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- ↑ "Xavier names former Tulane associate dean Anne McCall as new provost | Education | nola.com". www.nola.com.
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- ↑ "Sound the bagpipes: College of Wooster names its 13th (and second woman) president". Wooster Daily Record. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
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