Associated PressHomeUniversity of Wyoming Faculty Want More Women on Board of TrusteesFaculty at the University of Wyoming are asking Gov. Matt Mead to appoint more women to the school’s board of trustees.December 29, 2014SportsFriends University Plans New Tuition StrategyFriends University in Wichita is planning a new tuition strategy that it hopes will encourage more students to graduate in four years.December 29, 2014StudentsWest Virginia Higher Ed Changes to Help StudentsCHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia higher education leaders are finalizing policy changes to help students more easily transfer college credits and earn degrees. The changes were approved by the state Higher Education Policy Commission and the state Council for Community and Technical College Education within the last two months. The proposed rules state that a […]December 28, 2014Faculty & StaffVirginia Commonwealth University Group Seeks to Increase Number of Black FacultyRICHMOND, Va. — A group at Virginia Commonwealth University is working to reverse a decline in Black faculty members. Black Education Association president and psychology teacher Faye Z. Belgrave tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the percentage of Black faculty is lower today than it was a decade ago. A report presented to the Board of […]December 28, 2014African-AmericanTennessee State University Alumnus Receives NASA AwardNASHVILLE, Tenn. ― A Tennessee State University alumnus and NASA engineer is being recognized for outstanding contribution to the agency. Ron Cobbs is a 1989 graduate of TSU and avionics chief engineer to the International Space Station operations. He recently received the NASA Johnson Space Center Director’s Commendation Award. The award recognizes the center’s civil […]December 25, 2014StudentsJudge Says University of South Carolina Fraternity Members Must MoveCOLUMBIA, S.C. — A judge in Columbia says about 30 University of South Carolina students in the Kappa Sigma fraternity house must find somewhere else to live before the new semester begins Jan. 12. Circuit Judge Casey Manning refused to allow the fraternity members to live in the house since the chapter lost its charter, […]December 25, 2014Faculty & StaffUniversity of Illinois Faculty: Reconsider Professor’s JobA committee of University of Illinois faculty members is recommending that the school reconsider its decision to rescind a job once offered to a Native American studies professor.December 23, 2014StudentsDaughter’s Suit Over Tuition Goes to Higher CourtA higher court will be handling the case of whether a divorced New Jersey couple must pay their daughter’s college tuition even though they both disagree with where she’s going to school.December 23, 2014Faculty & StaffLSU Law Center Offers Buyouts to Cut BudgetLSU’s Law Center is offering an incentive to seven professors if they retire next summer as it looks to cut costs amid a dwindling interest in law schools nationally.December 23, 2014Faculty & StaffEx-University of Southern California Professor Fined for Grant Application LieA former University of Southern California math professor has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines and restitution for lying about his employment on a grant application he made to the U.S. Department of Energy.December 22, 2014Previous PagePage 184 of 569Next Page
