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Scholar-Athlete Turned NBA Coach Returns Home: Jacque Vaughn Joins Kansas Staff

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following his collegiate career, Vaughn was drafted 27th overall by the Utah Jazz in 1997 and enjoyed a 12-season NBA playing career that included stops with five teams and culminated in an NBA Championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2007.

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Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield, Wabash College

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Known for her pedagogical and administrative vision and creativity, Westfields dynamic leadership focuses upon teachers who want to improve their teaching and have a more balanced teaching life. Nancy Lynne Westfield is director of Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning Theology and Religion.

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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

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Under his leadership, the school made impressive gains in student body strength and diversity, financial aid resources, faculty breadth and distinction, and campus enhancements. “It Under Decatur’s leadership, Kenyon will conclude its most successful fundraising campaign, growing its endowment to over $520 million. Dr. Sean M.

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Bazan Named Union College's Next President

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Bazan holds an associate degree from Loma Linda University, a bachelor’s degree from La Sierra University, a master’s in administration and leadership, and a Ph.D. in leadership from Andrews University. “She lives and breathes the mission and values of the Adventist church and this university.”

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

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Describing her as “a national treasure,” the National Science Board selected Jackson as its 2007 recipient of the prestigious Vannevar Bush Award for “a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education, and senior statesman-like contributions to public policy.”

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

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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. She also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010.

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Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

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In this cohort, only 16% earned a bachelor’s degree — that’s just two percentage points higher than the previous cohort studied, which entered college in 2007. Dr. Ángel de Jesus González, assistant professor of higher education administration and leadership at Fresno State.

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