Academe Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

WILSON Last week, Stanford Law School announced that it had suspended Tirien Steinbach, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, in the wake of the outrage over the disruption by protesters of a Federalist Society speech by Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan. Stanford must end this suspension immediately.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Thomas, including interim president, dean of the law school, and associate professor of law. He was also an inaugural recipient of the Minnesota Lawyer Diversity and Inclusion Award for contributions to diversity and inclusion in law. Rob Vischer Vischer has held several roles at St.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sylvia Goodman Illustration by The Chronicle, Alamy photo Jenny Martinez, the law school's dean, on Wednesday wrote a 5,000-word letter to the campus community that staked out a clear position on free speech and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 10, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is pleased to announce the 109 institutions of higher education selected as recipients of the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award — including those in the community college and law school categories — and the 62 winners of the 2023 Health Professions HEED Award.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2025

attorney general Pam Bondi directed the American Bar Association, the accrediting body for law schools since 1952, to remove diversity, equity and inclusion requirements for law schools in a letter that was shared on social media.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

(Photo courtesy of the University of Kentucky) As part of a recently established partnership between Simmons College of Kentucky, a Louisville-based HBCU, and the University of Kentucky (UK), the institutions are creating a pre-law constitutional studies program at Simmons, which has not had a law school since the 1930s.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Mount Holyoke is a gender-inclusive women’s college in Massachusetts, one of the historic Seven Sisters, a group of highly selective women’s liberal arts institutions in the Northeast. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

A Stanford University law school dean at the center of a free speech controversy has been placed on leave amid continuing criticism of the March 9 event, at which students shouted down federal judge Kyle Duncan, an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative, who had been invited to speak on campus. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 21, 2023

Months after being at the center of a campus free speech controversy at Stanford University, Tirien Steinbach is stepping down as associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at Stanford Law, according to an announcement from law school dean Jenny Martinez.

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University Business

AUGUST 2, 2023

” It plans to alleviate this tension by “emphasizing diversity and inclusion, ” reflecting “the true nature of contemplative education.” “We want to level the playing field and provide students with access to many tools,” said Stacy Leeds, dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In addition to this project, the college recently hosted its third annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference, entitled “Leading Inclusively: Transformative Change Across the Globe.”. Strategic Plans + Climate Survey = Inclusive Excellence — Ball State University. AmeriCorps Tutors for Youth — Arkansas State University.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

Campus administrators and some members of the local Jewish community celebrated the shift as a step toward greater interreligious inclusion, aligned with recent Jewish-Christian interfaith efforts at Belmont. ” Inclusive or Exclusive? It also can lead to a lack of consensus on things like this.”

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

On Monday, the American Bar Association (ABA) rejected a proposal to eliminate standardized test requirements at law schools. Under the proposed change, law schools would have been permitted to implement test-optional policies in 2025.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

“The demand for diversity statements enlists academics into a political movement, erasing the distinction between academic expertise and ideological conformity. It encourages cynicism and dishonesty.” Ad keywords: administrators diversity Is this diversity newsletter?

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 12, 2022

It will be his second position in the windy city, after serving as dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 2010 to 2015. Before that, he was dean of the UCLA School of Law.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

John’s University in Queens for undergrad that my understanding of multiculturalism, the ideals of a multiracial democracy, began to forge my passions and interests and put me on the path to law school.” Alexander is a lecturer of law at the University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

They decry the thought of students writing lab reports, law school exam responses and even entire term papers simply by putting the essay prompts into ChatGPT, waiting a few moments and then copying the results. Some commentators immediately evoke Stephen King levels of terror.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 8, 2024

The clerkship initiative is a 10-week paid summer employment opportunity where first-year Marquette University Law School and University of Wisconsin Law School students are matched with employers from a variety of law firms, departments, and agencies.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Now, Perkins Coie is also altering its fellowship requirements, a turnabout from its initial statement on August 22 saying the firm intended to “defend this lawsuit vigorously,” Bloomberg Law reports. ” The post Second Law Firm Opens Diversity Program to All Following Lawsuit appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 28, 2025

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 Katy Abrams, executive editor at Insight into Diversity magazine, the leader in advancing best practices in inclusive excellence and belonging.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Mental Health In an essay entitled “Fear, Rage, and Anguish on America's Happiest Campus,” the novelist Mary Gaitskill observes that for all the talk about safe spaces, trigger warnings, inclusion, and belonging, a noticeable number of students exhibit severe signs of depression, despair, and rage.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

As a student, Epps worked at the university’s bookstore, and she later joined the faculty in 1985, eventually working her way up to several high-ranking roles, including dean of the university’s law school, the executive vice president and provost, and chief academic officer. Attorney for five years.

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University Business

APRIL 5, 2023

A notable recent example of campus intolerance: Stanford students and an associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion heckled a federal judge into silence during his visit, which led to Stanford’s president and law dean issuing an apology. It’s not just hecklers that are inhibiting civil discourse.

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Today's Learner

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses. Get the “How Fellow Instructors Create an Inclusive Classroom Experience” eBook. Written by Nick K. The post The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading appeared first on The Cengage Blog.

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Today's Learner

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses. Get the “How Fellow Instructors Create an Inclusive Classroom Experience” eBook. Written by Nick K.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

Cole led the Division of Student Affairs at Marquette for the past seven years and was recognized by his peers and students for his response to the pandemic and for cultivating an inclusive campus culture for first-generation students and those of color. We are excited to the moon.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

Krinsky, executive vice president for operations and chief of staff at The Law School Admission Council (LSAC). While diversity in law schools continues to grow, it has failed to keep pace with demographic representation within the U.S. Over the last three years, Black law school applicants have made up roughly 7.8%

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

At that point, Tirien Steinbach, the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion (and a Black woman), approached the judge. He walked into the law school filming protestors on his phone, looking more like a YouTuber storming the Capitol, than a federal judge coming to speak.”

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 7, 2024

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will no longer require diversity and inclusion statements as part of its hiring process. Previously, job applicants were asked to outline their contributions to diversity, inclusion, and belonging. In an April op-ed in The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law School professor Randall L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Magill will remain a tenured faculty member at the university’s Carey Law School. Claudine Gay “Following that, it became clear that her position was no longer tenable, and she and I concurrently decided that it was time for her to exit,” Bok said in a statement announcing his resignation. Plain and simple," said Sharpton.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 19, 2024

In my own journey as a higher education practitioner whose research and practice has always focused on remedying issues of inclusion and diversity, I have long been at odds with how the academy relinquishes its accountability for effecting and imparting social change.

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University Business

JUNE 15, 2023

. “The shorter GRE General Test will also help programs and schools choose diverse candidates who have the foundational skills needed to enrich their programs and have a successful graduate, business or law school experience.”

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

“It is unacceptable that anyone would intentionally cause pain in our community through this kind of hateful act,” Fanta Aw, the university’s vice president for undergraduate enrollment, campus life and inclusive excellence, wrote in the email sent out campuswide on Feb.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

I find it remarkable that leading law schools decided to attack the ranking system by denying U.S. The key levers, in my view, must come from outside individual campuses, since that may well be the only way to overcome institutional gridlock. Accreditors should require transparent indicators of cost, equity and completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

Olympia Duhart The decision will harm diversity at the undergraduate level; in turn, it will also harm diversity of law school classes and other professional programs. It will certainly shrink an already narrow pipeline for law school. These inequities translate to fewer students in the pipeline for law school.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

2 August · Episode 166 ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech 42 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Higher ed leaders who want to increase inclusion while maintaining affordability can emulate the actions of Illinois Tech's ELEVATE program. We also have the first design school in the country.

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