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Virginia Commonwealth’s News Release Battle—With Itself

Inside Higher Ed

The university’s public affairs school published poll results criticizing university leaders, who then insulted the poll’s methodology. The school fired back.

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LYDIA SERMONS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lydia Sermons Lydia Sermons has been named vice president and chief communications officer at Howard University. Sermons holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Temple University and a master’s in broadcast journalism and public affairs from American University.

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Delivering civic value to communities – the impact of UK universities’ social science research

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr. Ed Bridges , Head of Policy & Public Affairs at the Academy of Social Sciences. UK universities have increasingly had to speak the language of ‘impact’, which has become another addition to the sector’s lexicon of buzzwords.

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Civil Discord – Bridging Ideological Divides in Higher Education : Changing Higher Ed Podcast 207 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Daniel Oppenheimer

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drumm welcomes Dan Oppenheimer, Director of Public Affairs for UT Austin's College of Liberal Arts, to discuss the university's groundbreaking "Civil Discord" symposium that was held in March of this year. Vision for the future of civil discourse initiatives in higher education.

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Hillary Clinton Joins Columbia University Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hillary Clinton will become a professor of practice in Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), effective Feb. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton – a former senator, First Lady, presidential candidate, and U.S.

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MELINDA SPAULDING CHEVALIER

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Melinda Spaulding Chevalier Melinda Spaulding Chevalier has been named vice president for public affairs at Rice University in Houston. She served as vice president of communications and advancement at Texas Southern University. Spaulding Chevalier holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Howard University.

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KATE GARRY

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kate Garry Kate Garry has been appointed executive director of academic communications at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Garry holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Richmond and a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois.