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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics, and research,” said Orfield, who is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA Graduate School of Education and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at UCLA.

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Harvard Names Dr. Claudine Gay to Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gay will be the second Black woman to lead an Ivy League university, following Dr. Ruth Simmons, who served as president of Brown University from 2001 to 2012. Supreme Court case Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard College , which could end affirmative action, the consideration of race in admissions.

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Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

One of my favorite movies of all times is 2001: A Space Odyssey , in which an artificial intelligence, HAL, is the star. Although answers that chatbots may give might not have much of an impact on a student, if AI is used in admissions or enrollment processes, it is important to ensure that there is no risk of built-in discrimination.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life. The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys its Way into Elite Colleges and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. Smart (2001). The Finance of Higher Education: Theory, Research, Policy & Practice. Eisenmann, Linda.