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Stanford apologizes after students heckle judge

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Stanford University’s president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, and the dean of its law school, Jenny Martinez, issued a joint apology Saturday to a federal appeals court judge whose speech Thursday was repeatedly heckled by students in the audience. Duncan was a target because he has a history of anti-LGBT activism.

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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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Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic.

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FIRE remains hopeful the broader university’s dark, censorious days may soon be history. In the message to Yale Law alumni, Dean Heather Gerken outlined the “concrete steps” the law school has taken, beyond what the broader Yale administration has done , “to reaffirm our enduring commitment to the free and unfettered exchange of ideas.” .

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Memorializing a Fraught Past

Inside Higher Ed

How should we commemorate events and figures when their legacies are fraught or at best ambiguous? ” As perhaps you know, the state Legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit classes in African American and Latino/a history from counting toward colleges’ six-credit hour U.S. history requirement.

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HxA Hosts Discussion on the Neutrality of University Leaders

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is a long history of university leaders not being neutral,” noted Tomasi. “In The position maintained throughout the discussion is that neutrality by institutional leadership is the appropriate path unless the institution is directly impacted by the events or issues on which they are commenting. “We

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

Inside Higher Ed

” The university plans to recruit Jewish faculty members to teach in the university’s law school, pharmacy school and new medical school, scheduled to open in 2024. It also can lead to a lack of consensus on things like this.”

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Established in 2020, the College of Ethnic Studies is the newest college at California State University, Los Angeles, and one of only two schools of ethnic studies in California. The addition of 54 new faculty from underrepresented groups means the university has its most diverse group of faculty in its 200-year history.