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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Other notable mentions: Dr. Stuart Rayfield, Columbus State University Dr. Cheryl McConnell, Saint Joseph’s University, the school’s first female president. News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6. cum laude from Harvard Law School.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Established in 2020, the College of Ethnic Studies is the newest college at California State University, Los Angeles, and one of only two schools of ethnic studies in California. Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Weaving DEI into Classroom Discussions — Southwestern Law School.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) created Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia as a historian and professor. For example, Black students represented only 5% of undergraduates, 1% of law students and 5% of medical students. Census Bureau 7 Digest of Education Statistics , NCES, 2020.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998) created Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia as a historian and professor. For example, Black students represented only 5% of undergraduates, 1% of law students and 5% of medical students. Census Bureau 7 Digest of Education Statistics , NCES, 2020.

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Stanford academic freedom event proceeds amid controversy

Inside Higher Ed

” One panel on the cost of academic dissent featured an empty chair for Mike Adams, a professor who died by suicide in 2020 after the University of North Carolina at Wilmington paid him $504,000 to retire following several speech-based controversies.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Enrollment remained down at every level from community colleges to graduate schools, but much of academia showed its persistence and resilience. Capitol, higher education professionals were still working to silence “The Big Lie” that the 2020 Presidential election had been manipulated in favor of Biden’s victory.