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Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Jones is also an associate professor of Africana Studies.

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Helping People Be Their Best

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 1996, she returned to campus as a dean, and, in 2015, she became president of her alma mater. It’s her faith and her Ursuline heritage of human dignity that resonates, he adds. She also hired an assistant dean for diversity, who has started Black and Latinx student union groups.

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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F. The flag was finally removed from the State House grounds in 2015 after nine people were killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.

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Northwestern Names New President After First Pick Steps Down

Inside Higher Ed

It will be his second position in the windy city, after serving as dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 2010 to 2015. Before that, he was dean of the UCLA School of Law. "Northwestern is blessed with a university community whose deep commitment to human potential is awe-inspiring," he said.

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Stanford President Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne to Resign After Investigation Found Research Data Manipulation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At various times when concerns with Dr. Tessier-Lavigne’s papers emerged—in 2001, the early 2010s, 2015-2016, and March 2021—Dr. Former Dean of Humanities Dr. Richard Saller will become interim president. Tessier-Lavigne will step down Aug.

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When colleges close, students aren't likely to re-enroll

Inside Higher Ed

McCann, who has researched college closures in the past, said that high-profile closures, including that of Corinthian Colleges , a large for-profit network of campuses that shuttered in 2015, led policy makers to take a closer look at the causes and effects of such shutdowns. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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President moves: Tried and true academics take charge

University Business

Previous to her position as CEO for the Girl Scouts, she served as the the vice president of human resources for the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation, senior director of human resources at Vanderbilt University, and is a trustee emerita for the Haslam School of Business board at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, The Tennessean reports.