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Berg Appointed UC Davis School of Law Dean

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Berg “The School of Law and overall university’s commitment to serving first-generation students, to social justice, and to academic and scholarly excellence all attracted me to this position,” she said. I look forward to seeing all that she and our dedicated and talented faculty and staff will accomplish together.”

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Johanna Bond Appointed Dean of Rutgers Law School

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Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

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“Four white peers questioned the student’s belonging to Penn, requested directions from him about the whereabouts of fried chicken, and referred to him as an n-word,” says McMickens, noting that the column inspired a silent student-organized, anti-racism demonstration comprising some 200 students, faculty members, and administrators.

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Beyond ‘Historically Black’: An Insider’s Call for HBCU Revolution

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He shares powerful anecdotes about students who have been passed along without proper academic preparation, faculty who have abandoned rigorous standards, and administrators who perpetuate a culture of low expectations. The authors discussion of academic standards and cultural dysfunction is equally unflinching.

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End of the Rainbow?

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The government affairs department of Equality Texas has been surveying students and faculty at the Texas institutions impacted by SB 17 to gauge how it has been implemented. At the University of Texas at Austin, Lavender Graduation for LGBTQ students was taken up by the alumni association.

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Whittier College President Dr. Linda Oubré Announces Resignation

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Oubré sought to reaffirm the Whittier’s values of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and had made the “tough decision” to realign resources, she said. “It is our students, many of who, like me, are the first in their families to go to college, that have motivated and sustained me in this work.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

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Many of those families still live here,” says Patterson-Stephens of the Black alumni. The lecture series celebrates Todd’s work as an educator and advocate for community and equality by bringing distinguished scholars in the fields of racial and social justice to campus to share their knowledge and experiences. They work here.”