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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama. In 2017, 17% of an administrative group called the president’s council were people of color. That number is now over 60%.

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Burwell Announces She’ll Step Down from American

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burwell, the institution’s 15 th president and its first female leader, has been in the post since 2017. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama. In 2017, 17% of an administrative group called the president’s council were people of color. That number is now over 60%.

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Study: Outcomes of Students in Policy Debate Programs Linked to ELA Improvements and Postsecondary Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The study – published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) – examined data of students in Boston Public Schools during the 2007–08 to 2017–18 school years, of which 3,515 took part in the Boston Debate League. The impact was almost entirely concentrated among reading subskills that involve more analysis and argumentation.”

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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Between 2017 and 2023, he served as executive director of the U.N. The rule of law is the cornerstone of human freedom and progress,” Beasley said. Beasley’s example of exemplary leadership and public service will inspire our students, broaden their perspectives and enhance their international understanding.”

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Dr. Ruth J. Simmons Takes Readers ‘Up Home’ in New Memoir

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Simmons busily prepared to deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Her mother taught Simmons and her siblings what it meant to be a human being. In September, Dr. Ruth J. Dr. Ruth J. “I’m

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2017, hip-hop became the most streamed genre in the United States of America. 3. Big Sean (“Sacrifices”, 2017) “The human race is all about pacing. Music is a medium commonly used as an instrument to motivate individuals through different facets of life. Dr. Jeremy C. There is no luck when it comes to academic success.

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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Paul Sniegowski Since his appointment as dean in 2017, Sniegowski has been responsible for the direction of Penn’s liberal arts undergraduate curricula, programs and students in academic departments and interdisciplinary programs across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.