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Harvard Eliminates Diversity Statements in Hiring

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In an April op-ed in The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law School professor Randall L. Kennedy, JD, criticized the mandatory statements, arguing they were counterproductive to addressing social discrimination in academia and posed a challenge to academic freedom. Not all faculty members are supportive of this change.

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

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Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors. 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.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

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Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Rockland Community College (RCC) recently enhanced its commitment to DEI ideals by offering related professional development courses to faculty and expanding its DEI department. Department of Education to support rural student success.

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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

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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. Since then, I’ve been building the department.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

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We are reminded that what’s happening in Florida is not just an isolated issue but a warning sign of the potential nationwide impact of political interference in academia. And that got me really interested in issues of intellectual freedom, free speech, and, once I did get back into academia, academic freedom.

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Defending Central European University and Academic Freedom: Elements of an Initial Response

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Editor’s note : this guest entry, also posted on Inside Higher Ed , has been kindly developed by Sejal Parmar , Assistant Professor at the Department of Legal Studies and a core faculty member of the Center for Media, Data and Society at the School of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.