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TIMOTHY A. MINOR

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Minor holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Public Affairs degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Minor has been appointed interim vice chancellor for strategic partnerships at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

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ANASTASIA LOUKAITOU-SIDERIS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris has been named interim dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. She served as a distinguished professor of urban planning and associate dean of academic affairs.

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AIMEE J. VARGAS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She served as a government relations and public affairs executive. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Benjamin N. Vargas Aimee J. Vargas has been named senior advisor to the dean at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. Vargas is a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Cardozo School of Law.

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OLIVIA LAPEYROLERIE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lapeyrolerie previously served as vice president at the public affairs and political consulting firm SKDK. Olivia Lapeyrolerie Olivia Lapeyrolerie has been appointed chief communications officer at the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research.

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Ep.94: Higher Ed’s Longtime Chief Lobbyist, Unplugged

Inside Higher Ed

Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit higher education sector that Phoenix once epitomized?

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Poll: SCOTUS Should Not Block Affirmative Action Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court should allow colleges to consider race as part of the admissions process, but few believe students’ race should be a major factor, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. 13% said they think race is very or an extremely important part of the admissions process.

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Racial Inequality, Age and COVID-19 Mortality: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Today on the Academic Minute : Lallen Johnson, associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University, examines why certain groups bear more of the brunt from disaster and epidemics. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: