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Stacey Abrams Appointed Inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wutoh, Howard provost and chief academic officer. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. She continues to be an influential figure in the Democratic Party and a role model for young women and people of color who aspire to enter the policy arena. Abrams holds a B.A.

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

Inside Higher Ed

The former dean, Alan Dettlaff—who is returning to the social work faculty, for now—says his views on racial justice got him fired. This, he said, became controversial among the school’s senior faculty, eventually leading to his ouster by an interim provost. “Students told me that all the time.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Saleema is one of more than 126,000 students, including nearly 17,000 refugees, studying at this tuition-free, nonprofit online university with an all-volunteer faculty. Nearly a third (30 percent) of the faculty is Black, according to the institution. To this end, all UoPeople faculty members are unpaid volunteers.

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Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Some deans and faculty members caught wind of us because students started saying, ‘The work I'm doing with this organization is important to me seeing how I get through SJSU, but also how I pay off my debt or help my family when I get out.’ In January 2013, she began overseeing the Public Affairs and Communications teams.

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Central European University’s Complicated Legal Geographies

GlobalHigherEd

Take away a university’s right to select its students and the most qualified faculty, contest the received wisdom of our time, be a critical voice against existing social and economic arrangements, and you no longer have a free university in a democratic society. For this to take place within the European Union is unthinkable.

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Strategic Presidential Communication in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 192 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Erin Hennessy

The Change Leader, Inc.

Help tell their good news stories, get their faculty expertise out in the world, but also really work with them to identify and then potentially mitigate reputational and crisis issues that come around, seems more and more often. I helped oversee the public affairs work and worked very closely with the government relations team there.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gay previously served in several roles at the school, including the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, dean of social science, professor of government, and professor of African and African American Studies. Wutoh, Howard provost and chief academic officer in an announcement in April.