Dr. Eli CapuloutoThe University of Kentucky is disbanding its Office of Institutional Diversity. Meanwhile, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced on the same day that it would also dissolve its Office of Diversity & Inclusion. Kentucky President Dr. Eli Capilouto announced the dissolution Tuesday, asserting that office workers would be reassigned to other offices at the…
Two veterans of legal media have partnered to launch a communications firm to represent to represent legal and business clients in marketing, media relations, crisis management and more. Called LIMELIGHT, the new firm has been launched by Kenneth Gary and Erin Harrison, both former legal journalists who worked at ALM and both of whom have…
Dive Brief: The head of the Universities of Wisconsin system plans to ask for $855 million in new state funding over the next two fiscal years in a push to catch up with other states. In a release, system President Jay Rothman pointed to Wisconsin’s ranking of 43rd among states in funding levels per full-time…
Olusola OyewoleThe Association of African Universities’ (AAU) African Research Innovation and Development (AfRID) network plans to set up a platform to serve as a database of all scholars in Africa and their research. AAU is investing $60,000 in an electronic research archive that will automatically capture research output by African universities published in international journals….
We get it, the post-pandemic landscape is tough. Everyone got used to working from home and making more money for their firms than ever before. But younger classes of attorneys floundered without experienced peers to casually teach them the ropes. Firms need to coax experienced attorneys back to the office without watching them lateral to…
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The University of California and the California State University systems are cracking down on encampments and revising protest policies as the start of the fall semester nears. Cal State‘s new public assembly policy bans encampments and unauthorized…
Dr Shaun HarperRacial equity expert Dr. Shaun R. Harper will be a featured speaker during September’s Tuesdays Together National Speaker Series conversation hosted by the North Carolina Central University School of Education’s Higher Education Administration Graduate Program. Harper is a provost professor in the University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education and the…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I think all signs are pointing to a strong year. I think this will be one of the strongest years we see, in terms of law firm performance. — Gretta Rusanow, head of advisory services for Citi’s Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group,…
Students may now have a living map for navigating college in the era of artificial intelligence, according to a new guide release by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and Elon University. Dr. Connie BookDr. C. Edward Watson, the vice president for digital innovation at AAC&U, described the first-edition guide as indispensable for…
Give STL Day was created by the St. Louis Community Foundation in 2014. Over the past eleven years, Give STL Day has grown into a 24-hour online giving event supporting over 1,000 nonprofit organizations in the St. Louis area. Emily Baumann, Communications Manager, is the primary lead for Give STL Day with the support of…