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Leadership & Policy
In Brief: The Recession and Higher Ed
: The Georgia Board of Regents approve mandatory unpaid furloughs; University of Illinois president vows admissions reform; University of Southern Mississippi considers campus closure.
Leadership & Policy
Georgia colleges to furlough employees 6 days
The Georgia Board of Regents approved the mandatory unpaid leave for about 40,000 employees Wednesday as a way to save the University System of Georgia about $42 million. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the furloughs are among a series of cuts facing the system’s 35 colleges as Georgia suffers through the current economic crisis. […]
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UI President pledges to reform admissions process
B. Joseph White, the president of the University of Illinois, said Wednesday that the university has eliminated the “Category I” tracking system that gave preferential treatment to politically connected applicants, and prohibited university lobbyists from becoming involved in admissions. The News-Gazette reported that White promised to execute all of the admissions changes recommended last week […]
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Regents Meet to Hear Report on College Cuts
Georgia’s state colleges and universities are expected to report Wednesday on how they plan to deal with expected budget cuts. According to firstnewscoast.com, the report will come during the state Board of Regents meeting in Atlanta starting at 8:30 a.m. Each of the state’s 35 campuses has been asked to submit plans for 4 percent, […]
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Quinn gives UI trustees ‘a few more days’ to resign
Gov. Pat Quinn says he will give the remaining University of Illinois trustees “a few more days” to heed his call that they resign before he takes any action. According to the News-Gazette, Quinn, who spoke Tuesday after a bill-signing in Chicago, would not speculate beyond that, but repeated his belief that all trustees should […]
Leadership & Policy
University of Iowa cracks down on smokers
The University of Iowa is ticketing smokers who light up on campus. According to the The Des Moines Register, university President Sally Mason told the Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday in Cedar Falls that officials are cracking down on smokers following complaints about smoking near university hospitals. © Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com
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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.
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