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Leadership & Policy

UI trustee Shah heeds panel’s call, offers resignation

The chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees stepped down from the board on Monday, following calls for trustees to resign by the state commission investigating claims trustees and politicians pressured the university to admit some applicants. According to the News-Gazette, Niranjan Shah of Oak Brook, appointed to the board in 2003 and […]

Leadership & Policy

Texas colleges’ math-science push falling short, board says

Texas colleges and universities aren’t coming close to meeting goals to increase graduates from math and science programs and enroll more Hispanic students, according to a report released Thursday. That comes from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s annual “Closing the Gaps by 2015” report presented in Austin, The Dallas Morning News reported. © Copyright […]

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Furloughs loom as CSU works on budget cuts

After absorbing state funding cuts of more than 12 percent for the fiscal year ending June 30, Columbus State University President Tim Mescon and his management team spent the weekend looking for ways to get more out of a nearly $80 million annual budget. According to The Ledger-Enquirer.com, Gov. Sonny Perdue has ordered all state […]

Leadership & Policy

ORU Wants to Increase Hispanic Enrollment

Oral Roberts University and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference have signed an agreement that could make ORU the school of choice for many Hispanic Christians.

Leadership & Policy

Indiana University Expects Smaller Freshman Class

Indiana University officials are expecting several hundred fewer freshmen to show up next month at the Bloomington campus than last year’s record-largest freshman class. According to the Indianapolis Business Journal, officials expect about 7,100 freshmen when the fall semester starts in late August. IU vice provost Roger Thompson said that would be a good enrollment […]

Faculty & Staff

New HBCU Initiative Leader Seeks to Forge Relationships Between HBCUs and Obama Administration

Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. looks back at his days as a Morehouse College student as a time when faculty, staff and administrators formed a campus community that was nurturing and family-oriented – a distinguishing characteristic of many of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.

Leadership & Policy

REINVENTING ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

To remain relevant, alumni associations must do more than plan class reunions and promote their schools, experts say.

Leadership & Policy

Reinventing Alumni Associations

To remain relevant, alumni associations must do more than plan class reunions and promote their schools, experts say.

Leadership & Policy

‘Visible’ Diversity and the University

Insistence on the symbolism of ‘visible’ diversity in a diversity officer hinders real advancement.

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: Economy and Academe

Survey Says More Students Headed to Private Colleges Despite Economy Despite the tough economic recession, private universities and colleges across the nation are seeing an incresae in enrollment for the upcoming school year. According to the Daily Texan online, responses from 284 private institutions throughout the nation projected a rise in average enrollment by 0.2 […]

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Report Shows Similar Educational Success by Federal Grant Recipients and Non-Recipients

Pell Grant recipients experience patterns of educational success similar to non-beneficiaries of the federal government’s grant aid program, according to a study released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Tuesday.

Faculty & Staff

Perspectives: Thanks for Asking

We applaud White House and Education Department officials for visiting Hispanic-majority communities to better ascertain the challenges and key issues for Latino/a students. If the goodwill created by this initiative is matched by decisive action, the current administration can achieve educational improvements for Hispanic Americans.

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