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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. We doubled diversity attraction, admittance, retention, and graduation during the time I was there,” he says. “We It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education. We did some great work.” Move it forward—disrupt it.

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. Gilliam’s career and experience in higher education spans more than a decade, having spent over 16 years at the University of Chicago. And it just isn’t.”