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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

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Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. Richmond president Kevin Hallock broke the news to Robert Smith, Williams’s great-great-grandson and a graduate of the law school, over the phone. “History and posterity will judge the University and the Board.”

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

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South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

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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. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

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The school’s last president was fired for witnessing a decline in enrollment and financial challenges. Enrollment at Delta State has dropped 29% since 2014 and reversing that trend will be at the top of Ennis’ to-do list. Located in Melbourne, Fla., The Benedictine president-elect holds a Ph.D. We are excited to the moon.”

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The Supreme Court affirmative action hearings: a guide for the overwhelmed

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In 2014, lower courts ruled in the schools’ favor, finding that their policies complied with Supreme Court precedents. Harvard Law School. Yale Law School. SCOTUS’ current deliberations are considering whether those precedents themselves should be overturned. Jeannie Suk Gerson. Justin Driver.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” Harvard’s first Black president Dr. Claudine Gay broke new ground in July and made history at the nation’s oldest higher ed institution. Retirements Jennie Vaughan, chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington, retired in May, after more than 25 years at the school.