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Rolita Flores Ezeonu

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ezeonu previously served as where Vice President of Instruction at Green River College from July 2018 through February 2025. Ezeonuserved as Highline's Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from April 2017 to June 2018.Prior

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

since 2018. Jackson,Dean of the College of Education and Foundation Professor of Education at Michigan State University, praised Moores impact, citing the ripple effect his leadership has created within the American education system. Dr. Jerlando F.L.

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Eric T. Meyer will lead UC Berkeley’s School of Information

The Berkeley Blog

Meyer comes to Berkeley from the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been dean of the School of Information since 2018. He will begin his new job on Aug. The post Eric T. Meyer will lead UC Berkeley’s School of Information appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Doctoral Distress: Graduate Program Pressures Impact Student Mental Health

Insight Into Diversity

A 2018 study published in Nature, a journal focused on advancements in science, found that nearly 40% of graduate students globally experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression. Studies consistently reveal troubling statistics. a rate six times higher than the general population.

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Building an Academic Space for Black Women Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Founded in 2018 with the recognition that Black womens perspectives have long been marginalized in academia, BWSA was birthed as a necessary space for scholars dedicated to studying Black womens histories, politics, literature, and lived experiences.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Curry, who previously served as the Dean of Student Services at Compton College and has been instrumental in the colleges growth, success, and rebuilding, says that his role in this process was to also be courageous. Its about the absence of opportunity, the absence of safety, the absence of stability, says Louden.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. ” Stern was removed as chair of his department in 2018 but has remained a professor at Auburn. A new dean, Joseph Aistrup, was appointed.