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Zamani-Gallaher Appointed Dean of School of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Zamani-Gallaher has been named the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. “I in educational organization and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At Pittsburgh, she served as interim dean of the school since August 2023.

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A generational mission: Benjamin Riley on the founding of Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact

It’s a maxim that has guided Deans for Impact (DFI) since its formation. Benjamin describes the origins of Deans for Impact. Listen to Benjamin reflect on what has made DFI a learning organization: [link]. Benjamin reflects on building Deans for Impact into “a repository of insight and understanding about how students learn.”.

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A Human-Rights Leader Was Denied a Harvard Post Over Alleged ‘Anti-Israel Bias.’ Now a Dean Faces Calls to Resign.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Faculty members and free-speech organizations have condemned the decision as an assault on academic freedom. By Emma Pettit.

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From tutor to teacher: how Illinois’s state tutoring program is building local pathways into teaching

Deans for Impact

The initiative is organized into six regions, each overseen by a local educator-preparation program, and serves a racially, socioeconomically, and culturally diverse body of K-12 students across 27 school districts in Illinois. Contact Patrick Steck, Senior Director of Policy, at psteck@deansforimpact.org.

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International Conference to Focus on Black Males in Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Zamani-Gallaher , Renée and Richard Goldman Dean and Professor of Educational Foundations, Organizations and Policy at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Dr. Claude Hutto , associate professor and inaugural dean of the Division of Professional and Continuing Studies at Morehouse College. · Dr. Eboni M.

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Why Non-Traditional Learners Need the Liberal Arts—and Vice Versa

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university where I serve as the dean of the School of Arts, Letters, and Sciences is seeing rising enrollment across several liberal arts programs, some of which now rank among our most popular majors. These uniquely human competencies are not just useful but necessary across nearly every profession.

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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Colleges and universities hailing from both sides of the fence are inching ever closer to the middle, integrating lessons in the humanities with STEM-based curriculum—and vice versa. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.