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Leadership & Policy

University of Michigan Names Mark Schlissel New President

Brown University Provost Mark Schlissel was named Friday as the new president of the University of Michigan, vowing to strengthen what he called a “jewel” of higher education in the U.S.

Leadership & Policy

Emanuel Wants Single Bid for Obama Library

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he wants the city to submit a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library.

Kentucky State Drops Students Over Accounts

Roughly 200 students at Kentucky State University were cutting class this last week, but not getting in trouble for it.

Faculty & Staff

HBCUs Need to Seek Leaders from Nontraditional Sources

In this environment of limited educational funds, stable leadership is the key to ensuring the health of any university. However, unsteady leadership acutely impacts historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With the recent departure of Alcorn State University’s former president, M. Christopher Brown, another HBCU has seen a change in leadership. Unfortunately, some of these […]

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NC Endowment Offers $10M to Improve College Access

RALEIGH, N.C.—A North Carolina endowment is giving $10 million to improve access to higher education for low-income students in rural North Carolina high schools.

LSU’s Graduation Rate at All-Time High

BATON ROUGE, La.—For the third year in a row LSU has notched an all-time high graduation rate, with 69.1 percent of students walking away from the university with a degree in hand—the highest graduation rate out of all public universities in the state.

Leadership & Policy

Committee Meets to Discuss Merger of Ga. Colleges

Representatives from Southern Polytechnic State and Kennesaw State University are working together to determine how their newly consolidated university should be organized.

Leadership & Policy

Diverse Down the Road

A new year brings new opportunities for members of the Diverse team to venture out to cover the issues that matter most to you and meet the people who are making the headlines. Here are a few of the conferences and symposiums we’ll attend over the course of the next couple weeks: Several members of […]

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Leadership & Policy

U. of Ark. Spokesman Files EEOC Complaint Over Termination

Former University of Arkansas spokesman John Diamond has filed a complaint to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming that his firing violated his civil rights and asking that he be reinstated.

Leadership & Policy

“Reverse Transfer” Program to Benefit Community College Students

A new program aims to help students who transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions get the associate degree they may still lack.

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Leadership & Policy

Pa. Universities May Allow Guns on Campus

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is hearing from supporters and opponents of a proposed policy to allow weapons in limited areas of its 14 campuses.

Leadership & Policy

South Louisiana Community College Says it Needs More Nursing Teachers

South Louisiana Community College PR director says nurses can earn a better wage for practicing rather than teaching.

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