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JAMES T. OVERTON

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is his second time serving in the role, initially from 2005 to 2011. Overton James T. Overton has been named chief of the police department at Delaware State University. Overton holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Delaware State and a master’s degree in human resource management from Wilmington College in Delaware.

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Diverse Recognizes Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs at ACPA Conference

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The Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs (PPWSA) study was first proposed by Ralph Newell at Diverse as a partnership with ACPA-College Student Educators International in 2011. The ACPA Governing Board motioned for the then-Director of Research and Scholarship, Dr. Terrell Strayhorn, to explore the merit and extent of this project.

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Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In May 2011, Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier stepped in as Savannah State University’s interim president. But as for her new path in higher education, Dozier said during a 2011 news briefing: “I’ve been charged to come down and lead and that’s what I’ll do.”

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UNC Chancellor Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz Appointed President of Michigan State University

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In 2011, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on sport-related concussions. During his time at UNC, he founded the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center; led the school’s $1.2

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Alabama’s Coach Saban Retires with Historic Seven National Titles

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He led the Tide to nine SEC championships and won national titles in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2020. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne called Saban “one of the greatest coaches of all time, in any sport.” Saban led LSU to SEC championships in 2001 and 2003, when he won his first national title.

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Tara VanDerveer

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

VanDerveer has established herself as one of the top coaches in the history of collegiate and international women’s basketball and has been inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2011) and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2002).

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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

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According to the study, Indiana’s grade retention policy was in effect from the 2011-2012 through 2016-2017 school years. It used the Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD-3) test to gauge student reading proficiency before the fourth grade.

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