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The Law School Hiring Market Undervalues Women, Minorities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The suit accuses the school’s faculty and administration of snubbing high-profile white male applicants. One of the few Black tax law professors at a top law school, Dorothy Brown, made a big splash a few years ago with her book, The Whiteness of Wealth.

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Let’s Partner with Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In Stephanie Land’s brave and important new book CLASS ( a follow-up to her memoir MAID , the basis for an award-winning Netflix series) she explains that even though she knew a college degree was the best chance she and her 6-year-old daughter had of escaping poverty, being deprived of food made it nearly impossible.

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For HSIs, “Servingness” is a Journey, Not an Endpoint

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Servingness” has been amplified by several leading HSI scholars, including Dr. Gina Ann Garcia, a Berkeley School of Education professor whose books and articles help to define what it means to be an HSI in the context of the term. Investing in diversity among faculty, staff and administrators is a critical component.

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70 Years After Brown v. Board of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That was the job of federal government to ensure that the ruling was followed. It was also the responsibility of the states to follow federal rulings in that way.” Some federal enforcement did still occur. What ends up happening is you essentially decimate the infrastructure of Black educational institutions.”

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Five ways to help students take smart sustainability actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The book The Limits to Growth galvanized concern worldwide with its publication in 1972, as the authors associated with the Club of Rome wrote, “The crux of the matter is not only whether the human species will survive, but even more whether it can survive without falling into a state of worthless existence. Author/s: Paul F.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. I wrote two books on academic freedom. Participated in a lot of the AAUP’s investigations.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

Colorado automatically grants associate’s degrees to these students instead of waiting for them to apply or for a college administrator to make them aware of the opportunity. His first book was The Sound Bite Society on how television helps the right and hurts the left. I just released a podcast today with Jeff Scheuer.