Associated PressFaculty & StaffFaculty Union Files Grievance with University of HawaiiHONOLULU – The union that represents University of Hawaii faculty on Monday filed a class grievance directly with university president Dr. M.R.C. Greenwood, demanding she retract her letter of last week to faculty about her plans to unilaterally impose pay cuts.January 5, 2010Leadership & PolicyTexas Colleges Count Economic Blessings—For NowDenise Trauth, president of Texas State University, tries not to gloat. But when she meets with counterparts from across the nation, as she did at the annual gathering of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities recently, she feels fortunate to be in Texas.December 13, 2009Leadership & PolicyProtesters Damage Calif. University Leader’s HomeEight people were under arrest Saturday after protesters broke windows, lights and planters outside the home of the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.December 13, 2009Leadership & PolicyStudents Sue Ohio College That Lost AccreditationNursing students say their reputations have been damaged and their degrees tainted by an Ohio community college that lost accreditation for its nursing program.December 10, 2009SportsSouthern Univ. Dismisses Award-Winning CoachUnable to lead team to a winning conference record this season, Pete Richardson, the football coach at Southern University for 17 years, was fired Monday along with most of his staff.December 8, 2009STEMNew STEM Initiatives, National Science Fair Touted by White HousePresident Barack Obama said he would convene a national science fair next year to honor young inventors with the same gusto that college and professional athletes celebrate their victories at the White House.November 23, 2009StudentsU. of Arkansas Suspends Fraternity ActivitiesThe University of Arkansas has suspended fraternities’ social activities for the rest of the fall semester after a student attending a party at Phi Delta Theta was hospitalized with alcohol poisoning.November 23, 2009Community CollegesCommunity Colleges Targeted by Goldman Sachs Small Business InitiativeInitiative by Goldman Sachs investment banking firm will funnel $200 million to higher education institutions, including community colleges, to assist small business owners with education and technical assistance.November 18, 2009Leadership & PolicyMississippi Plan to Consolidate Black Colleges Facing OppositionOpposition to Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to merge Mississippi’s three historically Black schools, includes Jackson State University President Ronald Mason and Black Mississippi legislators.November 17, 2009HomeIndiana Professors Propose African Boarding SchoolSome Indiana University professors have proposed a novel way to give struggling inner-city students a fresh start: send them to boarding school in Ghana.November 17, 2009Previous PagePage 276 of 569Next Page
