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University Rebrands Law School Named for Late Slaveholder

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Richmond has removed the name of T. Williams from its law school, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Williams School of Law is now called the University of Richmond School of Law. He also owned 25 to 40 enslaved people in the mid-1800s, the newspaper reported.

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President moves: Resignations and early retirements reigned in July

University Business

Following the California State System’s high-profile hire of Mildred García as chancellor over two weeks ago, two major university presidents at Texas A&M and Stanford caught the national radar following their high-profile resignations. Saint Mary College In a more peaceful leadership transition, Jason Adsit of Mt.

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American U staff strike for higher wages

Inside Higher Ed

Hoisting handmade signs and equipped with fans and water bottles to combat the heat, the strikers started by picketing at AU’s Washington College of Law, where first-year law students were starting orientation and returning ones had their first day of classes. Pleasant, where she’s lived for the past two decades.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

So as we grew as an institution and my management responsibility started to grow, I realized the only shot that I had at being able to be the father, husband, and college president that I wanted to be was to reduce the number of people that I was managing. "So We're not going to be who we can be as a college until you figure that out.'

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President moves: Announcing a flurry of hires before the year’s end

University Business

Hired Kimo Ah Yun – Marquette University (Wisc.) Following the death of Marquette University President Michael Lovell this past summer, Kimo Ah Yun has served in the interim. He is the second layperson (behind Lovell) and first person of color to lead the Jesuit university. Lugo – Trinity College (Conn.)

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

Joseph Foy Dr. Joseph Foy joined Alverno College as Vice President for Academic Affairs two weeks after the pandemic forced the school completely online. His accomplishments through adversity pushed him into the school’s interim presidency, and now it has landed him a full-time president position at Benedictine College.

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How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment

EAB

Unfortunately, finding and recruiting this audience of non-MBA graduate business students is not easy – there’s no college fair that you can attend to find them, and they don’t fit into a single persona. The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments. Watch the webinar.