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

University Business

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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Support for Educators Is All Around

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 5 minutes Diantha Ellis is a p rofessor of Business in the Stafford School of Business at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College If there is one good thing that came from COVID-19, academics learned how resilient we truly are. But what about us? Faculty faced increased workloads as their classes transferred to online.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school. For many liberal arts colleges as well as humanities-focused departments in larger universities, it’s a pressing one. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums?

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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Director Camille Dumont of the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) about how she aligned career services with academia at Post University to better prepare students for the workforce. I was born and raised in the Bronx and then Westchester County.

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Lawsuit Argues Law School Hiring is Biased Against White Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Chicago against Northwestern University’s law school claims the school’s hiring practices take away opportunities from better-qualified white men. It alleges the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law gives preference to less-qualified women and applicants of color.

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Should professors still record lectures? Maybe. Maybe not

Inside Higher Ed

“I am recording all of my classes to encourage students who do not feel well to stay home,” Ann Bartow, law professor at the University of New Hampshire, wrote in an email. “Nobody at my law school is wearing masks and covid remains extant. ” Professors today are in a period of transition.

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