Spot black talent sooner to boost academic diversity, says dean

Duke University’s Valerie Ashby says institutions must be more ‘intentional’ about finding ethnic minority PhD candidates

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March 2, 2017

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July 16, 2018

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Valerie Ashby was appointed dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, which awards about 80 per cent of the institution’s undergraduate degrees, in 2015

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