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Johanna Bond Appointed Dean of Rutgers Law School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An

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Full Recording of Judge’s Disrupted Stanford Talk

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A full recording has emerged of students at Stanford University law school disrupting a talk by Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Duncan was a target because he has a history of anti-LGBT activism. ” Ad keywords: administrators studentaffairs Is this diversity newsletter?: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic.

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But FIRE, ever hopeful that change could yet be on the horizon, hopes a strong (albeit imperfect) statement last week from Yale Law School’s dean could usher in that long-awaited era. FIRE remains hopeful the broader university’s dark, censorious days may soon be history. Almost 1,500 people have signed it to date.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

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and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schoolshistories. The president-elect currently serves as co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and sits on the board of the Law School Admissions Council.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

“This will result in both academic and administrative staff changes. ” Of the eight professors laid off, Manhattanville says three will take on other administrative roles and five will leave after the spring term. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

Inside Higher Ed

Campus administrators and some members of the local Jewish community celebrated the shift as a step toward greater interreligious inclusion, aligned with recent Jewish-Christian interfaith efforts at Belmont. The Board of Trustees and Faculty Senate also plan to consider a similar decision at the undergraduate level later this year.

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