Associated PressLeadership & PolicyUniversity of Iowa provost selected as new UConn presidentSTORRS Conn. The vice president and provost of the University of Iowa has been selected as 14th president of the University of Connecticut, officials said Wednesday.August 6, 2007HomeNorman Wiggins, former Campbell president, dies at 83BUIES CREEK N.C. Norman A. Wiggins, the chancellor and retired president of Campbell University, died Wednesday from complications of lymphoma. He was 83.August 6, 2007Leadership & PolicySchool to use picture book to lure Hispanic men to collegeMERCED Calif. Educators in Merced are using fotonovelas, graphic novels popular in Mexico, to attract Hispanic students to the local junior college.August 6, 2007Leadership & PolicyMichigan governor kicks off new worker training programLANSING Mich. Laid-off Michigan workers may be able to get up to two free years of community college or technical school tuition to learn a new trade under a program rolled out Wednesday.August 6, 2007Leadership & PolicyGovernor announces new plan for Ohio’s public universitiesCOLUMBUS Ohio Ohio’s public universities and community colleges will be united under one banner to focus on their common goals, while maintaining their own identities, Gov. Ted Strickland and his higher education chief said Wednesday.August 6, 2007StudentsNCC will offer tech scholarships to lure women, minoritiesBETHLEHEM Pa. Northampton Community College will start offering scholarships to lure low-income, minority and women students who are underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.August 6, 2007HBCUsFormer U-M-Flint administrator new chancellor at N.C. CentralDURHAM N.C. Charlie Nelms, a former top university administrator in Michigan and Indiana, has been formally installed as the new chancellor at North Carolina Central University.August 6, 2007Leadership & PolicyDelaware State Mourns Loss of StudentsNEWARK, N.J. In a city where gun violence has become an all too common part of daily life, these shootings were enough to chill even the most hardened residents: Four young friends shot execution-style in a schoolyard just days before they were to head to college.August 6, 2007Leadership & PolicyCampus Safety Headlines College Orientation AgendasAt colleges around the country this summer, one topic has vaulted to the top of the agenda at freshman orientation: campus safety.August 6, 2007Leadership & PolicyInterim Bishop State President Seeks 13 Firings, More to ComeMOBILE Ala. Interim Bishop State Community College President James Lowe has sent letters informing 13 employees of the school’s intent to fire them and two-year system Chancellor Bradley Byrne says more terminations are on the way.August 5, 2007Previous PagePage 437 of 569Next Page
