Reginald StuartStudentsExperts: Harsher Penalties for Non-violent Crimes a Proven Policy FailureA declaration by the Justice Department to resume seeking the harshest of penalties for alleged low-level illegal drug offenders has drawn widespread criticism from sentencing reform advocates in higher education.May 16, 2017StudentsDeVos Taking Center Stage at Bethune-CookmanControversial U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is scheduled to deliver a commencement address Wednesday at Bethune-Cookman University that is certain to be heavily scrutinized.May 9, 2017African-AmericanNASA Recognizing Veteran Science Writer Warren LearyLeary is set to be formally inducted Friday into the elite “Chroniclers,” a program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that recognizes people who “helped spread the news of America’s space exploration.”May 2, 2017Leadership & PolicyJohnnetta Cole Contemplates Next ChallengeDr. Johnnetta B. Cole, who transcends boundaries through her dedication and love for higher education, is stepping down as director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.March 29, 2017StudentsTRIO Advocates Say Budget Proposal Cuts to CoreWhen President Trump issued his budget plan for the government’s next fiscal year, his proposed cuts in education programs hit close to home for thousands of people who count federal assistance as key to their ability to go to and complete college.March 26, 2017Leadership & PolicyAccrediting Group Sees 2017 as Year of GovernanceAt a time when the roles and functions of college governing boards are being increasingly debated, the SACSCOC is focusing on “effective governance” at its Small College Initiative meeting next month.March 23, 2017Faculty & StaffAmid Controversy, Kentucky State Names Brown PresidentA divided Board of Regents at Kentucky State University selected a new chief executive to lead the troubled state-controlled, land-grant institution, despite concern that the process of selecting a new leader was flawed and concluded too quickly.March 14, 2017StudentsVenerable Basketball Coach, Mentor Ben Jobe DiesBen Jobe, the college basketball coach who won more than 500 games in more than five decades of coaching around the nation, died Friday night in Montgomery, Alabama, the city to which he moved after retiring in 2003.March 12, 2017StudentsStruggling Cheyney University Gets $8M InfusionIn a major move to help reverse the demise of historic Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education has extended the institution an $8 million line of credit.March 9, 2017StudentsExperts: Trump’s New Travel Ban a Blow to International StudyPresident Trump’s issuance of a revised executive order placing tight restrictions on the entry into the United States of some foreigners received a guarded reception from higher education leaders and frontline college and university officials involved in international higher ed efforts.March 6, 2017Previous PagePage 4 of 37Next Page
