Deans for Impact

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

She told education professors and deans that the work that they’re doing at the higher education level, is helping by preparing future teachers and ensuring that they’re ready for the demands of a future workforce ready to meet the challenging needs that face education today. Supreme Court case that desegrated public schools.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

“It’s spring break,” Mity Myhr, professor of history and associate dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at St. The likeliness to have developed policies was inversely related to age. That is, younger instructors were more likely to have developed policies than were older instructors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 2, 2023

Letitia Williams Letitia Williams has been named associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Williams earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of the West Indies, a master’s in education policy and leadership and a Ph.D.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Awaiting them in the program are two tracks: one on the science of cannabis and the other on the social justice and policy around cannabis. As early as the program’s first course, students will be taught about policy issues, incarceration, criminal justice, and racial bias as it relates to cannabis, Poli said. "We

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Quinnipiac University has found its next leader in Marie Hardin, professor and dean of Pennsylvania State University’s communications college. The system’s board found Valdez to have violated an unspecified university policy. Marie Hardin – Quinnipiac University (Conn.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Disciplines involved include history, literary studies, philosophy, bioethics, cultural studies, religion, psychology, medical anthropology, and the visual and performing arts. Williams, dean of Howard University’s Graduate School , professor of African-American literature, and grant co-leader.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Lawrence II “I especially look forward to working with the academic deans, department chairs, and the faculty – including them in the decision-making process to move Lincoln University to its next level of preeminence,” Lawrence said. Dr. Stevie L. Lawrence holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award. Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig The award – named after diversity and equity advocate Linda C.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. Like my courses in the United States, I engaged my Qatari students in a critical history of the United States, one that centered the history of race.

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FIRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Despite calling Jones an “ excellent faculty member ” with positive reviews and extensive service to the college, Collin College Vice President Toni Jenkins joined Matkin to authorize the non-renewal of Jones’ teaching contract — against the recommendations of her associate dean, dean, and provost.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

“The long-standing collaboration between LSAC and AALS and the impressive histories and strengths of both organizations will ensure a smooth transition in July,” she continued. “In Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Without full disaggregation of student population data, the stories, history, and culture of Native Hawaiian students, faculty, and staff can often go unseen in higher education. ole Osorio, dean of Hawai?inui?kea The new policy would “help support Native Hawaiian sovereignty and self-determination,” Haaland said. Broader U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

LaVar Charleston studied public relations, marketing, educational leadership and policy analysis. history, gender and race with the law. Jackson, formerly a professor and department chair at UW – Madison who is now the dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University, and James L. Jerlando F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Oliver's legacy will continue to inspire our center as we expand access to public service as a profession and promote research and public policy that confronts systemic inequalities,” said Dr. James Jones, a sociology and Africana Studies professor at Rutgers-Newark and co-director of the Sheila Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

I’m inspired by the rich history and look forward to leading us to even greater achievements.” Williams has demonstrated proven success in strategic planning, community engagement, legislative advocacy, and fundraising, according to Board Chair Lynn Parman. Williams served as president of Utah Tech University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2024

His love for FAMU, steady leadership, and unwavering dedication to our students’ success will leave an indelible mark on this university’s history,” she continued. “I am honored to have served with fellow trustees alongside our president. We are grateful they plan to remain a part of the FAMU community on the Highest of Seven Hills.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2024

Martínez will be the first layperson to lead the university in its 72-year history. Martínez served as vice president of academic affairs and the dean of faculty at Mercy College of Ohio. Martínez served as vice president of academic affairs and the dean of faculty at Mercy College of Ohio.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

A month after she graduated in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in history and global culture, she was hired by her alma mater to do just that. Garret Naiman, associate vice chancellor and dean of students at UC Santa Cruz, believes the director’s position is key to harnessing all the services available to students in need.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Vasquez Helig—who is currently the dean of the School of Education at the University of Kentucky—is slated to step into his new role in January. "We It is also unprecedented to have an educational policy expert leading as a provost at a major research institution that boasts a student population of about 24,000. “We

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University Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

FIRE ranks the top 10 colleges across the nation in no particular order, and institutions were selected based on some of their head-scratching decisions such as circumventing a teacher’s academic freedom, removing funding from an LGBTQ+ event, instating policies that would streamline firing tenured professors, and others.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Fundamentally, the police are responsible for understanding the culture, history, and issues affecting the communities they serve. Some officers believed the police academy fell short by not delivering a community history curriculum related to their eventual field assignments. As noted by Dennis (2020), community colleges in the U.S.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schools’ histories. in health policy in 1994 from Brandeis University. She is the first Black female president in the school’s 186-year history. Mount Union (Ohio), St. Norbert College (Wis.) Mills received her Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

They claim, “All policies should be color-blind, otherwise “we” are practicing reverse discrimination and racism against white people.” Affirmative Action policies were a start to combat racial discrimination. One of my all-time favorite assertions is that affirmative action is a form of reverse discrimination. We are not there yet.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Gmelch, who, at the time, served as dean of Iowa State’s College of Education and had emerged as a national expert on college deans. “I Jerlando F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When Dr. Elmer Guy first came to Crownpoint Institute of Technology in 1999 as dean of instruction, he could not have known that, 24 years later, he would oversee the institution’s renaming to Navajo Technical University (NTU). It became the first tribal college and university, or TCU, to offer a Ph.D. This is the mission of TCUs.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently writing a book, Persistence of Error: A Natural History of Mutation, explaining genetic mutation for non-scientists.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Take a look at UC San Diego’s Academic Honesty Policy (2023) (highlights were added for emphasis). While this policy is detailed and specific, there is still room for interpretation of the text; and the responsibility of determining whether students can use GenAI tools as a learning aid (section “e”) relies solely on the instructor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Along that same line, experts spent the webinar discussing strategies and recent briefs on equitable admissions in higher ed, specifically on topics such as recruitment, legacy admissions, early action practices, test-optional and test-free policies, and holistic review of student applications.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Image: Much about Oberlin College is unique, including long-standing policies guaranteeing the faculty a say in matters that extend well beyond academics. The college’s former dean was implicated in that case, per her presence at a protest, and risk assessment was a part of how Oberlin navigated the lawsuit.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The venue has a history of racial discrimination and antisemitism ; it famously barred both Black crooner Sammy Davis Jr. Rodmon King, the college’s former dean of institutional equity and inclusion (IEI), resigned in protest over the fundraiser on Tuesday after Bergeron decided to proceed with the event despite his concerns.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2023

Hentschke, Stoops Dean and Cooper Chair Emeritus at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education. They agreed that HBCUs have been remarkably resilient throughout history. They come from state governments, policy people, pundits. Dr. Guilbert C. Some of them are critics of HBCUs,” she said. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

They broadly agreed that the plaintiffs who are suing Harvard and the University of North Carolina, claiming that their affirmative action policies discriminate against Asian Americans, do not represent the views of that group as a whole. Race-conscious admissions have been banned in California since 1997.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

“Faculty need to be clear when they are working with students that one of the primary limitations of AI, generative AI, and LLMs is they are crowdsourcing information — by definition, providing for you a majoritarian view of the world,” says Dr. Inara Scott, senior associate dean in the College of Business at Oregon State University.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Degree programs are focused on global and community health, health administration and policy, nursing, nutrition and food studies, and social work. The School of Health will largely focus on policy and public health concerns with an emphasis on addressing historical inequities and disparities in underrepresented communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Universities often have policies of “re-doing” the tenure meeting in the event of a procedural violation. Recommendations: · Rather than a one-time training at the beginning of the year, incorporate de-biasing techniques directly into tenure policies and procedures (e.g., Dr. Donna Y.

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