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House Republicans seek ways to protect campus free speech

Inside Higher Ed

Many of the questions and comments focused on the recent incident at Stanford University between law school students and Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Tirien Angela Steinbach, an associate dean of the law school for diversity, equity and inclusion, intervened and voiced support for the students.

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The Antidote to the Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action? The Essay Will Keep Us Talking About Race

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As university administrators and admissions officers scramble to comply with the Supreme Court’s opinion, here’s the counterintuitive way out. Legally, that’s just impossible,” said Katyal, a law school professor of more than 20 years. Be color blind. But keep talking about race. I’ve always talked about race.

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Should professors still record lectures? Maybe. Maybe not

Inside Higher Ed

“I am recording all of my classes to encourage students who do not feel well to stay home,” Ann Bartow, law professor at the University of New Hampshire, wrote in an email. “Nobody at my law school is wearing masks and covid remains extant. ” Professors today are in a period of transition.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Weaving DEI into Classroom Discussions — Southwestern Law School. The Dean’s Task Force for Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Southwestern Law School recently identified and encouraged ways faculty can incorporate topics involving DEI within their classrooms. The university’s Louis D.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

And the federal government says, look, we’re not going to tell you you have to have a law school. You can’t have an engineering school or the other way around. And what standards will be applied. 00:32:31] Drumm McNaughton: Mm hmm makes makes perfect sense to me.