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Berg Appointed UC Davis School of Law Dean

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Berg has been appointed dean of the University of California Davis School of Law. Berg, who served as co-dean of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, will start in her new role Sept. Her transdisciplinary, open approach to teaching and scholarship beautifully fits our campus culture.

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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Daniel Diermeier, the university's chancellor, announced the university’s commitment to offering full-tuition scholarships to admitted students of families whose annual income is $150,000 or less. “We Christiansen, vice provost for university enrollment affairs and dean of admissions and financial aid.

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McBride Appointed to Lead Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity at WashU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McBride is the former president of The New School in New York City and was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University. He also held served as a dean at Northwestern University and at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Brown Experiences Decline in Rates of Incoming Black, Brown Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

About 45% will receive need-based scholarship or grant aid, a decrease from 50%; and roughly 14% are first-generation college students, down from 15%. Logan Powell Frank Mullin The university reports that about 18% of its new 1,725-student class come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, a decline from 27% in 2023.

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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

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At the Georgia Institute of Technology last Friday, deans and chairs from Emory, Clemson, Texas Southern and other schools packed into the Historic Academy of Medicine Theatre to discuss redefining what engagement in the liberal arts means in the 21st century. .

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The Growing Role of Artificial Intelligence in College Admissions

Insight Into Diversity

Particularly for those with smaller admissions offices, this frees up admissions officers to focus on the other, necessarily nuanced aspects of the application process, like awarding scholarships and financial aid packages. “If Ryan Motevalli-Oliner, associate dean for enrollment operations at Kenyon, doesn’t see that changing.

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Launching the national search for the next UW provost

UW Presidential Blog

For more than four years, Mark Richards has served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs with distinction. As I shared at the time of his announcement that he would step down at the end of his term, our entire University owes Mark a debt of gratitude for his excellent work and impact as provost.

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