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New Impact Academy cohort represents 25 states, reaches 15,000 teacher-candidates annually

Deans for Impact

Our 2023 Impact Academy fellows are: Andy Saultz , Interim Dean of the College of Education, Pacific University Anne Lamb , Managing Director of Program and Evaluation, St. Riley College of Education, Winthrop University Clifton Tanabe , Dean of the College of Education, University of Texas at El Paso Debbie G. McIntyre, Jr.

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Breaking Barriers: The Struggle for Inclusion on Community College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brett Ranon Nachman, an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Pittsburgh who specializes in research focused on how colleges can create more equitable learning environments for students with autism/disabilities and community college transfers. Community colleges are viable mechanisms for many students, says Nachman.

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Sacramento State Creates Native American College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Annette Reed, an enrolled member of the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation has been tapped to serve as first dean of the Sacramento State Native American College. We are creating a learning environment that values Native American knowledge systems and traditions while preparing students to address the challenges of today and tomorrow.

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Remembering Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint: A Pioneer for Diversity in Medicine and Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs. Dr. George Q.

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Tamym Abdessemed, Excelia Business School

The PIE News

My goal is to shape professional destinies for today and tomorrow’s challenges and create the appropriate educational environments for that purpose. Today, machines are speakers with which you have to talk because they are at the heart of immaterial and social spaces and environments. What makes you get up in the morning?

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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. This is a full-circle moment for me, because Dean Holley was my very first hire as president of Howard in 2014,” said Dr. Wayne A. Danielle Ren Holley is breaking ground.

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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fenwick, dean emerita of education at Howard University and the author of the Jim Crow’s Pink Slip: The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership. Last week, ICUE kicked off its fifth convening and featured a keynote by Dr. Leslie T. Past keynote speakers have included Drs.

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