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Twins Win $1.5M After Being Accused of Cheating

Inside Higher Ed

The twins were accused of academic dishonesty in May 2016 after proctors noted unusual similarities on their end-of-year medical exams. The sisters told the Post they withdrew from MUSC at the recommendation of a dean after experiencing hostility from other students. Kayla and Kellie Bingham were each awarded $750,000 in damages.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edley spent more than two decades as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he and Orfield founded the Civil Rights Project in the aftermath of a 1996 court ruling that squelched race-conscious admission policies at many universities. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the UT practices. Orrick, Jr.

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Fry to Become Temple’s 15th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two interim presidents have since held the position: Dr. Richard Englert, who previously led Temple from 2016 to 2021, was appointed interim president after the sudden death of JoAnne Epps, the former law school dean and interim president, who collapsed on stage at a university ceremony and later died in September 2023.

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In Memoriam

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edley spent more than two decades as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he and Orfield founded the Civil Rights Project in the aftermath of a 1996 court ruling that squelched race-conscious admission policies at many universities. Her entrepreneurial pursuit was Global Education Collections which she founded in 2016.

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Incidents on AU campus prompt look into policy

Inside Higher Ed

University leaders responded with an email to the campus denouncing the incident and announcing that the Office of the Dean of Students would investigate and determine whether the incident constituted a violation of the university code of conduct.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

University Business

He had served as president from the beginning of 2016. “I The entire class of 2016 withdrew from the program. The decision follows stark disagreements with the Board of Regents on how to govern its law school after several longtime employees embezzled nearly a million dollars over several years, according to a school email.

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Usha R. Rodrigues, University of Georgia School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rodrigues became dean of the University of Georgia School of Law on January 1, 2025. She joined the School of Law's faculty in the fall of 2005 and was named the holder of the M.E. Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law in 2014. She was elected to the American Law Institute in 2016.