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After a ‘no confidence’ vote, JSU sits its seventh president since 2010

University Business

’s 10-year tenure ended in 2010. Sprinkle in some interim presidents, and the average tenure of Jackson State’s presidents since 2010 is two years, compared to the six-year national average, according to ACE. ” The rest of the page is vacant, save some general hyperlinks.

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Dr. Cady Short-Thompson Appointed President of Northern Kentucky University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From 1996 to 2010, she taught at the school as a professor of communication, graduate program director, and department chair. “I Cady Short-Thompson Short-Thompson is currently CEO and executive director of educational equity at the nonprofit Breakthrough Cincinnati. This appointment marks a return to NKU for Short-Thompson.

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Former Athletes and Coaches Rally Against Trans Inclusion in Women's Sports During Annual NCAA Convention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2010, the NCAA began allowing trans athletes with a year of hormone therapy to compete in women’s sports. She claimed that the inclusion of trans athletes amounted to violations of women’s privacy and ability to consent, and that she personally preferred that all trans women be prohibited from women’s sports.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

workforce participation growth between 2010-2020, the report noted. increase in undergrad engineering enrollment rates from 2010 (9.1%) to 2021 (15.8%). The contributions are significant enough that if the national Latino population were its own country, it would have the fifth-largest GDP in the world, $3.2 of the U.S. population.

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010. In addition to her service as AALS President, Testy served as a member of the AALS Executive Committee from 2012 to 2017 and on the Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students from 2007 to 2009.

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Kimberly Ford

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the NCAA’s director of minority inclusion since 2010, Ford has been on a mission to create a culture of inclusion and equity for student-athletes, coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds. Ford’s wish: “To see in my lifetime that the work I am doing now is no longer needed.”

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New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver Dies at 71

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Oliver previously served in the state General Assembly and as Assembly speaker, becoming the first Black woman in the role in New Jersey history in 2010. Overseeing the Department of Community Affairs, she also headed efforts to expand affordable housing and local government services.