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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. This is a full-circle moment for me, because Dean Holley was my very first hire as president of Howard in 2014,” said Dr. Wayne A.

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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

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The University of Maryland (UMD) has released its first report covering the history of their institution and its intersection with slavery, The 1856 Project – Reconstructing the Truth. University of Maryland campus, Memorial Chapel. These [reports and investigations] aren’t designed to make universities look bad. Hughes-Watkins agreed.

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INSIGHT Welcomes Robin R. Means Coleman as New Editorial Board Member

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At Michigan, she served as the Associate Dean of Social Sciences in the Rackham Graduate School, as well as Chair of the Department of Communication Studies. Coleman is the author of “Horror Noire: A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present, 2 nd ed.” She is the editor of “Say It Loud! The Spike Lee Reader” (2008).

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Doing What’s Right

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you look at the history of ethics — figuring out what’s the right thing to do, etc. — the longest history is connected to practice of medicine,” Moazam says. “So, She is also the founding chairperson of the department of surgery and the first associate dean for post-graduate medical education at the Aga Khan University in Karachi.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. s top public influencers in education since 2014 – is currently on the executive committee and education co-chair for the Kentucky NAACP.

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Chinese food cost complainer sues over Harvard tenure denial

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Image: A Harvard University professor who was publicly scorned in 2014 over his reaction to being overcharged for Chinese takeout didn’t earn tenure. “Suddenly, the FRB was examining, not plaintiff’s 2014 activities or his subsequent learnings, but his outside activities,” the suit says.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

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Fundamentally, the police are responsible for understanding the culture, history, and issues affecting the communities they serve. However, according to Getty (2014), new police officers also require real-world experience to reinforce academy education and training. As noted by Dennis (2020), community colleges in the U.S. Dr. Neil D.