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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

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Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009. She began her career as a law professor at the University of Puget Sound in 1992, which then became Seattle University.

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BRAYLIN LASTER

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Laster holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lane College in 2017 and an MBA from Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee. Braylin Laster Braylin Laster has been appointed associate vice president for institutional advancement and resource development at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis.

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Benedict College Names Building After its First Woman President

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Johnson reminded the audience, during the historic ceremony, that seven years prior, Artis was not supposed to start until September 2017, but she voluntarily arrived a month early in August. Artis is the first female and 14th and current president and CEO of the historically Black college and universitiy. Board Chairman Dr. Charlie W.

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Report: National Six-Year College Completion Rates Stalling

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This year’s edition examined enrollment and completion for college students who started in Fall 2017 through June 2023, a cohort of approximately 2.4 NSC’s researchers found that, on a national level, the six-year completion rate for students who began college in Fall 2017 was 62.2%, the same as those who began in Fall 2015.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American University

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Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. In 2017, 17% of an administrative group called the president’s council were people of color. Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American

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Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. In 2017, 17% of an administrative group called the president’s council were people of color. Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year.

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Dr. Kim Schatzel Named President of University of Louisville

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She has been widely praised, with accolades such as being named Champion for More in the Middle from Maryland’s Associated Black Charities in 2017; winning the Whitney M. Award in 2020; and being named one of the Most Admired CEOs of The Daily Record in 2017 and 2022.

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