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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Scott has been appointed assistant provost for faculty development and diversity at Yale University. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in communications at Texas Southern University, an M. in curriculum and instruction at Prairie View A&M University, and a Ph.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Peter Salovey, president of Yale University, will step down at the conclusion of the academic year. Dr. Peter Salovey, president of Yale University. “I I have thought a lot about our university and the most auspicious time to begin a leadership transition. Salovey will not depart from Yale entirely.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Students and an advocacy group are suing Yale University, alleging systemic discrimination against students with mental health disabilities, CNN reported. I think that Yale tends to wash its hands of cases of mental illness that are too severe because they don’t want to be associated with that student.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Gilliam has been named president of Boston University. She serves as the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University.

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APRIL 10, 2024

Getting into Howard University was a dream come true for Durmerrick Ross. He dedicated himself to protesting any perceived involvement by Howard with President Trump’s agenda or cabinet, creating the unaffiliated student group HUResist in the hopes of pushing Howard toward resistance against Trump’s more conservative educational doctrine.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

A new study by Yale University finds that Black students are more likely to leave medical school than their white peers. The results of the study indicate an achievement gap in the bio-medicine field during a time when many universities are struggling to find new ways to diversify the field. Mytien Nguyen, an M.D.-Ph.D.

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MAY 12, 2023

medical schools have increasingly come from households with higher incomes, according to a Yale-led study. The findings of the study – published May 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – show disparities in access to medical education and could have negative impacts on patient care, according to researchers.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The American Association of Colleges and Universities ( AAC&U ) has announced the 2024 recipients of the annual K. A past annual conference hosted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Patricia Cross Award — in honor of the legacy of distinguished university administrator, researcher, and teacher K.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

Vassar College President Dr. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bradley has been awarded a 2023 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, Yale University Graduate School’s highest alumni honor. Bradley holds a BA in economics from Harvard University; an MBA from the University of Chicago; and a Ph.D. in health policy and health economics from Yale.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Gillman earned a bachelor’s degree in British studies from Yale University, an MBA from Columbia University, and a master’s in educational administration from Teachers College at Columbia University.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Katherine Werwie Katherine Werwie has been appointed associate curator at the Nash Museum of Art at Duke University. She served as a graduate research assistant in technical cataloging at the Yale Center for British Art. Werwie, a graduate of Barnard College in New York City, earned a master’s at the University of Cambridge.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

José García-León José García-León has been named dean of the Yale School of Music. García-León holds a bachelor's degree in music from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Lauren Di Monte Lauren Di Monte has been appointed associate university librarian for research and learning at Yale University Library. Di Monte holds a bachelor’s degree in visual studies and a master’s in information from the University of Toronto and in interdisciplinary studies from York University in Toronto.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Barber II has been appointed founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. He holds a bachelor's degree from North Carolina Central University, a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew University.

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MARCH 20, 2023

The University of Chicago is partnering with U.S. research universities for an initiative to improve diversity and inclusion in higher education. Lee The initiative comes from university consortium Ivy+ Faculty Advancement Network (FAN), of which UChicago is the host institution. Dr. Ka Yee C.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Karen Pearl Karen Pearl has been named interim vice president for communications at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. She served as the director of university media relations.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Most selective private colleges and universities in the U.S. still have disproportionately low enrollment numbers for Latino first-time, full-time undergraduate students, according to a recent report from The Education Trust. For 2020, Harvard University scored 52, an F. Yale University received a 62, a D.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

This is why we have been, for a long time now, calling on prisons to boost vaccine acceptance by increasing education from trusted members of the community.” Omer, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Yale, to study and better understand how community influence and support can decrease vaccine hesitancy.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Amber Wiley Amber Wiley has been named the Matt and Erika Nord Director of the Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. in American studies from George Washington University.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. Dr. Melissa Gilliam Boston University Photography Gilliam, 58, is no stranger to firsts. There she oversees all aspects of academic affairs, ranging from education to diversity and inclusion.

