faculty in STEM education. in chemistry from Fisk University and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Vanderbilt University. Edington holds a B.A.

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