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Acting Temple University President, DEI & Civil Rights Advocate Dies Suddenly

Insight Into Diversity

As a student, Epps worked at the university’s bookstore, and she later joined the faculty in 1985, eventually working her way up to several high-ranking roles, including dean of the university’s law school, the executive vice president and provost, and chief academic officer.

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Northwestern president defends his leadership in new antisemitism hearing

University Business

Schill was the only Jewish leader president and described himself as a descendant of Holocaust survivors. He is also a legal scholar with more than a decade of experience as dean of the law schools at the University of Chicago and UCLA. California Rep. “Your premise is inaccurate,” Schill remarked.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Ron Kirk was running for mayor of Dallas, and wound up being the trade ambassador under President Obama. President Sorrell B.A. in Public Policy from Duke University, and his Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. I learned a lot just watching the way he engaged people, the way he spoke up and spoke truth to power.