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JULY 13, 2023

Ray Jayawardhana will become provost of Johns Hopkins University (JHU), effective Oct. Dr. Ray Jayawardhana Jayawardhana is currently dean of Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences. He has also written books such as Strange New Worlds ; Neutrino Hunters ; and Child of the Universe.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 1, 2023

At these private, elite universities, alumni represent a huge chunk of the donors who regularly and generously give to the college. Back in 1980, 24% of Yale’s freshman class were legacies. Other universities have a low yield rate: lots of kids apply but few really want to go there. But it ain’t what it used to be.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Title: Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Tenured: Yes Age: 38 Education: B.A., political science, Stanford University; M.A., sociology, Stanford University; and J.D., Yale Law School Career mentors: Amna Akbar, The Ohio State University; Guy-Uriel Charles, Harvard Law School; and Devon Carbado, UCLA.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Morgan and Helen Chu Karen Umemoto/UCLA Asian American Studies Center This pledge – the largest gift made to the institute since its founding in 1969 – came from Morgan and Helen Chu, two UCLA graduates who have historic ties to the university and the institute’s centers. from Yale University and a law degree from Harvard University.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s. Dr. Carol D.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Link will become president of Drew University, effective Jul. Link Previously, Link has been president of Allegheny College, dean of Temple University Rome, vice provost at Barnard College of Columbia University, and director of scholar programs at New York University. “I Dr. Hilary L.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Enrollment wasn’t the only significant metric to bounce back in higher education in 2023. gain, according to the latest report by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund (NACUBO-Commonfund). Among the 20 wealthiest universities, the median endowment was a crisp $17.1

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As Yale University and Missouri State University must begin ramping up president search committees, Temple University has fortified theirs, while Florida Atlantic University finds itself at a strange standstill. Though he steps down, he will not leave Yale. More from UB: Are professors too soft on grading?

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 29, 2023

Great College Counseling for International Students The United States remains a primary higher education destination for students from around the world. Many American public and private universities rank among the best in the world. In some cases only 10-15% of matriculants to top US universities come from outside the United States.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Barber II has been appointed founding director of Yale Divinity School’s (YDS) new Center for Public Theology and Public Policy. John's University, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Dr. William J. Dr. William J. He has taught at Union Theological Seminary St.

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MAY 11, 2023

A Boston-based federal appeals court has overturned all fraud convictions of two parents who paid bribes to get their kids into elite universities as athletic recruits in what was a massive college admissions scandal, NBC News reported. Gamal Abdelaziz On May 10, the 1st U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Since the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke case of 1978, the Supreme Court has been asked on several occasions to rule on the constitutionality of using race as one factor in higher education admissions. In the Students for Fair Admissions v. Bollinger decision in 2003.

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MAY 11, 2023

Kania Dean and Professor of Law at Villanova University. “I from Yale University Law School and a B.A. in architecture from Yale. To Alexander, the legal profession is ultimately about serving communities and justice. “So I find it very interesting, and I find it really important for our society. Alexander holds a J.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Title: Director, Northwestern University Press Upon her appointment as director in September 2020, Parneshia Jones became one of only two Black women currently leading a university press. in English/creative writing at Chicago State University, an M.F.A from Spalding University and completed the Yale Publishing Course.

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University Business

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Cornell and Harvard University, two of the most prestigious Ivy Leagues in the country are leading institutions when it comes to bringing in students from around the nation. Building a diverse student body is one of the most dominant missions for higher education institutions, and Ivy Leagues are no exception. California. Connecticut.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

has long maintained dominance of the higher education space, but Times Higher Education’s international rankings last year showed that other countries like China and the U.K. THE considered over 38,000 academics from 166 countries and regions on their opinions of the world’s leading universities. remain so dominant?”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Yale University has made major changes to its medical leave policy that will allow students struggling with mental health problems to take time off—rather than withdraw—and to return to campus when they’re ready, without reapplying, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

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