Diverse StaffLeadership & PolicyBenedict College President David Swinton RetiringDr. David H. Swinton, who has served president and CEO of Benedict College for 23 years, has announced he will retire June 30, 2017.September 20, 2016StudentsYale Challenges Grad Assistants’ Union Bid Before NLRBYale University is challenging a bid by some of its graduate assistants to unionize in proceedings this week before the National Labor Relations Board that other private U.S. universities are closely watching.September 14, 2016Leadership & PolicyUTSA President Ricardo Romo to Retire Next YearRicardo Romo, the longest serving and first Hispanic president in the University of Texas at San Antonio’s 47-year history, has announced that he will retire next year.September 7, 2016StudentsITT Technical Institute Halts All Student EnrollmentThe company that runs the for-profit ITT Technical Institute has announced it has stopped enrolling all new students.August 30, 2016Leadership & PolicyFAMU Board Fails to Extend Mangum’s ContractThe Florida A&M University Board of Trustees has for the second time this summer declined an opportunity to extend the contract of the historically Black institution’s president, Elmira Mangum.August 24, 2016StudentsSaint Augustine and Halifax Community College Announce PartnershipSaint Augustine’s University (SAU) and Halifax Community College (HCC) announced today that they will be starting a new partnership. Students who receive their Associates degree from HCC and then admitted to SAU will go in with a junior class status. The agreement will allow graduates of HCC with a GPA of at least a 2.0 […]August 23, 2016StudentsNational Science Foundation Awards $2.9 Million to National Diversity-Serving OrganizationsThe National Science Foundation has awarded to $2.9 million to several national engineering diversity organizations in a collaborative effort to increase the number of underrepresented engineering faculty across all institutional types. The organizations Great Minds in STEM (GMiS), American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), MAES: Latinos in Science and Engineering , National Society of […]August 17, 2016African-AmericanEli Jones Inducted into Ph.D. Project Hall of FameTexas A&M University Mays Business School Dean Eli Jones was honored twice recently by two national organizations for his work as a role model and mentor.August 16, 2016Leadership & PolicyRonald Carter to Step Down as Johnson C. Smith President in 2017Dr. Ronald L. Carter, president of Johnson C. Smith University since 2008, announced his intention to step aside as leader of the historically Black institution in June 2017. Carter, in a letter sent to JCSU stakeholders on Monday, indicated that the university had completed the goals of the 2008-2017 Strategic Plan implemented when he took […]August 1, 2016Leadership & PolicyThomas A. Walker Selected as Wayne Community College PresidentDr. Thomas A. Walker Jr. officially will be approved as the sixth president of Wayne Community College on Tuesday in a meeting of the Goldsboro, N.C., school’s board of trustees, according to a statement released by the college Monday. Walker, nominated by the board on June 17, has been approved by the State Board of […]July 25, 2016Previous PagePage 10 of 115Next Page
