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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. His experience and notoriety made him a sought-after speaker to address anti-racism and racial justice in law school curricula and hate speech on college campuses. News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6.

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An Apology for the Liberal Arts

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Annabelle Hutchinson…is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. What job could a person possibly get with an Art History degree, for instance? True technical innovation always requires the marriage of humanities and technology, anyway. Yet, this picture is a sham.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

This academic and professional development initiative encourages and assists students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. . Scaling Up Programs for Underrepresented Students — Georgia Institute of Technology. Minority Male Initiative — Broward College.

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How the Ivy League's Jewish quotas shaped higher education

Inside Higher Ed

Image: In his new podcast series, Gatecrashers: The Hidden History of Jews and the Ivy League ( Tablet ), Mark Oppenheimer, writer and co-host of the podcast Unorthodox , examines how elite institutions sought to limit the number of Jewish students a century ago—and how the advent of that quota system has shaped U.S.

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A Humanistic Revolution in Legal Education—How Penn State Dickinson Law Is Reimagining Anti-Racism in Action

Insight Into Diversity

In the wake of George Floyds murder, as institutions across the country wrestled with what it means to confront systemic racism, one law school took actionright in the deans backyard. I’m a professor at the law school and also the associate director of the ADI. Designed for practical use, not just theory.

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Keeping Students Engaged With a Bingeable Class

Today's Learner

This can work in the classroom for a course such as History or Literature. It’s been my experience as a law school student and business school professor that when students expect that they will have to speak on course materials, they’ll step up and perform. However, in other courses, this may not be the best avenue.