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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

University Business

As dean of the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California, Muhl faced heavy opposition from students in its MFA program who believed Muhl was responsible for faculty departures amid her failures to communicate curriculum changes and her “persistent belittling of students,” according to a student letter.

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Pepperdine law dean talks openly about his stutter

Inside Higher Ed

He studied political science in college because he’d always been interested in politics, and when he graduated without “employable skills,” he joked, he went to law school. Caron said he gravitated toward and eventually ended up working professionally in tax law, given its research-intensive nature.

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