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Students
Harvard’s Graduate Theater Program Suspends Admissions
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University’s graduate theater program, which is housed within the critically acclaimed American Repertory Theater, will suspend admissions for the next three years. The move was announced in a Friday email from the ART Institute. In January, the school suspended admissions for one year after the program received a “failing” grade from […]
Students
Florida GOP Candidate: Guns Should be Allowed on Campuses
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The leading Republican contender for governor says he supports allowing guns on college campuses and letting residents carry guns out in the open. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Tuesday that there should be fewer “gun free zones” in the state. Florida legislators in recent years have considered several proposals to loosen gun […]
Students
University of Missouri Research Institute Closes Amid Cuts
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri System has closed its $10 million medical research institute as part of an effort to cut costs. The decision to close the International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine will affect 17 full-time and part-time employees through layoffs and contract non-renewals, university spokesman Christian Basi told the Columbia […]
Students
Shaw University Names Dillard Interim President
Shaw University vice-president for academic affairs, Dr. Paulette Dillard, was announced Monday as the interim president of the historically Black institution. Shaw is conducting a search for its next president following the resignation of Dr. Tashni -Ann Dubroy earlier this month to become an executive vice president and chief operating officer at Howard University. The […]
Students
Scholar Defends Chinese-American Researcher Jailed in Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Chinese-American graduate student sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran for allegedly “infiltrating” the country and sending confidential material abroad is innocent of all charges against him, his professor at Princeton University said on Monday. Xiyue Wang’s arrest, which authorities said happened nearly a year ago, only came […]
News Roundup
Illinois Budget Gives Temporary Fix for Public Universities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A new Illinois budget will give public universities funding for the 2017-18 school year. The Chicago Tribune reports that this is the first time in two years that the state’s 12 public universities will receive funding. In 2015, universities received more than $1.2 billion from the state’s spending plan. But the budget […]
Leadership & Policy
Leader of Pennsylvania’s Public University System to Retire
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The head of Pennsylvania’s state-owned university system is leaving after four years on the job. The State System of Higher Education said Monday that Chancellor Frank Brogan will retire on Sept. 1 from the position that pays him $346,000 a year. Brogan, who is 63 years old, told the board of his […]
Faculty & Staff
Defunct Missouri Academy Can’t Pay Faculty
A Missouri military academy and college that dated to 1880 before abruptly shuttering at the end of May can’t afford to pay its faculty as previously promised, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. The president and superintendent of what had been Wentworth Military Academy and College, Michael Lierman, told faculty members by email […]
Leadership & Policy
Bethune-Cookman Appoints Interim President Grimes
Bethune-Cookman University has appointed its general counsel, retired judge Hubert Grimes, to take on the position of interim president in the absence of its former leader, Dr. Edison O. Jackson. Grimes also serves as the director for the Center for Law and Social Justice at B-CU. Grimes’s election comes after Jackson, the university’s sixth president, […]
Students
Fight Flares in Arizona Over Tuition for Young Immigrants
PHOENIX — A former Arizona lawmaker known as the driving force behind most of the state’s toughest immigration laws is moving to challenge the university system for temporarily allowing young immigrants protected from deportation to keep paying lower-cost in-state tuition. It comes after a court ruled that students in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, […]
Faculty & Staff
Moses C. Norman Dies; Retired Clark Atlanta University Dean
ATLANTA — Moses C. Norman, former dean of Clark Atlanta University’s School of Education and a pioneer in educational leadership in Atlanta, has died. His son, Conrad Norman, said his father died Tuesday at his Atlanta home. He was 82. An alumnus of Clark Atlanta, Norman had just retired as dean of the university’s School […]
Students
House Reaches Deal to Greatly Expand GI Bill
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and Democrats have reached initial agreement on the biggest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade, removing a 15-year time limit to tap into benefits and boosting money for thousands in the National Guard and Reserve. The deal being announced early Thursday is a sweeping effort to fill […]
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